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October 2015
Inside this issue:
REALTOR® Emeritus 2
2016 Leadership 3
Affiliate Trade Show 4
Forms Class 5
Dues
REALTOR® Ring Day 6
BOD/Committees 7
Mark Your Calendar
New Ulm 8
November Calendar 9
RPAC Review 10
NAR News 11
Membership Update 12
Affiliates 13
Volume 6, Issue 1
Upcoming Education
October 22nd, 2015
New Member Orientation
Instructor: Jason Beal
9:00 am—1:00 pm
3.0 CE credits
Cost: Free for new RASM mem-
bers
For a complete Education
schedule, click here.
November 19th, 2015
Forms Update 2016
Instructor: Mike Brennan
9:00am—12:45 pm
3.75 CE credits
Cost: $39 for RASM Members on/
before 11/12/15
$44 after
$45 for Non-RASM Members
on/before 11/12/15
$50 after
Click here for more information for
more information
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SAVE THE DATES 2015-16 Module & Code
of Ethics dates have been set!
February 18th, 2016
May 5th, 2016
We asked the new REALTOR® Emeritus members “What has been the biggest change to the real estate industry in your 40
years as a REALTOR?"
Times: Module 8:30-12:15
COE—1:15-5:00
Barb Haack responded: "The paperwork". What started out as a one page purchase agreement with no addendums has now evolved into a "manuscript". As a REALTOR® progress-es through the paperwork with the buyer/seller you become a teacher/adviser explaining the meaning of each page to be signed. A feeling of trust becomes part of the real estate
transaction. This trust continues to the time of closing when you hear the words, "I never thought it would be so
easy. You (REALTOR®) made it easy." What a good feel-ing!
What is REALTOR® Emeritus?
A REALTOR® Member who has held membership in the National Association as a REALTOR®, REALTOR-ASSOCIATE®, or both, for a cumulative period of forty (40) years is eligible for REALTOR® Emeritus sta-tus.
2015 Change: At the 2013 REALTORS® Conference & Expo, the Delegate Body approved an amendment to Article III, Section 9 of the NAR Constitution, which outlines REALTOR® Emeritus eligibility. Beginning with applications filed in 2015, in addition to the forty (40) years of membership, a REALTOR® Emeritus candidate member must also have completed at least one (1) year of service at the National Association level. However, for applications filed through 2019, the one (1) year service requirement may also be met through service at the state or local level. This provision will sunset at the end of 2019.
Upon approval of an application for REALTOR® Emeritus by the Board of Directors of the National Associa-tion of REALTORS®, no further payment of dues to the National Association is necessary by the member association of which the REALTOR® Emeritus is a member. In addition, REALTOR® Emeritus Members are exempt from the Quadrennial Ethics Training requirement.
A completed application is necessary to begin the approval process for REALTOR® Emeritus status, which must be completed by the candidate’s local association. Documentation substantiating the candidate’s forty (40) years of membership (and one (1) year of service, as applicable) must be attached to the application.
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Meet the 2015-2016 Leadership
President: Dick Norland, Midwest Realty Short Bio:
Born and raised in Mankato, MN
College degree at Mankato State College in Business Finance
Holds the following real estate designations: GRI, ABR and CRS
4 time President of REALTOR® Association of Southern Minne-sota.
Obtained real estate license at the age of 16. Licensed for 45 years as a real estate agent.
Married with two sons. Two grandchildren.
Enjoy golf, traveling, Sons of Norway, history, hunting, fishing and family.
President-Elect: Jason Beal,
JBeal Real Estate Group
Jason Beal Rich Draheim
Treasurer: Rich
Draheim, Weichert
Community Group Short Bio:
Rich is a lifetime resident of the Mankato ar-ea. Rich, his wife Lynnette, and two children reside on Lake Washington. A local graduate of MSU in Business Administration, Manage-ment and Marketing, and his 30+ years of sales and management experience make him an ex-pert REALTOR® in Southern Minnesota.
You may recognize Rich from his 19 years with John Deere Dealers, or his past own-ership of Westwood Marina or his current ownership of the New Ulm Event Center, MN Wedding Shop and Weichert Realtors Community Group.
Short Bio: Jason was born and raised in the Eagle Lake / Mankato area. He graduated from Mankato East High School and Mankato State University with a B.S. in Corporate Finance.
He started selling Real Estate in 1998 and started JBeal Homes in 2002.
He has held various committee and board positions with the REALTOR® Association of Southern MN which include Treasurer, President-Elect, and President. He has also been on the Finance Committee, Board of
Directors and the Executive Committee for the Minnesota Association of REALTORS®.
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Big Thank You to our Affiliates that
attended the Annual Trade Show!
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RASM Annual Dues bills
were emailed out on
October 1st. Payments are
due back to the Association
by October 31st to avoid a
late fee. If you did not
receive your invoice on the
1st please let Brittni at the
Association Office know.
Wear your Ugly Sweaters while Ringing Bells this Year!
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10/21/15—Picture Day
10/22/15—New Member Orientation
10/28/15—Professional Standards Committee Meeting
10/29/15—Governmental Affairs Committee Meeting
10/31/15—DUES ARE DUE!!
11/5/15—Board of Directors Meeting
11/18/15—MLS Committee Meeting
11/18/15—Affiliate Committee Meeting
11/26-27—Thanksgiving Office Closed
12/3/15—Board of Directors Meeting
12/4/15—REALTOR® Ring Day
Mark your Calendar
Congratulations to New Ulm on being selected as one of the Top 10 Affordable Small Towns Where You’d
Actually Want to Live by realtor.com
To read the article click here
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November 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 Board of Di-
rectors Meeting
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8 9 10 11 12 NAR Con-
vention—San
Diego
13NAR Con-
vention—San
Diego
14NAR Con-
vention—San
Diego
15NAR Con-
vention—San
Diego
16NAR Con-
vention—San
Diego
17NAR Con-
vention—San
Diego
18MLS Com-
mittee Meeting
9:30am
Affiliate Commit-
tee Meeting
11:00am
19 Forms
Class 9-12:45
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22 23 24 25 26 Thanksgiv-
ing—Office Closed
27Office
Closed
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29 30
To access online education go to www.rasminfo.com
Can be found on the Online Education page under the Education tab
Click on either the CE Shop classes or Agent Campus classes
Don’t forget RASM has Online Education!
RPAC Review
RPAC Donors for 2016
Angie Jenkins
Chad Luscomb
Deb Drummer
Mary Kay Goettl
Matt McBride
Scott Jameson
Sue Waletich
Laurie Cottingham
Lisa Besemer
Nate Proper
KC Lundberg
Judy Conroy
Pat Hruby
Deb Richmond-Johnson
Tim Schultz
Wayne Novotny
Christa Wolner
LaNaye Kral
Stacey Edwards-Jones
Taylor Gorder
Gary Sturm
Tom Mayberry
Kelly Brown
Molly Schroeder
Patti Pherson
Jodi Weller
Adam Macho
Habib Sadaka
What is RPAC?
RPAC is a voluntary political
action committee consisting
exclusively of REALTOR®
members who care about
protecting the real estate
industry and the American
Dream by participating in
government affairs at the
local, state, and federal lev-
els.
Contributions are not deductible for income tax purposes. Contributions to RPAC are
voluntary and are used for political purposes. You may refuse to contribute without reprisal and the National Association of REALTORS® or any of its state associations or local boards will not favor or disfavor any member because
of the amount contributed. 70% of each contribution is used by your state PAC to support state and local political candi-dates. Until your state PAC reaches its RPAC goal 30% is sent to National RPAC to support
federal candidates and is charged against your limits under 2 U.S.C. 441a; after
the state PAC reaches its RPAC goal it may elect to retain your entire contribution for use
in supporting state and local candidates.
Cheryl Krengel
Vonda Herding
Bonnie Kruger
Joyce Krenz
Kelsey Sabatino
Jen Schmidt
John Chreat
Judy Meyer
Kelly Bode
James Beal
James Norland
Andrew Kolars
Peg Ganey
Mary Ann Donahue
Karry Meyer
Christine Gerber
Sara Fette
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Since 1969, the REALTORS® Political Action Committee
(RPAC) has promoted the election of pro-REALTOR® candi-
dates across the United States. The purpose of RPAC is
clear: REALTORS® raise and spend money to elect candi-
dates who understand and support their interests. The mon-
ey to accomplish this comes from voluntary contributions
made by REALTORS®. These are not members’ dues; this is
money given freely by REALTORS® in recognition of how im-
portant campaign fundraising is to the political process.
RPAC doesn’t buy votes. RPAC enables REALTORS® to sup-
port candidates that support the issues that are important
to their profession and livelihood.
RASM Bylaws:
Membership dues shall
not be prorated if the
licensee held REAL-
TOR® membership dur-
ing the preceding calen-
dar year.
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NAR News….. CFPB Unveils New Buyer Tools at NAR Senior officials of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including Di-rector Richard Cordray, came to NAR's offices in Washington Sept. 17 to introduce new online tools for consumers about the coming changes to the closing process. Details. Consumers Use of Real Estate Agents Rising Even as more consumers turn to the Internet as a tool during their home search, buyers are also increasingly tapping the knowledge and expertise of real estate agents, according to NAR's Real Estate in a Digital Age report. News release. NAR: G-Fees Not for Transportation NAR sent a letter Sept. 17 to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Commit-tee asking it to oppose any transportation package that includes using the guarantee fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge lenders as a funding source. More. REALTOR® Safety Tip Replace the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. As we ap-proach winter, furnace use increases, which may increase the risk of a carbon mon-oxide leak. More on safety. NAR Testifies on Drones NAR President Chris Polychron told a House Judiciary subcommittee last week that real estate stands to benefit from the use of small, unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, and that NAR is educating its members about use of the devices in a safe and responsible way. Commercial drone use requires a waiver by the Federal Avia-tion Administration, but the FAA is working on rules that will allow more widespread use of the devices. The proposed rule was released earlier this year and must still be made final.
Membership Update
Members are hereby notified that the
following individuals have applied for
REALTOR® Membership in the REAL-
TOR® Association of Southern Minneso-
ta. Comments concerning any of the
following applicants should be in writing
and directed to the Association office.
New REALTORS®:
Anthony White—JBeal Real Estate Group
Joel Rose—Assist 2 Sell Buyers & Sellers
Kim Hanson—New Ulm Real Estate
REALTORS® Who Transferred Offices:
Jackie Derner—Connect Real Estate Group
Affiliates Who Transferred Offices:
Chad Borgmeier—US Bank
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A+ Certified Home Inspections LLC—507-625-8882 Carl Mulder, [email protected] AgStar Financial Services—507-385-4942 Megan Smith, [email protected] American Mortgage & Equity Consultants—507-387-5626 Habib Sadaka, [email protected] American Waterworks—800-795-1204 Nate Proper, [email protected] Ameradon Services, LLC—507-304-3537 Thomas Hamberg, [email protected] Appraisal Services of Mankato– 507-387-1137 Erin Tisdell®, Kathy Thielges®, Gordon Oslund® [email protected] Bank Vista—507-344-3506 Deb Ikier, [email protected] Banner Appraisals, LLC— 507-647-3060 Phillip Klenk®, [email protected] Bode Appraisal—507-359-9623 Robert Bode®, [email protected] Bremer Bank—507-386-2226 Wayne Murra, [email protected] C. Block Inspections— 507-357-6453 Corey Block, [email protected] Central Inspections—507-382-8866 James Watts, [email protected] Citizens Community Federal—507-386-0200 Ryan Gustafson, Adam Macho [email protected], [email protected] Community Bank–507-385-4444 Alyssa Bowers, Justin Giefer [email protected], [email protected] Farmers National Company—402-590-2382 Terri Jensen®, [email protected] First National Bank Minnesota– 507-625-1121 Russ Blaschko, [email protected] Frandsen Bank & Trust–507-345-5455 Nancy Galston, [email protected] Gislason & Hunter LLP—507-354-3111 Maureen Gustafson, [email protected] Hinrichsen Appraisal– 507-526-2433 Brad Hinrichsen®, [email protected] Home Inspections by Hutch—507-240-0165 William Hutchinson, [email protected] Home Magazine– 507-387-7953 Mary Degrood, [email protected] Home Warranty, Inc.—877-977-4949 Del Meinen, [email protected] Jones & Magnus, Attorneys at Law— 507-385-4488 Stacey Edwards-Jones, [email protected] Lamm, Nelson & Cich—507-345-4607 Joel Cich, [email protected] Mankato Free Press—507-344-6339 Ginny Bergerson, [email protected]
McGowan Water Conditioning—507-388-3361 Mike McGowan, Ben Ney, Trevor Waagner [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] MN Valley Federal Credit Union– 507-387-3055 Jessica Wheelock Becky Wilson [email protected], [email protected] North American Title Company– 507-385-0227 Janean Winter, [email protected] Pete Peterson Appraisal– 507-243-4213 Pete Peterson®, [email protected] Pioneer Bank– 507-625-3268 Alissa Brekke, [email protected] Prime Source Funding— 507-385-6000 Ryan Stangl, [email protected] Profinium—507-389-8910 Jennifer Svien, [email protected] Progressive Property Resources—507-388-4224 Randy King, [email protected] Reliable Home Services LLC— 507-327-8641 Steve Macgregor, [email protected] River City Appraisal Services LLC– 507-388-1276 Brian Schultz®, [email protected] RLT Appraisal–507-399-1794 Melissa Bruellman®, [email protected] Southern MN Appraisal Services– 507-526-3947 Mike Enger®, [email protected] Southern MN Real Estate Services– 507-655-6650 Tim McPartland®, [email protected] Title Resources—507-388-4425 Jan O’Marron, [email protected] United Prairie Bank Mary Rettmer—507-386-4888, [email protected] Peggy Markman—507-847-4700, [email protected] Heather Bottin—507-303-1521, [email protected] US Bank—507-387-9436 Chad Borgmeier, [email protected] Valuation Specialists– 507-625-5418 John Daley®, [email protected] Wells Fargo Home Mortgage– 507-387-9243 Andy Nessler—[email protected] Jeff Maurer—[email protected] Brad Brozik—[email protected] Kris Kall—[email protected] Kim Weise—[email protected] Daniel Sprague—[email protected] Ryan Greene—[email protected] Catherine Bushard—[email protected] Wells Federal Bank– 507-345-4558 Pauline Kruger, Andrew Fischer [email protected], [email protected] Wenner Home Inspection—507-766-1077 Nate Wenner, [email protected] Willette Inspections, LLC—507-995-6960 Jonathan Willette, [email protected]
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