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Long Island Divided; Lessons Learned

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | May 6, 2021 |

Long Island Divided; Lessons Learned Join us as we review the inside investigation that shook up the Real Estate Industry. Keynote speaker Bill Dedman, Pulitzer & Peabody award-winning investigative reporter, New York Times No. 1 bestselling author, will discuss how Long Island’s residential real estate brokerages reinforced racial segregation through illegal steering of customers. June…

RSS Survey

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | May 25, 2022

RSS Survey – 2022 Please take just a few moments to complete our Ready Set Spring Survey. Your feedback is greatly appreciated! View Survey

Hidden Cameras & Audio Recording

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | March 28, 2022

Recently, LBOR Legal Counsel Danielle Davey was asked about Kansas Law and the legal considerations for real estate professionals when audio or video surveillance devices are present on a listed property. Hidden Cameras & Audio Recording in Real Estate Smartphones and wireless cameras make it easy for homeowners to keep an eye on their property.…

New MLS Fields in Paragon

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | January 24, 2022

New MLS Fields in Paragon The following changes are now in place in the Paragon system. Dual or Variable Rate Commission Fields Fields now appear in Paragon to indicate whether a listing has a Dual or Variable rate commission. A Dual or Variable rate is present if the Seller pays a different commission rate if…

Code of Ethics Training Requirement

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | October 25, 2021

Day Hour Minute Second Complete your Code of Ethics Training by 12/31/2021 REALTORS® are required to complete ethics training of not less than 2 hours, 30 minutes of instructional time. The training must meet specific learning objectives and criteria established by the National Association of REALTORS®. Training may be completed through NAR’s online courses or…

Common MLS Issues

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | September 6, 2021

Common MLS Miscues In review, here are the most common MLS issues and violations of policy. Are you compliant? Paperwork Miscues: The Lawrence MLS requires listing changes that are germane to the listing agreement to be communicated on a seller-signed change form and uploaded for verification by the MLS. Incomplete agreements or missing change forms result…

Making Your MLS Associated Documents “Emailable” in Paragon

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | August 17, 2021

Associated Docs in Paragon – Make Yours Emailable Have you made your Seller’s Property Condition Disclosure emailable from Paragon? Overlooking the checkbox to make “Public” will prevent other agents in the MLS from sending this important document directly to their clients from the Paragon system. As a best practice, be sure to check the “Public”…

Syncing SentriLock with Listings in Paragon

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | August 17, 2021

Syncing SentriLock with Listings in Paragon For a seamless experience with your Sentrilock System, use the Paragon Integration to manage your lockbox activity. Paragon is set primarily to push information out to Sentrilock. As a best practice, lockboxes should be added to the listing from within Paragon. Simply visit your listing maintenance view in Paragon,…

Agent Accounts with Zillow now require MLS ID

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | August 16, 2021

Agents with Zillow Accounts – Input your MLS ID We’ve recently learned that Agents who have signed up with, and have an active account at Zillow, need to add their Lawrence MLS ID in Zillow to associate their listings within their Agent account/profile. Not doing so will prevent an agent’s listings from displaying together within…

LBOR River City Recognition Awards

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | August 16, 2021

LBOR Rivercity Recognition Awards Each fall, the Lawrence Board of REALTORS® Community Relations Committee selects the recipient for the annual River City Recognition Awards, which are presented to a person or group who have made an Architectural Enhancement in our Community, and to a person/group who has made a Humanitarian Contribution in our community. The…

Leadership Opportunities

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | August 3, 2021

Leadership Opportunities If you like being “at the table” when important decisions are made, then you might be interested in a seat on the LBOR Board of Directors. Board Members help guide and navigate the direction of the LBOR and the LMLS. If this interests you, contact any of the following members of this year’s…

LET’S ALL BE CLEAR!

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | August 3, 2021

LET’S ALL BE CLEAR We get many questions about the Clear Cooperation Policy. So below is the most simple and concise way we can address our most often asked question. Q When must my listing be input into the Lawrence MLS? A Ideally, as soon as possible. ASAP is the timeframe that is in the…

Lessons Learned: Long Island Divided Replay

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | July 6, 2021

Video Replay – Lessons Learned: Long Island Divided Review the inside investigation that shook up the Real Estate Industry. Keynote speaker Bill Dedman, Pulitzer & Peabody award-winning investigative reporter, New York Times No. 1 bestselling author, will discuss how Long Island’s residential real estate brokerages reinforced racial segregation through illegal steering of customers. Replay from…

Using NAR’s RPR for up to 2,000 Mailing Labels per month, for FREE!

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | July 1, 2021

Use NAR’s RPR for up to 2,000 Mailing Labels Per Month, for FREE! RPR (REALTORS® Property Resource) is a member benefit of the National Association of REALTORS®. We often hear from Agents that the favorite tool in RPR is the Seller Report. That might change with the ability to easily create mailing labels for geographical…

LBOR Market Stats Released for May 2021

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | June 24, 2021

Subtitle Home sales in the City of Lawrence rose by 25.2% in May compared to the prior year. Existing home sales increased by 35.0%, while new construction sales dropped 40% for the month. Still a big part of the story, the inventory of active listings in the City of Lawrence stood at just 80 units…

Wire Fraud: Now is not the time to become complacent

By rob@lawrencerealtor.com | June 15, 2021

Wire Fraud: This is not the time to become complacent Wire fraud has again surfaced in our immediate area, and if you have become complacent now is a good time to tighten up those best practices to ensure that you are doing your part to deter internet crime. Locally, email hacking is again happening. The…

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