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by Heather Andrews | Feb 12, 2015 | Events, RMLS News
WANTED: Pending or Sold
The RMLS™ Spring Education Summit and Trade Fair will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2015, from 8:30am-4:30pm at the World Forestry Center in Portland.
FREE CE hours are available for both Oregon and Washington REALTORS®, but classes are filling quickly. Register ASAP to ensure a seat.
Plan your day:
• View a complete schedule of classes
• Read class description and instructor bios
Sprinkled throughout the World Forestry Center campus, trade fair exhibitors will be on hand to offer the best in services, technology, and tools for your business needs. Subscribers are encouraged to bring business cards for easy entry into door prize drawings.
Thanks to our generous sponsors!
DIAMOND
PLATINUM
SILVER
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by RMLS Communication Department | Feb 12, 2015 | Events, RMLS News
WANTED: Pending or Sold
The RMLS™ Spring Education Summit and Trade Fair will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2015, from 8:30am-4:30pm at the World Forestry Center in Portland.
FREE CE hours are available for both Oregon and Washington REALTORS®, but classes are filling quickly. Register ASAP to ensure a seat.
Plan your day:
• View a complete schedule of classes
• Read class description and instructor bios
Sprinkled throughout the World Forestry Center campus, trade fair exhibitors will be on hand to offer the best in services, technology, and tools for your business needs. Subscribers are encouraged to bring business cards for easy entry into door prize drawings.
Thanks to our generous sponsors!
DIAMOND
PLATINUM
SILVER
![2015 RMLS™ Spring Education Summit and Trade Fair]()
by Heather Andrews | Feb 12, 2015 | Events, RMLS News
WANTED: Pending or Sold
The RMLS™ Spring Education Summit and Trade Fair will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2015, from 8:30am-4:30pm at the World Forestry Center in Portland.
FREE CE hours are available for both Oregon and Washington REALTORS®, but classes are filling quickly. Register ASAP to ensure a seat.
Plan your day:
• View a complete schedule of classes
• Read class description and instructor bios
Sprinkled throughout the World Forestry Center campus, trade fair exhibitors will be on hand to offer the best in services, technology, and tools for your business needs. Subscribers are encouraged to bring business cards for easy entry into door prize drawings.
Thanks to our generous sponsors!
DIAMOND
PLATINUM
SILVER
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by RMLS Communication Department | Apr 11, 2014 | Events, Homeownership
Fair Housing Month commemorates the anniversary of the Fair Housing Act in 1968. This major legislation sought to put an end to housing discrimination of all kinds—although many believe discrimination has only become more subtle in the decades since that time.
The Fair Housing Council of Oregon commemorates Fair Housing Month by organizing community events (Here is FHCO’s list of Fair Housing Month Events for 2014). They also offer historical tours of Portland, with important stops that serve to illustrate why fair housing is important to our past, present and future. These tours are highly recommended by RMLS™ staff, including Data Accuracy Liaison Vallerie Bush, who thinks REALTORS® who want to learn more about the history of Portland, or REALTORS® new to the area might find the tour especially enlightening.
The National Association of REALTORS® observes Fair Housing Month each year to “recognize the significance of [the Fair Housing Act of 1968] and reconfirm our commitment to offering equal professional service to all.” Click the link and find a set of articles including “Four Things You Didn’t Know About the Fair Housing Act,” and “What Everyone Should Know About Equal Opportunity Housing.”
An episode of This American Life called “House Rules” aired last year, which illustrated the ongoing need for fair housing laws. National Public Radio followed up with “A Battle for Fair Housing Still Raging, But Mostly Forgotten,” an interview with reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, who became interested in the topic while reporting on the topic in our very own Portland, Oregon.
While Hannah-Jones worked for The Oregonian, the paper ran an extended series about housing discrimination in Portland in Locked Out. The series begins with “Portland Housing Audit Finds Discrimination in 64% of Tests; City Has Yet to Act Against Landlords” in May 2011. (That’s right—2011!)
We hope you’ll take some time to explore some of these resources and reflect on what you can do to help end discrimination and the fair housing movement through your work with clients.
by Heather Andrews | Apr 30, 2013 | Events
Here’s a quick rundown of upcoming real estate training events for May in Oregon and Southwest Washington. If you have an event that’s not listed here, let us know in the comments! Be sure and check out the new RMLScentral events page as well.
May 3: Broker Education Series (Brookings)
Rick Harris will teach the law and rule required course for 3 CE credits. Recent changes to rules and laws that affect the real estate business and the licensee’s requirements to practice. Property management, trust accounts, license renewal, radon and carbon monoxide issues, plus a review of recent administrative actions and what they mean to brokers and managers. All Oregon licensees are required to have this course for license renewal.
Location: Lucky 7 Casino, Smith River, CA – FREE
May 9: Portland State University MRED Information Session
Learn more about Portland State University’s Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program from the Academic Director and Graduate Business Programs staff.
Location: PSU School of Business Administration Building, Room 550, Portland – FREE
May 15-16: Earth Advantage STAR Course (Portland)
S.T.A.R. (Sustainability Training for Accredited Real Estate Professionals) gives real estate professionals the knowledge and skills to communicate with clients about the value and benefits of a new or remodeled green home. This certification course will provide real estate professionals with an understanding of the green home consumer market segments and prepare them to market and sell a green home. This course will be taught by Taylor Watkins, who is also a Washington State approved instructor.
Location: Downtown Portland – $365
FREE RMLSweb Training
If you are an RMLS™ subscriber, we have many free educational opportunities at a location near you. View the current calendar for your area by clicking the link.
-Brookings
-Coos County
-Eastern Oregon
-Eugene
-Florence
-Gresham
-Hood River
-Portland
-Roseburg
-Salem
-Vancouver
Don’t forget to check out our webinars for training outside these areas, and the Open House hours at the Portland office each Friday (10am-noon) when subscribers may consult with our training staff for individualized attention.
You can also find ongoing education and training classes through a number of different associations in the Portland metro area and beyond. To search for classes in May, check out the current event listings at the following associations:
Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors® (PMAR)
East Metro Association of Realtors® (EMAR)
Clark County Association of Realtors® (CCAR)
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by Heather Andrews | Apr 3, 2013 | Events
Did you know?
• Mid-income buyers, those with income between $55,000-$75,000, are most likely to find their home through an open house compared to those in other income brackets.
• Married and unmarried couples are more likely to walk through open houses than single buyers.
• Repeat buyers use open houses more frequently, and are more likely to find their home from an open house than first-time buyers.
(Source: National Association of REALTORS®)
REALTORS® across the country will host the nation’s largest open house weekend Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21, 2013. Nationwide Open House, organized by the National Association of REALTORS®, allows real estate professionals around the country to showcase properties currently on the market.
How many open houses will be entered into RMLSweb this year? As of April 3, we have a mere three open houses scheduled.
Sharing your open house via RMLSweb will not just attract other REALTORS®—potential clients also access the information directly on RMLS.com, our public-facing website. The National Association of REALTORS® site, REALTOR.com, also displays this open house information. (On their site, click on “Advanced Search” and check the “Open House” box.)
We’d love more subscribers to join in and advertise their open house through RMLS™! Here’s how. In RMLSweb, navigate to the Back Office menu, and click on Listing Load. Find the right listing, and click on the box labeled OH/BT. Select New Open House. Then enter the date of your open house, the start and end time, directions to the property, whether you’ll be providing food, and any other remarks. Click on the Save button in the upper right hand corner. Congratulations—you’ve added your open house to Nationwide Open House Weekend!
If you’d like to read some tips on holding your open house, check out these articles:
• How to Prepare for the Open House (REALTOR® Magazine)
• Six Ways to Capture Clients at Open Houses (REALTOR® Magazine)
• Is an Open House a Waste of Time? (MSN Real Estate)
• Make Your Open House Memorable (RealtyTimes)
If you’d like a little break-time fun, be sure and check out the Who Comes to Open Houses? Quiz.
