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 HAVE YOU RESPONDED TO THE NAR CALL TO ACTION ?

 

URGE CONGRESS TO RENEW THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM

CALL FOR ACTION! Tell Congress - Don't Put 40K Transactions a Month in Jeopardy View e-mail in browser

Without Congressional action by September 30, 2017, authority for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will expire.  If the NFIP lapses, more than 40,000 real estate transactions per month will be in jeopardy. Urge your member of Congress to pass “The 21st Century Flood Reform Act” H.R. 2874 as soon as possible. H.R. 2874 contains numerous provisions of critical importance to consumers and REALTORS: Reauthorizes NFIP for a full 5 years, avoiding the uncertainty of short term extensions and potential shutdowns Caps NFIP rates at $10,000 per year for property owners Directs FEMA to develop more granular rate tables, to ensure fewer properties are over charged by NFIP Sets aside $1 billion for flood mitigation assistance grants Increases access to private market flood insurance Tell Congress to PASS Flood Insurance Reform Now!

 

 

 

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 Developed in partnership with NAR’s REALTOR® Safety Program, this online three-hour course teaches real estate professionals how to limit risk and increase safety for themselves and their clients. Students will learn how to assess

potential risks and develop safety protocols for client meetings, open houses, showings, online interactions, and other

business activities. The course will guide students through strategies for data security, including protecting personal and electronic information for real estate professionals and the clients they serve. As a practical resource, this course

offers easy-to-remember strategies for responding to threats and attacks and when facing potentially dangerous situations.

 

 

 

 

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Medina County Board of REALTORS^®

Improve, Invest in Community with REALTOR^®

Party Grants

With nearly 800 members keeping their ears to the ground, the Medina County Board of REALTORS^® (MCBOR)

never has to wonder what the needs of the community might be. In 2016, it met three such needs with funding

assistance from the REALTOR® Party’s Housing Opportunity Grants and a Placemaking Grant. Ranging from

housing for disabled veterans, to vegetable gardens for low-income citizens, to improving a bike path for the public, these projects demonstrate the deep level of investment these MCBOR REALTOR^® professionals have in their community. 

Sherry Stell, MCBOR's Association Executive, explains that her organization has strong Housing Opportunity

and Legislative Committees, but that its community service issues emerge organically, without any systematic

approach. "If the need is there, members will call it to our attention, and we'll try to find out if it is possible to obtain a grant

within the REALTOR^® Party program," said Stell. For example, a MCBOR committee member who serves as a

trustee of one of Medina County's townships recognized an opportunity for the REALTORS^® to contribute to

public fitness when a former golf course in his township was being converted to a public park and required

funding to transform golf cart paths to mountain bike paths.  The Placemaking Grant program does not fund

repair work on existing paths, but this fall, MCBOR succeeded in securing a $1,300 grant for a park map and

information display case branded with the Medina County Board of REALTOR®S name and REALTOR^® logo,

along with a "Saddle Buddy" mountain bike repair and cleaning station.

Another significant community service project for MCBOR came about when one of its members handled the

sale of a property to an organization that planned to convert the home to housing for disabled veterans requiring

round-the-clock care. "That's how we found out about Newbridge Veterans Place," says Stell. "Our membership

is more than happy to support our veterans.  Newbridge Veterans Place became the beneficiary of our Annual

Charity Bowl-a-Thon, which attracted more than 140 participants and raised more than $3,000." Along with a

$5,000 NAR Housing Opportunity Grant and three REALTOR^® Care Days, MCBOR volunteers donated their

time and skill to help the organization get the property up and running. "So much was needed in this seven-bedroom

home to get it ready to house low income/homeless and disabled veterans," notes Stell. "Our members helped

with painting, hanging blinds and setting up the kitchen, in addition to purchasing and moving furniture into the home." 

Yet another project arose because of MCBOR's longstanding support of Medina Creative Housing, an organization that promotes the development and management of permanent affordable housing for people with disabilities. In the past, the REALTORS^® have received a REALTOR^® Party Housing Opportunity Grant to support the programmatic goals

of the charity's Life Skills Lodge as a comprehensive occupational therapy environment. "This year," reports Stell, "they wanted help installing raised garden beds, to help residents to grow their own produce and sell the

excess at the farmers’ market for income. Our community is so fortunate to have this amazing organization,

and this project, in particular, helps the broader population by providing fresh locally grown vegetables.

It's a real win-win."

On a hot day this summer, a team of MCBOR members got together and met at the site to build the garden

beds, with materials paid for by a Placemaking Grant. As always, Stell put the word out among her affiliate

members, who not only pitched in to help, but provided coffee, donuts and pizza. "Our members are very supportive of each other

in these efforts," she adds, "whether it's with hard labor or coffee service.  Knowing that the REALTOR^® Party

is behind them with all its resources, makes all of us feel like we really can make a difference when these needs arise."    

To learn more about how the REALTORS^® of Medina County, Ohio are making an impact on their community

with the help of the REALTOR^® Party, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">Sherry Stell, Association Executive of the Medina County Board of REALTORS^®, at 330-722-1000.