July 2020 Issue 7 of 12

Official Publication of the Ozark Gateway Association of REALTORS®

Ozark Gateway Association of

REALTORS®

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OZARK GATEWAY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

Inside this Issue:

Important Dates 2

Agents on the Move 3

SentriLock vs. The Vandals

Birthdays 4

OGAR MLS Statistics 5-6

MO REALTORS® Statistics 7

Board of Director’s Minutes 8-9

CBC Bloodmobile at OGAR 10

Work/Life Balance 11

Upcoming CE Classes 12

Newmie’s Newbie Blog 13

July Board Store Special

Tour of Homes Schedule 14

Jul—Dec

New SentriLock App Feature 15

Happy 4th of July 16

App of the Month

MR State Positions

MREC Commissioner

Leadership

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Joplin, MO 64801

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!

July 3rd: OGAR Office Closed—Independence Day

July 8th & 9th: Lowman & Co Appraisers Classes

July 15th: Membership & Community Mtg 10:00am

July 16th: Finance Mtg 10:00am

MLS Mtg 11:00am

Program Mtg 1:30pm

July 22nd: Strat Plan Mtg 11:00am

Nominating Committee Mtg 1:00pm

July 23rd: Awards Mtg 10:00am

Governing Docs Mtg 1:30pm

July 30th: Board of Directors Mtg 9:30am

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2020 Silver Affiliate Member www.jomomoving.com

Agents on the

MOVE New Members: Janelle Dunaway—Charles Burt Joplin Howie Nunnelly—Pro 100 Joplin Lex Cook—Touchstone Realty Group, LLC Bethany Newsom—Pro 100 Joplin Wendy Collier—NextHome Somo Life Jeffrey Quade—Whitetail Properties Renea Frizzell—Home Sweet Home Realty Julie Martinez-Smith—Pro 100 Joplin New Offices: Touchstone Realty Group, LLC—DR is Lex Cook Whitetail Properties Real Estate Home Sweet Home Realty—DR is Renea Frizzell New MLS Only Members: Melissa Miller—Reece Nichols Neosho New Offices—MLS Only: None

SentriLock vs The Vandals

1 0 Drops: Mandy McMahan—SWMO Homes Transfers: Shaun Ann Bristol to Genuine Realty Alisha Nunnelly Coles to Pro 100 Joplin Becky McDaniel (MO) to RealPro Joplin Robert Dodson to Reece Nichols - Joplin Anthony Mosley—Realty Executives Tri-States New Affiliates: George Brockman—Achosa Home Warranty Timothy Buckles—Curb.Pro, LLC Wade Haws—Carthage Lock & Key

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JULY BIRTHDAYS

1st: Sam Evans Bridgette Farley Pamela Greninger Steve Kenny Matt Stokes 2nd: Leevi Babb Bill Punch 4th: Ray Goepfert Natasha Higdon 5th: Jennifer Harvey Nancy Walters 6th: Rick Ham Jennifer Reaves Lilly Souza 7th: Deborah Gould Brittanii Lehman Kellie Outt 8th: Kerri Sturgis 9th: Jennifer Bakken Alaina Clayton Amanda Mankin

10th: Kraig Beyersdorfer Tim Breedlove Ryan Flanagan Shelby Keefer 12th: Danny Drake 13th: Summer George David Glenn 14th: Silas Belcher Linda Doerge Kelly Garst Debby Pearson Rita Scott 15th: Corey Adams Tammy Altman Dee Kassab Todd Keeling 16th: Tiffany Gratton 17th: Missy Snodgrass Tammy Trimble 18th: Warren Johnson 19th: Scott Stevens

20th: Elisa Bittner Robert Dodson Gary Pearman 21st: Creighton Olson 22nd: Angie Crawford Cheryl Efird Allen Hall Brian Ross 23rd: Tyler David Mike Sparlin 25th: Jesse Bruce Debbie Garrett 26th: Sara Robbins 27th: Bert Kellum 29th: Sonja McWilliams 30th: Tiffany Feeken Summer Haste Colby McGehee 31st: Robert Goodall Melinda Walker

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August Birthdays 1st: Gary Greene 2nd: Richard Chambers Maria Sanchez Dana Sisk 4th: Ashleigh Despos 5th: Eric Hill 6th: Ron Dunaway Jonni Ringen Gil Stevens 7th: Connie Bell Gary McVay Melynn Rhea 8th: Jennifer Siebert Bonnie Wright 9th: Heather Davis Janelle Dunaway 10th: Melissa Annis Kalan Hubbard Mary Beth Williams

11th: Don Goetz Brad Totman 13th: Dusty Bell 14th: Steve Kelly Yvonne Raczkowski 15th: Kelly Peterson Danny Ross 16th: Janice Dunn 17th: Alex Buttram Michelle Clemons Mechelle Lawson 18th: Terry Osborne 19th: Bill Benton Jack Walling 20th: Tiffany DeBusk Luke Gibson Melody Lowery Carrie Martin

21st: Allyn Burt Kylin Garvin Daryl Rhodes Heather Smith 22nd: Rita Glenn Rachel Moffett Karen Nagurne 23rd: Lori Layne 24th: Carol Ferguson Stephanie Willis Yeng Yang 26th: Mark Adams Jim Crane Kim Turner 27th: Jordan Dhooghe 28th: Vanessa Rogers 30th: Judy Altman Bill Boyd Patty Kassab 31st: Jessica Dearnley

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MAY RESIDENTIAL SALES TRENDS Figures are taken from a comprehensive report compiled monthly

By the MLS Service of the Ozark Gateway Association of REALTORS®, Inc.

Number of Units SOLD Number of Units FINANCED

Total Number of Active & Pending Listings: 1,085 1-30 Days: 42 31-60 Days: 114 61-90 Days: 47 91-120 Days: 22 120+ days: 60

Total Units Sold: 285 Avg. DOM: 92 Avg. Sold Price: $149,807 Median Sold Price: $138,400

Absorption Rate: 3.98 months

Year Total 1-2 Bed

3 Bed

4+ Bed

Conv. FHA VA Cash Own Lease Purch

RD Other

2016 2814 482 1627 705 1150 433 118 735 9 90 217 59

2017 2977 594 1685 696 1156 486 157 795 8 131 220 23

2018 3091 612 1716 759 1378 390 149 755 13 157 208 31

2019 3281 628 1867 779 1393 445 170 765 14 243 228 22

May 2019

346 72 189 85 138 50 17 85 0 36 20 0

May 2020

285 57 163 65 127 50 15 41 0 25 25 2

Agent Type Count

Designated REALTOR® 76

Designated Appraiser 53

REALTOR® 515

Associate Appraiser 5

Salesperson 22

Waiver 1

Designated Affiliate 54 Associate Affiliate 47

Total Board/ MLS: 672

(minus affiliates)

Total Board w/Affiliates: 773

MLS STATISTICS

Summary

Statistics

May—20 May—19 % Chg 2020 YTD 2019 YTD % Chg

Absorption

Rate

3.98 4.46 -10.76 4.15 4.68 -11.32

Average

List Price

$168,660 $157,106 7.35 $162,726 $152,052 7.02

Median

List Price

$127,000 $124,950 1.64 $134,900 $126,900 6.30

Average

Sale Price

$149,807 $131,990 13.50 $142,649 $131,624 8.38

Median

Sale Price

$138,400 $124,390 11.26 $129,900 $118,710 9.43

Average

DOM

92 86 6.98 102 97 5.15

Median

DOM

59 59 0.00 72 67 7.46

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Ozark Gateway Association of REALTORS®, a Regional MLS Board of Directors Minutes Thursday, June 25th, 2020 at 9:30 am Present: Brandi Haddock, Chris Nickle, Jessica Hubbard, Forrest Stodghill, Levi Utter,

Courtney Denney, Amy Hunt, Susi Yust, Michael Wicklund and Jennifer Reaves Staff Present: Kim Cox Roll call was taken from attendance in the room. Meeting was then called to order by President Brandi Haddock. Motion was made to approve the agenda as emailed. Motion made to approve the minutes from the May BOD meeting as emailed. Jessica Hubbard, Officer/Treasurer 1. Received financials as emailed. Motion made and approved to accept financials for May 2020 and YTD. 2. Reviewed Edward Jones portfolio. No motions made at this time. 3. Motion made to trade in 250 of the old Gen I & Gen II lockboxes for 250 new Bluetooth lockboxes, total cost will be

$21,983.38. 4. Motion made to add a line item to the 2021 proposed budget to trade in another 100 of the old boxes for 100 new Bluetooth

boxes; and then another 50 of the old boxes for 50 of the new Bluetooth boxes for 2022; an assessment will be done at the

end of that year for 2023 and so on. 5. Kim to gather projected numbers of membership growth for 2021. 6. The BOD accepted the recommendation from this committee to continue charging the credit card fees to those members that

choose to pay their bills with a credit card, this is a service that comes with a fee from an outside entity and they can also

choose to pay with a check instead. Kim Cox reported on behalf of Michael Wicklund, MLS Chair/1 Year Director 1. Motion made that if an agent marks a listing in the MLS as “Active w/Contingencies”, a mandatory dropdown with the following

options will need to be chosen (one or more): Closing of home, Finance, Inspection, Kickout, Lease w/option to purchase,

Other, REO, Sale of home, Survey, Zoning. 2. Motion made to add “Piers, Tie Downs, Wheels, Tongue, No Tongue and Cross Bars” as options to the “Foundation” section

on Residential, Farm and Rental input forms; not a mandatory field. 3. Motion made for Flex to create, for only Farm, Commercial and Vacant Land listings, a “Y/N” field such as “Tax Value

Available” with a “Y/N” value and then if yes, “Total Taxes” would be an option and if no, a textbox would pop up for an

explanation. 4. This exact verbiage was given to Kim (in writing) from an MREC Investigator/Auditor regarding Line #4 of the RES contract

regarding Municipalities and how agents should handle this line item: a. Be certain the property address is fully identified, either with a complete street address or a legal description. b. You should NEVER put “N/A” in the blank on line 4. c. “Unknown” is permissible. d. Note: During an audit, they will never confirm if the property is or is not inside the city limits to assure that this info was

correctly listed. However, while investigating a complaint from a consumer, it is possible that the information would be confirmed and could cause a liability if incorrect. They know that this was primarily added to the contract for issues in the STL area, but now that it’s part of the contract, EVERYONE must deal with this field. So be careful not to leave it

blank without confirming the info. e. Kim to take to MR Forms Committee to look at the current wording regarding this line and consider an update to it.

5. Motion made to stay with Flex MLS and have the MLS Committee focus the rest of the year on a punch-list to ask Flex for and

any bells and whistles we want added (before our contract renewal in 2021). 6. Motion to send out note to members, regarding a concern during these continued pandemic times, to seek permission from

the listing agent if buyer’s agent is not going to enter the home with their clients. Also adding to that note; a reminder that

houses MUST be locked when done at property and key MUST be put back in lockbox.

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Board of Directors Minutes (continued) President’s Report – Brandi Haddock 1. NAR has determined that it is best to cancel the Business Conference and Expo in New Orleans

for November; agents can still attend virtually. AE’s Report – Kim Cox

1. Presented 5 different grants awarded from NAR this month after grant applications were submitted over the last 8 weeks. 2. Recommendation to have Kim add a FB account for a policing monitor in conversations on the Facebook page, BOD

approved. 3. Thank you received from Stained Glass Theatre for Tammy Aggus donation. Allen Hall, President-Elect’s Report

1. Strategic Planning – Meeting is scheduled for Wed, July 22 at 11:00 am. 2. Program & Events – Meeting is scheduled for Thur, July 16 at 1:30 pm. 3. Governing Docs – Meeting is scheduled for Thur, July 23 at 1:30 pm. 4. Membership & Community Service – Reviewed minutes. A motion was made to approve the conditional memberships for the

agents listed below:

New Agents/Appraisers/Offices: Janelle Dunaway – Chas. Burt Joplin Howie Nunnelly – Pro 100 Joplin Melissa Miller – Reece Nichols Neosho (MLS Only) Bethany Newsom – Pro 100 Joplin Gary Brandon Hall – Keller Williams Lake of the Ozarks Realty (Secondary) New Affiliates: Achosa Home Warranty – George Brockman

Chris Nickle, Vice President’s Report

1. Awards – Meeting is scheduled for Thur, July 23 at 10:00 am. 2. RPAC – Total received for 2020 is $9510; goal amount is $16,192. Committee meets in July to determine if the only event they

want to host is the annual auction in September at the All Member Meeting. 3. Technology – No meeting this month. 4. Nominating – Meeting is scheduled for Wed, July 22 at 1:00 pm. 5. Local Leadership Academy – Class’ graduation is pending; regular meetings are all completed. Recommendation sent to

Program Committee to allow acknowledgement for graduating class at banquet. Recurring Business: 1. Accounts past due presented; 6 agents, 1 company. 2. Random listing audit for every 100th listing is continuing. 3. Tracked monthly violations; 17 for this month. Discussed Clear Cooperation Policy and OGAR’s Facebook page; questions

being sent to NAR Policy Dept for confirmation on certain types of posts and whether or not they are acceptable; also check

with MREC regarding license law. New Business: 1. A recommendation is being sent to Finance Committee to consider allowing 2020 President the ability to travel to an NAR

conference and some MR conferences in 2021 that were missed this year due to COVID. 2. A consumer complaint was brought forward against one of our affiliate home inspectors and reviewed by the BOD. After much

discussion the BOD would like a letter of apology sent to the Seller and an educational letter sent to the home inspector about

our professionalism expectations for affiliates, along with a copy of the complaint. 3. A member brought forward a concern about a listing on the MLS that was only selling the equitable interest. MO law requires

that all true owners be on the listing contract. These are not allowed in the MLS as they are not tangible property. Motion

made to withdraw the listing and contact the broker regarding the rules. All of the above motions passed with majority vote. Meeting adjourned.

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Phil Pflug—Old Faithful...this is

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Laura Wacker—First timer

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Kalan Hubbard

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First time blood donor

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Work/Life Balance Who needs a life? You do. When you’re juggling showings, listing presentations, budgeting for your business, late-night phone calls from clients, marketing campaigns, and so much more, it can feel like you only have time for work. Have you ever considered seriously what your time is worth? Learn about effective work habits that real estate pros use to ensure they don’t get burn out and have time for a personal life.

Some real estate pros block out time for quick, frequent breaks to meditate or get some fresh air, while others have a strict cutoff time every night when they stop responding to calls, texts, and emails. However you choose to balance your work and life, learn how you can set up systems to help meet clients’ needs and your own. To learn more visit: https://www.nar.realtor/work/life-balance

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MR State Positions Donny Allen

Melissa Annis

Debbie Barlos

Cheryl Chandler

Kim Cox

Brandi Haddock

Jessica Hubbard

Kalan Hubbard

Steve Kenny

Danny Ross

Forrest Stodghill

Michael Wicklund

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2020 OGAR Leadership Brandi Haddock, President

Allen Hall, President-Elect

Chris Nickle, Vice President

Jessica Hubbard, Treasurer

Jennifer Reaves, Past President

Forrest Stodghill—3 Year Director

Levi Utter—2 Year Director

Courtney Denney—1 Year Director

Amy Hunt—1 Year Director

Susi Yust—1 Year Director

Mike Wicklund—MLS Chair/1 Year

OGAR Staff Kim Cox, Association Executive/CEO

Laura Wacker, Director of Operations

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The OGAR Board Office will be CLOSED on Friday, July 3rd in

observance of Independence Day