October 2020 Issue 10 of 12

Official Publication of the Ozark Gateway Association of REALTORS®

Ozark Gateway Association of

REALTORS®,

a Regional MLS

www.theogar.com

OGAR

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OZARK GATEWAY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

Inside this Issue:

Important Dates 2

Letter from the Editor 3

MO SP Licenses Expire Soon!

Agents on the Move 4

Birthdays 5

OGAR MLS Statistics 6-7

MO REALTORS® Statistics 8

Board of Director’s Minutes 9-11

Newmie’s Newbie Blog 12

October Board Store Special

Tour of Homes Schedule 13

Jul—Dec

Lighter Side of Real Estate 14

App of the Month

MR State Positions

MREC Commissioner

Leadership

712 S Florida

Joplin, MO 64801

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Oct 7th: Membership & Community Mtg 10:00am

Oct 9th: Live New Member Orientation 9:00—11:00am

Oct 12—13th: MR’s Advocacy Orientation in Columbia

Oct 15th: Finance Mtg 10:00am

MLS Mtg 11:00am

Program Mtg 1:30pm

Oct 16th: Bosses Day

Oct 20th: Strat Plan Lunch Mtg 10:30am

Oct 21st: Designated REALTORS Mtg 10:00am

Oct 22nd: Local Leadership Academy Comm Mtg 10:00am

Oct 23rd: SentriLock Training w/The PFLUGINATOR

10:30—11:30am

Oct 29th: Board of Directors Mtg 9:30am

Oct 31st: Missouri Salesperson’s License Renewal Deadline

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MARK YOUR

CALENDAR!

Letter from the Editor:

Helllloooooo….and goodbye :(

It is with a mixture of extreme excitement, joy and a

little bit of sadness...quite a bit actually, that I’m writing

to you about my decision to leave working at OGAR.

The past 5 years have been the most incredible

experience!!! I have gotten to work with the FUNNEST

group of people EVER—YOU! I’ve made so many good

friends!!! The ladies I work with are so AMAZING!!! Kim,

Diane and Sara will forever be my soul sisters...I will heart them always

I’m also looking forward to this new opportunity that has been presented to

me by Forrest Stodghill, Judy Lowe, and Patti Kassab at Pro 100 REALTORS®.

I’m truly honored and flattered that they see something in me worth

contributing to their real estate company. I look forward to pouring myself

into my new position and hope that I will see each of you on Facebook, out

shopping or somewhere. As always, feel free to reach out to me if you have

questions or need help with something...I’m really not going that far away ;)

Laura 417-393-6019

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Oct 31st: Missouri Salesperson’s License Renewal Deadline

Agents on the

MOVE New Members: Colton Kennedy—Keller Williams Trevor Frerer—P. Brown & Associates Ryan Litwin—Midwest Land Group, LLC Logan Simon—Keller Williams Travis Trueblood—Pro 100 Joplin Daren Strait—Richard Duley Real Estate Donna Bermingham—Coldwell Banker Harris McHaney & Faucette Courtney Long—Coldwell Banker Harris McHaney & Faucette Linda Woolery—Reece Nichols Mt. Vernon Tara Sartin—Reece Nichols Mt. Vernon Tara Prater—Reece Nichols Mt. Vernon New MLS Only Members: None Drops: Bill Edwards—William Edwards, Broker Marki Helms—Great American Title Ashleigh Despos—Keller Williams David Blevins—Show-Me Real Estate

New Offices: ReeceNichols - Mt. Vernon DR is Linda Woolery Coldwell Banker Harris McHaney & Faucette DR is Donna Bermingham New Offices—MLS Only: None New Affiliates: Ashleigh Despos—Great American Title Larry Solheim—Tailup Media by Tour Services Group Transfers: Mason Williams to Realty Executives Tri-States Amy Greer to Pro 100 Joplin Jodi Farmer to NextHome SoMo Life

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October Birthdays 1st: Kim Cox Jodi Farmer Sherri Garvin Brandi Haddock Keri Ralston 2nd: Tom Brekken Courtney Maresh 4th: Gail White 6th: Cassie Berryman 7th: Mason Williams 8th: Tyler Casey Belinda Hurley Shelly Mock Lindsey Niebaum 9th: Vicki Chew Cody Smith 10th: Heather Griffith Rick Muenks

11th: Aaron Arlington Holly Mitchell Shannon VanGorp Mandy Woods 12th: Ty Rowe Bethany Turner 15th: Howie Nunnelly 16th: Michele Buhr Cheryl Roderique 17th: Mark Darker Jeanie Leonard 20th: Brit Hale Aimee Nieburg 21st: Jennifer Prine Candi Thompson 22nd: Susie Goodall Brandon Hall

23rd: Kevin Hunter 24th: Melissa Gibbens Wilber Guerra 25th: Marcee Carpenter David Dunn Verl Leonard 26th: Brock Moorehouse 27th: Jeremy Beres 28th: Kathleen Denham Sonya Nagle 29th: Tammy Brand Dustin Davidson Jill Welch 30th: Stacy Beasly Dara Steffen

November Birthdays 1st: Carol Goad 2nd: Darrel Phipps Lesley Cowger 3rd: John Wabaunsee 4th: Tom Herrod Karen Love Andy Queen 5th: Jenn Marti Gary Stubblefield 6th: Cody Chaffin 7th: Melissa Boes Nick Kanakis 9th: Wyatt Jones 10th: Kenya Addington 11th: Sally Bush Brett Siebert Sarah Vickers

12th: Alan Buttram Mendy Lasley Alisha Nunnelly 14th: Marilyn Schultz 15th: Eric Putnam 16th: Jillian Bennett Tiffany Blair David Cook Levi Utter 17th: Christina Dicken Beth Ratchford Brittney Straw Susan Wallace 19th: Ashley Dhooghe Devyn Kyle Connie Shull 21st: Arlisa Arwood Richard Calvert Bill Goodwin Katie McElhany

22nd: Diane Newman 23rd: Mark Emerick Zach Hess Michael Randolph 24th: Bridget Plunkett Tim Reavis 26th: David Salts 27th: Dave Bush Tamie Hurt Greg Wells 28th: Dave Hunt Jeanna McGarrah John Yaple 29th: David Thornton Shiloh Williams 30th: Russell Reed

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AUGUST 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: 1,023 1-30 Days: 31 31-60 Days: 141 61-90 Days: 54 91-120 Days: 20 120+ days: 64

Total Units Sold: 310 Avg. DOM: 84 Avg. Sold Price: $153,193 Median Sold Price: $137,611

Absorption Rate: 3.28 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

Aug 2019

325 69 186 69 134 53 14 81 1 18 21 3

Aug 2020

310 57 172 81 133 45 17 67 1 19 26 2

Agent Type Count

Designated REALTOR® 78

Designated Appraiser 53

REALTOR® 529

Associate Appraiser 6

Salesperson 31

Waiver 1

Designated Affiliate 57 Associate Affiliate 48

Total Board/ MLS: 698

(minus affiliates)

Total Board w/Affiliates: 803

MLS STATISTICS

Summary

Statistics

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

Absorption

Rate

3.28 4.77 -31.24 4 4.7 -14.89

Average

List Price

$165,461 $159,132 3.98 $167,816 $152,495 10.05

Median

List Price

$116,250 $124,999 -7.00 $139,550 $128,500 8.60

Average

Sale Price

$153,193 $132,828 15.33 $147,851 $135,791 8.88

Median

Sale Price

$137,611 $119,900 14.77 $134,900 $123,650 9.10

Average

DOM

84 89 -5.62 95 94 1.06

Median

DOM

56 63 -11.11 64 64 0.00

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Ozark Gateway Association of REALTORS®, a Regional MLS Board of Directors Minutes

Thursday, September 23rd, 2020 at 9:30 am Present: Brandi Haddock, Allen Hall, Chris Nickle, Jessica Hubbard, Jennifer Reaves,

Forrest Stodghill, Levi Utter, Susi Yust, Amy Hunt, Courtney Denney and Michael Wicklund Staff Present: Kim Cox Roll call was taken from attendance in the room by Kim Cox. Meeting was then called to order by President Brandi Haddock. Motion was made to approve the meeting agenda as emailed. Motion made to approve the minutes from the August BOD meeting as emailed.

Jessica Hubbard, Officer/Treasurer

1. Received financials as emailed. Motion made and approved to accept financials for August 2020 and YTD. 2. Reviewed Edward Jones portfolio. Committee met with our E.J. Advisor (Matt Gibson) he is sending over recommendations

and options for us to consider. 3. We are also seeking some guidance from our CPA on best practices for year-end spending and tax payouts. 4. Kim to have the computer companies that quoted us in March, attend the next finance meeting to go over some Q&A and get

updated quotes and direction. 5. There was an upcharge needed for the HVAC so we’ve halted the process of replacement and are researching some

additional options. 6. An issue has been found with the gas line in the conference center. A motion was made to get the repair done as soon as we

can (before it gets cold). Michael has offered to help get this taken care of, as well as the HVAC quote changes.

Michael Wicklund, MLS Chair/1 Year Director

1. No meeting this month.

President’s Report – Brandi Haddock 1. Just a reminder to the BOD that they all need to be thinking about any 1, 3, 5 and 10 year expenses, projects or programs for

Strat Planning to add to their conversation as they continue their planning process. 2. Some items for Strat Plan to consider from this group:

a. Community Relations Committee could/should include a focus on one large project that we would do each and every

year. b. An annual review of our technology setup and needs be done with a technology professional regarding OGAR’s

computers and servers.

AE’s Report – Kim Cox 1. Motion made to reimburse Kim for flowers for Steve Graham’s family funeral. 2. Motion made to donate $250 to Friends of Kids with Cancer. 3. There is a new MR form that was just released today. It’s called “Sight Unseen” and it is form MSC-2046R; Kim to send out

notice to our membership about it. 4. Discussed a public complaint about negative banter on social media by members. A letter was sent to complainant on our

social media expectations. 5. Need to send out the updated information from MR Forms Committee about the earnest money changes made and how they

are going to affect contracts.

Allen Hall, President-Elect’s Report 1. Strategic Planning – Reviewed minutes. a. Motion made to change the setup of the Nominating (Leadership Development) Committee in Bylaws and in Policy: i. This committee’s quorum will always have 5 members (present). ii. This committee will have 7 members total. iii. The 7 members are; Past President twice removed is the Chair, Immediate Past President is a sitting

committee member, the President selects 3 members as sitting members on the committee, the President-Elect selects the Vice Chair of the committee, the Chair of the Local Leadership Academy

Committee is a sitting member on the committee.

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Board of Directors Minutes (continued) b. Motion made that members of this committee must meet this criteria: i. Have been a member of OGAR for at least 3 years. ii. No more than 2 from any 1 company. iii. Good meeting attendance to be verified by the staff. iv. Must have sat on a committee 2 of the last 5 years. v. Must exclude themselves from any open position for slate or state director; this does NOT include the

Immediate Past President or the Past President twice removed. vi. Note: The Immediate Past President and the Past President twice removed shall have the ability to run for state offices should they choose. They will abstain from this vote and remove themselves from the room

during this vote. vii. Note: Committee would like to see all committee members sign a clause, along with their confidentiality agreement at the beginning of the year that shall read: “I understand by being on this committee that I am

NOT eligible to run this year, even if I recuse myself from this committee”. viii. Note: Committee will wait until after the MR September 1st committee announcements before selecting

state director candidates each year. 2. Membership & Community Service – Reviewed minutes. A motion was made to approve the conditional memberships for the

agents listed below:

New Agents/Appraisers/Offices:

Clint Edwards – Keller Williams Brian Shields – Keller Williams Jade Harris – Realty Executives McKinzie Lucas – Keller Williams Trevor Frerer – P. Brown & Assoc. Ryan Litwin – Midwest Land Group Logan Simon – Keller Williams Bethany Turner – Realty One Group Cord Mays – Charles Burt Joplin David Laymen – WRTGC – Commercial, LLC (Secondary) William “Bill” Edwards – William N. Edwards, Broker (Secondary) - DR New Affiliates: Stacy Beasley – Springfield Quality Services Nicole Hopper – First Trust Home Loans Deana Bronson – First Trust Home Loans Marla Bosworth – First Trust Home Loans Ashleigh Despos – Great American Title

Chris Nickle, Vice President’s Report (Given by Kim Cox) 1. Awards – The committee met yesterday and completed the 2020 awards selections. Minutes to be typed up and filed. 2. RPAC – An online auction is being held in October. 3. Technology – No meetings scheduled. 4. Nominating – Motion made that Michael Wicklund will hold the newly available State Director position. Motion made that

Brandi Haddock (first) and then Susi Yust (second) are the next runners up to be our alternates through 2021 should one or

more State Directors resign or not be able to uphold their position. 5. Local Leadership Academy – The committee has asked that each BOD member email Kim the names of 2 people that should

apply for the next Academy class. Recurring Business: 1. Accounts past due presented (over 60 days); 0 agents, 0 companies. 2. Random listing audit for every 100th listing is continuing; There were several errors again this month; agents notified quickly

corrected errors. 3. Tracked monthly CCP violations; 0 for this month. MLS violations: 9.

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Board of Directors Minutes (continued) New Business: 1. BOD went into Executive session regarding a few affiliate complaints. 2. Discussion was held on the topic of escalation clause offers showing up in our area most recently.

MREC said best practices would dictate that any agent or advertising remarks made by the listing agent that includes any restriction on the use of escalation clauses or negative preference against escalation clauses is dangerous and that direction should be in writing with the Seller. Despite that directive, agents are still required to present ALL offers to their clients. Kim to share Legal Line response with DR’s, they can disseminate the info to their agents as some offices may not allow this in their office policies. DR’s will also be reminded that, unless created by an

attorney, any verbiage they use on documentation in their respective offices, should steer clear of legal terminology. 3. An additional tool is now accessible at JoplinGIS.com. It has information for both Newton & Jasper counties. The information

can be used in addition to Beacon and Midland; there are some differences in what each site offers. Also note that City of

Neosho has the same type of link as well. 4. A recommendation is being made to send out a reminder to agents to please put the key back after each showing (and not just

let the next agent in) because we need them to show up as entering the home on the SentriLock showing accesses, this is an accountability concern. Also, please make sure to shut and lock the door securely after each showing. Don’t forget that Ring &

Nest cameras see and hear everything you do when you are on someone’s property. 5. A recommendation is being made to Governing Docs Committee to add a policy note that if a BOD member is making a

specific request to Kim (regarding anything financial or personnel wise) that it must be run through the Executive Committee

for approval. This takes pressure off of the AE and keeps everything well documented and on file. All of the above motions passed with majority vote. Meeting adjourned.

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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

MREC Commissioner Steve Kenny

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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

& Education Diane Newman, Membership Services &

MLS Director

Sara Pflug, Member Services Coordinator

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