Inside this issue:

MTAR Calendar, Affili-

ate Spotlight, Golden

Rule Program

2

Education Calendar, The

CE Shop, RENE Desig-

nation class, NAR Ethics

class, RT in Manchester

3

Early Voting postcards

for Client contact!

4

MTAR Coat Drive in No-

vember, Chili Contest

and Veterans Salute

5

RealTracs adds Auctions

to Listings with new

features

6

Member Birthdays, NAR

MVP Offer, TREC Core

class in November

7

October 29, 2018

MTAR Member News

Two BIG Events Coming!

MTAR Calendar of Events

October 29, 2018 Page 2

Wed-Fri, Nov. 7-9

8:00-4:00—New Mem-ber Orientation, MTAR

Wed-Thur, Nov 7-8 10:00-2:30—RealTracs

training classes, register online at

www.realtracs.net Wednesday, Nov. 7

1:00-2:30—RPAC Com-mittee meeting

Thursday, Nov. 8

2:00-3:30—Com-munity Relations mtg.

Monday, Nov. 12 11:30-1:00—Annual

Chili Contest & Veter-ans Salute, $10 admis-sion to TN Veterans

Home! Chili, hot dogs and dessert plus St.

Clair Singing Seniors. RSVP to Ara-belle@mtar.org

Tuesday, Nov. 13

10:00-2:30—

Nov. 1– 5—NAR An-

nual Convention, Bos-ton, MA

Sunday, Nov. 4—Daylight Savings Time

ends—FALL BACK ONE HOUR!

Tuesday, Nov. 6 - Election Day!

RealTracs in Manches-

ter! Coffee Co. Adm. Bldg. Register online at www.realtracs.net

1:00-2:30—Member Services Committee

meeting, MTAR Wednesday, Nov. 14

9:00-10:30— MTAR Board of Directors

mtg., MTAR 2:00-3:00—Govt. Af-fairs Cte. Meeting,

MTAR

Have you received YOUR 2018 Golden

Rule(r) yet? 45 of your friends have!

Send one; get one ~ share the GOOD

news about professionalism & great ser-

vice! Go to the MTAR website, click on

the box on the front page, and send it in.

We will get them out to the brokers or

Affiliate leader for presentation.

Training & Educational Choices for MTAR Members!

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NOVEMBER CE CLASSES November 7-9—New Member Orientation, 8:00-4:00 each day, MTAR of-

fice November 7 & 8—RealTracs training classes at MTAR, register online at

www.RealTracs.net

November 13—RealTracs training classes in Manchester, Coffee Co. Adm. Bldg, McArthur Street; register online at www.RealTracs.net

November 26-30—CRAM WEEK! TREC Core Class, RENE Designation

class, two classes for NAR Ethics! Sign up now!

Enroll today: http://mtar.theceshop.com/ Promotion expires October 31, 2018

Sponsored by:

October 29, 2018 Page 4

Early Voting ends November 1; Election Day Is November 6.

Make sure you have a plan to make your vote count!

Post cards are available through the MTAR office if you would like to download to print

and send to your clients to remind them of the importance of voting.

October 29, 2018 Page 5

REALTOR® Ring Day Friday, December 7

MTAR members, Affiliate Business Partners, Friends and Family will be ringing the bells for

the Salvation Army at seven area Kroger stores on

2-Hour shifts available- 10am-8pm at local Kroger locations: South Church St., Ca-

son Lane, Irongate (Memorial Blvd.), Georgetown Square (Northfield Blvd.), Veterans

Pkwy., Lascassas Pike and Smyrna-Sam Ridley Blvd.

Call 615/893-2242 or email Candy@mtar.org to sign up!

Last year more than

50 REALTORS®,

Affiliate Business

Partners, friends &

family rang the

bells for the

Salvation Army on

REALTOR® Ring

Day!

October 29, 2018 Page 6

Going Once, Going Twice – The Auction Property Class is

Going Away Soon!

Don’t worry. The ability to list auctions in RealTracs is not going away. However, how and where you list an auction in the MLS is chang-ing to better match RESO’s data dictionary standards.

How is Auction Changing? Previously all auctions were listed in their own property class regardless of what type of property was being auctioned. The auction prop-erty class was a mixed bag of residential, land, commercial, and other type listings. Now, when listing an auction, it will be added to the appropriate property class – residential, condominium, land/lot/farm, commercial, or multi-family.

How Will I List an Auction? Auction is now a Special Listing Condition. Recent changes were made in Add/Edit that require listing agents to select a special listing condition to describe the type of listing being en-tered. Absolute Auction and Reserve Auction are being added as two of those options for offices who are approved to list Auc-tions.

Are the Auction Types Changing? No. Listing agents approved to list auctions will still have the option to add a Reserve or Absolute auction to the MLS system. As a re-minder: Reserve Auction: An auction where the property for sale may not be sold if the final bid is not high enough to satisfy the seller – that is, the seller reserves the right to accept or reject the highest bid. Absolute Auction: An auction in which the property for sale will be sold regardless of price Please note: Reserve or Absolute Auction can be used in combination with one other Special Listing Condition, including foreclo-sure. Reserve and Absolute Auction cannot be selected together. How Will I Search for Auctions? Auctions will be easy to search for, identify, or exclude, depending upon your needs. First, auctions will now be included in the search results (except rental) and will be distinguishable by the presence of a gavel icon in the list views and agent/buyer reports.

Want to search only for auctions? You can do so by adding Special Listing Conditions to Additional Criteria and selecting Absolute Auc-tion and/or Reserve Auction.

You can exclude auctions from your search in a similar way by selecting Standard (or any other) Special List-ing Conditions and excluding the Auction selections.

Perhaps you want to save a search that looks for just Auctions? You can select one or both Auction selections from Special Listing Conditions,

choose your search criteria, and click Save. Give your search a name, and it’s available any time you need it from your list of saved searches.

Some Additional Notes

Information specific to the auction such as minimum bid, auction date & time, terms and buyer’s premium should be included in the Public Remarks field.

The existing and historical auction listing information will not be converted to an ex-isting property class or special listing condition and will be found by using the auction search. Existing auction listings will be accessible for a short period of time to ensure that you have time to close them all out.

This is a significant change, and the RealTracs Support team is here to help you with any questions or concerns. Support technicians are available via online chat, email or phone Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

M i d d l e T e n n e s s e e

A s s o c i a t i o n o f

MTAR MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD

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