President’s Message

I thoroughly enjoyed the

opportunity to speak with

many of you at The Pointe

during Continuing Education.

It’s nice to have some “face

time” to discuss issues you

may be having or things you

need help with. I’m always

willing to listen and you can

call me anytime at 715-966-9941.

Despite the serious lack of inventory, the

market is definitely busy. Before you get

too carried away with the countless

things to do and places to be, be sure to

get your registration in for the June 7

General Membership Meeting and Golf

Outing. I have ordered fabulous weather

but it remains to be seen if Mother

Nature will cooperate…

If you’re not a golfer, please plan to

attend the dinner and cast your ballot or

make sure to vote absentee if you cannot

join us. Your vote is important

to determine who will serve

our organization as officers

and directors for the coming

year. If you are planning to

attend, don’t forget your

PERSONAL checkbook! You’ll

probably want to get in on the

tablet drawing and there are

sure to be some great auction items.

Speaking of the RPAC auction, if you’d

like to donate something, it can be

dropped off at the board office or at

Tomahawk Community Bank. We

sincerely appreciate the fabulous items

that are contributed each year and

Cheryl Eskridge’s tireless efforts as our

RPAC Chair.

I’ll see you in a couple of weeks at

Inshalla Country Club!

Shelly

Inside This Issue:

Golf Outing, Election &

RPAC Dinner - June 7

2017-18 Video Continuing

Education Courses

Spring Housing Outlook &

Press Release

Northwoods Association of REALTORS® & Greater Northwoods MLS®

Shelly Cole, NWAR

The Buzz:

GNMLS President’s Message 2

Affiliates & Sponsors 3

MLS Memo & AE Corner 3

Member Recognition & Events 4

REALTORS on the Move 4

About NWAR/GNMLS 5

2018 Golf/Dinner Registration 6

Affiliate Spotlight

May 2018

Volume 8, Issue 5

*LAST CALL* - Golf Outing & Election Dinner

The Realty Review

Golf Scramble: The sun is back, the snow and ice are gone and the world

is turning green again! That means it’s time to join your fellow REALTORS

out on the greens for our annual golf scramble at Inshalla Country Club at

noon on Thursday June 7th.

Prizes courtesy of our hole sponsors will be awarded to multiple teams and

several individual skills contest winners. Hole sponsorships are available

for $100 for which we will place a full-color 18x24” sign with your company logo and info at a

tee box. If you would like to sponsor a golf hole and/or a dinner appetizer, please contact Matt

at the board office at matt@northwoodsrealtors.org or 715-356-3400.

Election Dinner: Dinner guests will enjoy a buffet dinner of roast beef, baked chicken and

pork tenderloin with plenty of sides and a brownie dessert! Candidate bios will be emailed to

voters on 5/18 and additional candidates may be added to the ballot by petition (requiring 15

signatures) until May 24th - please contact the board office for a blank petition.

RPAC Fundraiser Auction & Tablet PC Drawing: See page 2 for details about our auction

and thank you in advance to everyone who donates and/or bids on the gift baskets and other

items and services. NWAR Members may also enter a drawing to win a nifty Windows laptop/

tablet hybrid! Please drop off your auction donations and register for the drawing by 5/24 -

thank you and good luck!

** CLICK HERE OR SEE PAGE 6 & REGISTER BY 5/30 **

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Page 2 Volume 8, Issue 5

Blue skies, blue lakes, green lawns,

green leaves, colorful flowers…

REMEMBER to update your white-

out winter pics in the MLS, asap.

Happy Spring!

June 7th is the annual NWAR/

GNMLS golf outing, see invitation

for further details. If you are unable

to attend, please request an

absentee ballot for the MLS election.

Realist Update: Last month 102 Subscribers visited Realist through

Inter face Express and ran

approximately 1,300 searches and

4,400 reports. Hopefully you will

continue to make use of this tool that

can provide a wealth of information

about properties (including taxes)

and neighborhoods in 49 counties

with just a click of a link.

Xposure Update: In mid-April RealtyServer released Xposure, a

new marketing tool available to all

members. Whether you are a listing

agent, buyer’s agent or both you

can set up a great-looking free

business page that keeps you in

front of your customers when they

visit listings through your page. Just

look for the link on Express to set up

your FREE agent account. Here is a

5 minute video to explain agent

business pages: xposureapp.com/

businesspagevideo

Sentrilock BLE Boxes: Please continue to install the new BLE

boxes on all of your new listings and

replace the old boxes, especially

where you know there is limited cell

coverage.

Best wishes to all of you for a

successful selling season!

Adam

Adam Redman, GNMLS

President’s Message

WRA Magazine published an article last

month that raised some eyebrows. Long

story short, a judge ruled that an owner who

held deed to land under the water line

along a flowage could restrict a riparian

owner whose property line ends at the water’s edge from

installing a pier over their deeded land. The riparian owner

did retain rights to access the water but because they did not

own the land under it, they could not install a pier without

permission from the owner of the land below the water line.

REALTORS should make sure to check the deed for properties

along flowages to ensure it includes land up to and into the

water if there is deeded land below the water line. If someone

else owns that submerged land, the owner should not assume

they have the right to install a pier or other structure without

permission. Read the full WRA article at: goo.gl/myTXwT

2017-18 Continuing Education

Of Piers & Flowages

Win a Windows

Laptop/Tablet

Hybrid!

RPAC Auction & Windows Tablet Drawing By RPAC Chair Cheryl Eskridge

We welcome Jennai’ Rusch of Lake Country Realty in Elcho to our RPAC Committee. She will be

helping us gather your donations of gift baskets and other items for the RPAC Auction at our

Election Dinner on June 7th. Please contact me at cheryleskridge@nnex.net or 512-749-6833 or

Matt at the board office to let us know if you have something to donate. We kindly ask that all

donations be dropped off at the board office or at Jennai’s or my office by May 24th to allow us

time to prepare for the big event. THANK YOU!

Acer Switch 12 Drawing: This Windows tablet/laptop hybrid weighs in at just over 2 pounds

and has a 12” hi-def touchscreen, Intel Core i3 processor, 128gb SSD and 4gb RAM. It also

includes a detachable keyboard, wifi & bluetooth, USB 3.0 & USB 3.1-C ports, a microSD card slot

for additional storage, and it works with Interface desktop! The cost to enter is $25 per entry

with a max of 4 entries per NWAR Member through 5/24, after which the limit will be removed

until all 100 entries are sold or until the drawing at the 6/7 election dinner. You need not be

present to win, and this offer is only open to NWAR Members; register by May 24th at the link

below and we will send instructions to confirm your entries:

Tablet Drawing Registration Link: goo.gl/cDHgex

All licensed real estate salespersons and brokers are required

to complete 18 hours of continuing education (six 3-hour

courses) every two years. Several already completed your

requirements at the WRA Winter Convention in January and

live CE in Minocqua last month, but many still need to do that to

renew your salesperson or broker license by December 14th.

One convenient method is taking the WRA online video

courses, but those who prefer not to take online courses can

attend NWAR-hosted video CE courses for just $25 each.

NWAR Members who take all 6 courses through NWAR can

claim a “6-for-5” discount to save the cost of one course (WRA

video courses not eligible). You may also claim an unused

2018 timely renewal credit to save an additional $25 and

complete all 6 courses for just $100!

View the schedule on page 3 and register at: goo.gl/RwrzBy

If you are looking for ways to keep

your contact information in front of

home buyers here is one more way. If

you have set up your free Xposure

bu s i n e s s p ag e , f o r e x amp l e

JaneDoe.realtyHD.com, you can edit

your email that is sent to all your PCS

clients with updates. You can provide

them the link to your business page

and let them know they can search in

Xposure for any MLS number that

interests them. They can look at

comparable properties and share

favorite listings with friends and social

media. Views that come from those

shares are framed in your photo and

contact information. Both the PCS

Client and Xposure are friendly to

smartphones.

Coming later Xposure links will be

integrated with a new PCS client

portal.

We look forward to seeing many of you

at the golf outing – hope you are

signed up.

AE Corner MLS Memo

We get a monthly report from

Realtor.com that indicates fewer than

10% of our Members have customized

their Realtor.com profile by adding a

bio, email, phone number and more.

The report also shows we had over

285,000 listing detail views, 850 agent

profile views and 500+ listing leads just

in April. If you haven’t setup a complete

Realtor.com agent profile, you may be

missing out!

Go to www.realtor.com/profile to

power up your profile with an agent

photo and bio, designations and

specialties and more. You can even add

client reviews and/or personal

recommendations to help with the most

important sale you will ever make:

selling yourself! Once your profile is

complete, you can link to your

Realtor.com bio from your agent

website and Xposure to make sure

consumers can learn all about how great

you are!

We hope to see you in Tomahawk soon!

MLS Tip: Want your properties to be found? It

is very important you check the mapping and

place them accurately.

NWAR Affiliates Page 3

Matt Seegert - NWARMatt@gmail.com Lon Fisk - NWARLonF@gmail.com

Affiliate Company Location Affiliate Name Phone

A to Z Home Inspections Harshaw Patrick Brennan 715-358-5809

AmeriSpec Inspection Services Rhinelander Brad Francis 715-493-0185

Associated Title & Closing Services Ironwood MI Roy D’Antonio 906-932-6340

Big Moose Home Inspections Bessemer MI Tom Ruemenapp 906-663-2221

CoVantage Credit Union Antigo Michelle Brettingen 715-627-4336

CoVantage Credit Union Crandon Angela Retzlaff 715-478-5100

Gowey Abstract & Title Minocqua Mike Brandner 715-356-3000

Great North Bank Eagle River Dan Stark 715-598-9919

Knight Barry Title Service Minocqua Patrick Hugunin 715-439-4114

mBank Eagle River John Hletko 715-477-3841

mBank Eagle River Cathy Humbaugh 715-477-3885

Merrill Community Bank Merrill Pete Koblitz 715-536-7133

Northern Title & Abstract Rhinelander Al Mancl 715-365-5000

Northwoods Title & Closing Eagle River Maryann Fath 715-479-6459

Oneida Title & Abstract Rhinelander Jeanne Smith 715-362-3348

People’s State Bank Eagle River Val Dreger 715-479-1794

People’s State Bank Minocqua Tim Sanderson 715-358-7070

River Valley Bank Minocqua LeAnn Hayden 715-358-9319

Shoreline Title Services Rhinelander Greg Peckels 715-369-3934

The Cayo Group at Inlanta Mortgage Minocqua Dee Cayo 715-358-9700

Tomahawk Community Bank SSB Tomahawk Shelly Cole 715-453-5354

Tomahawk Community Bank SSB Tomahawk Deb Duncan 715-453-5354

U.S. Bank Minocqua Mary Kim Black 715-358-3389

Vilas Title Service Eagle River Rick Ernst 715-479-4070

Wisconsin Benefit Planning Minocqua Charlie Ouimette 715-356-2300

AE Tip: If you aren’t in our Members-only Facebook group, you are missing timely news & event

announcements, open houses & more. Join up at: facebook.com/groups/northwoodsrealtors/

* These are non-member paid advertisements that are not specifically endorsed or promoted by NWAR.

ENV Property Solutions Fifield

Ph: 715-661-0561

ENVPropertySolutions.com

Mold/lead/asbestos investigations, soil/groundwater testing & more

Local Professionals*

2018 Video CE Schedule

All WI brokers & salespersons must complete 18 hours (6 courses) of real estate CE to renew your license by 12/14/18. NWAR is offering the video courses below at $25 each for NWAR Members plus a 6-for-5 NWAR Member discount.

Details and registration: goo.gl/RwrzBy

Town Dates Venue

Manitowish Waters

6/5, 6/19, 7/17, 7/31, 8/21, 8/28

Koller Library (1 per day)

Woodruff Starting 8/28 &

10/23 NWAR Board

Office

Tomahawk 8/30, 9/13 &

10/4 Tomahawk Com-

munity Bank

Eagle River 10/11, 10/25 &

11/1 Northland Pines

High School

One of your many great Member benefits, Tech

Helpline is a phone call away from helping you solve

your PC, peripheral and/or smartphone troubles!

Need help picking a new laptop or phone? Give

them a call for REALTOR-centric advice!

Toll-Free Helpline: 866-610-7997

Email: support@techhelpline.com

Online Chat: chat.techhelpline.com

Volume 8, Issue 5 Page 4

Name From To

Travis Ploman Coldwell Banker Action - Merrill NextHome Leading Edge - Rothschild

Name Office

Keanuiah Day Northern Realty & Land - Mountain

Annette Dembowiak1 Wolf River Realty - Antigo

David Duncan1 First Weber - Tomahawk

David Eliason1 Eliason Realty of the North- Eagle River

Marisa Hagemann1 Redman Realty Group - Minocqua

John Kazda1 Eliason Realty of the North - St. Germain

Tim Riley1 Coldwell Banker Mulleady - Mani Waters

Kyle Zastrow First Weber - Rhinelander

New GNMLS Subscribers:

Lockbox Leaders

% Active Listings w/LBs

NorWisRealty.com 89%

Woodland Lakes Realty 83%

Lakeland Realty 79%

Bolen Realty 75%

Wolf River Realty 71%

Redman Realty Group 68%

Miller & Associates Realty 67%

N’woods Community Realty 62%

Key Insight 60%

Re/Max Action North 60%

Need a refresher? View SentriLock lockbox training guides, tip sheets and more

at: www.goo.gl/kN7F3

REALTOR Anniversaries Congratulations to the following NWAR Members

celebrating a quinquennial anniversary this month:

25 Years:

Barbara Sass Yoder - Re/Max Property Pros, Eagle River

20 Years:

Jo Ann Klug - Schmidt-Haus Realty, Manitowish Waters

Lance Krolczyk - First Weber, Minocqua

15 Years:

Bob Merz - Re/Max Property Pros, Eagle River

Kay Reil - Re/Max Property Pros, Eagle River

5 Years:

Tynan Anderson - Century 21 Best Way, Tomahawk

Gary Van Wormer - Century 21 Burkett, Eagle River

Transfers & Releases:

REALTORS® on the Move 1 New NWAR REALTOR

^ Closed MLS Office * New MLS Office

“God could not be everywhere,

and therefore he made mothers.”

- Rudyard Kipling

Former local REALTOR Arlen Panko passed

unexpectedly on Friday May 4th at age

67. Arlen was a REALTOR for over a

decade in Antigo, Rhinelander and most

recently Crandon before retiring in 2015.

Our sincere condolences go out to Arlen’s

family, friends and former colleagues at Century 21

Northwoods Team and elsewhere for their loss. To view

an obituary with a tribute wall to share your memories of

Arlen, please visit: goo.gl/2JCW2a

Rest in peace, Arlen.

Arlen Panko Passing

YTD Sales Update

Median Price Units On/Off Water 2017 2018 2017 2018

SFH Off 94,900 92,900 286 296

SFH On 219,900 240,000 229 245

Land Off 27,000 34,500 128 135

Land On 48,500 90,000 60 68

Tight inventory is leading buyers toward vacant lots & new construction. Read the May WRA Magazine for timely tips on new construction!

County totals, annual trends and more at: NorthwoodsRealtors.org/sales

Try the new Mobile app that brings WRA resources like stats, legal hotline, courses & more to your fingertips!

Android: goo.gl/AhQ6kw

iPhone: goo.gl/K6ToHU

Spring Housing Outlook

Based on comments from many of you that inventory is

tight, we decided to crunch some numbers to see how

our home supply is looking. We found that we are

currently at a multi-year low of under 11 months of

supply, whereas our “neutral” supply appears to be

closer to 15 months. It is therefore safe to say your

observations are correct that we are entering (or already

in) a “seller’s market”. Therefore it is as important as

ever to act fast for buyers since they may have

competition!

Read more in our recent press release: goo.gl/J7VNwM

The Northwoods Association of REALTORS® was founded in 1953

as a non-profit organization dedicated to serving real estate

brokers and agents in the Northwoods area. NWAR provides a

central hub for our 400+ Members to communicate, establish

policy, receive training and implement new solutions to better

serve their clients.

Greater Northwoods Multiple Listing Service®, a wholly-owned

subsidiary of NWAR, is dedicated to providing our Members

with first-rate service and support in listing and viewing

properties and conducting business in accordance with the

ethical standards of the industry. GNMLS currently serves more

than 170 Member offices comprised of over 480 brokers, agents

and appraisers.

PO Box 377

320 Oak St, Suite B

Woodruff, WI 54568

Phone: 715-356-3400

Fax: 888-399-2118

Staff@NorthwoodsRealtors.org

Nor thwoods Assoc ia t i on o f REALTORS ®

& Grea te r Nor thwoods MLS ®

Volume 8, Issue 5 Page 5

Northwoods Association of REALTORS®

Officers (Term^):

Shelly Cole, President 453-5354

Ron Welnetz, President-Elect 627-4885

Mary Thompson, Treasurer (1) 356-3207

Judi Schmidt Arnold, Past President 543-2300

Directors (Term-Year - limit 2-2):

Jerry Burkett (2-2) 479-3090

Trudy Campbell (1-2) 356-3207

Andy Harris (1-1) 543-8900

LeAnn Hayden (1-1) 358-9319

Andrea Krueger (1-1) 453-3365

Jonathan Long (1-1) 453-4910

Julie Manthei (2-2) 356-3207

Christy Schneider (1-2) 365-3071

Greater Northwoods MLS®

Officers (Term^):

Adam Redman, President 358-0450

John Misina, President-Elect 479-4431

Julie Winter-Paez, Treasurer (2) 480-4333

Mark Wagner, Past President 762-3291

Directors (Term-Year - limit 2-2):

Jerry Burkett (1-2) 479-3090

Ed Choinski (1-1) 493-7827

Sandy Ebben (1-1) 365-3000

Jackie Leonhard (1-2) 453-2673

Dan Pudlo (2-1) 547-3033

Brenda Thompson (1-2) 358-0494

Board of Directors 2017-18

NWAR Homepage: NorthwoodsREALTORS.org

Member FB Group: Facebook.com/Groups/NorthwoodsREALTORS

About Us

Board Office Location: www.goo.gl/qRzxH

Use East entrance (double doors by drive-up window)

Our office hours are 8am-5pm Monday through Friday

(Area code 715 unless otherwise noted)

NWAR & GNMLS on the Web:

www.goo.gl/2pnHM www.goo.gl/2fjJs

www.goo.gl/6aOAZ

The National Association of

REALTORS® MVP Program

encourages members to take

actions that will benefit NAR

and members while rewarding

them for being active within

their association.

If you sign up for the MVP

eNewsletter by May 30th, you

will earn a free “How to

Navigate and Maximize

Facebook to Bring You More

Business Webinar” ($30 value)

PLUS a chance to win an Apple

Watch! Claim your reward at:

MVP.REALTOR.ORG

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^ President, President-Elect and Past President terms are 1 year each; Treasurers may serve up to two 1-year terms.

Next Board Meetings:

Thursday, May 17th GNMLS - 8:30am NWAR - 10:00am

Meetings are the third Thursday of each month - Members welcome!

NWAR Committees, Chairpersons & Duties: https://northwoodsrealtors.org/committees

2018 NWAR/GNMLS GOLF OUTING & ELECTION DINNER

Thursday June 7th, 2018

Inshalla Country Club - Tomahawk Price: $69 golf & dinner, $25 dinner only

Jim Tait Memorial Cup Golf Tourney

4-person scramble, shotgun start Free bucket of range balls

18 Holes w/cart – loads of prizes! No foursome, no problem - we’ll team you up

Putting Contest – win CASH!

Schedule of Events 11:00 - Golfer check-in – golfers vote now 12:15 - Tee-off & putting contest begins 4:30 - Dinner check-in – vote by 6pm

RPAC Silent Auction – closes 7:15pm 6:00 - Call to Order, New Member Induction,

Member Awards & Recognition, NWAR Family Scholarship 6:30 - Buffet Dinner 7:00 - Golf Awards & Prizes 7:30 - RPAC Drawing & Auction Results 7:45 - Election Results

Please return the form below with payment by May 30th - THANK YOU!

Hole & Appetizer Sponsorships

Available!

Buffet Dinner: Roast Beef, Pork Tenderloin &

Baked Chicken Taters & gravy, veggies, garden & pasta salads &

brownie dessert!

Enter by 5/24 at: goo.gl/cDHgex

RPAC Drawing: Acer Switch Alpha 12

2-in-1 tablet/laptop with Windows – works with

Interface Desktop!

2018 NWAR/GNMLS Golf Outing & Election Dinner Registration

Attendee Names: Golf or Dinner Only? (check one) ** NWAR New Member Inductee / Timely Renewal Credit?

1. Golf & Dinner ___ Dinner Only ___ Inductee ___ Renewal Crdt ___

2. Golf & Dinner ___ Dinner Only ___ Inductee ___ Renewal Crdt ___

3. Golf & Dinner ___ Dinner Only ___ Inductee ___ Renewal Crdt ___

4. Golf & Dinner ___ Dinner Only ___ Inductee ___ Renewal Crdt ___

** You may subtract $25 for any attendee who is being inducted or who has an unused NWAR timely renewal credit. View Members with credit at goo.gl/8DpAkE, check the box(es) above for anyone listed and subtract $25 from their total.

___ Golf & Dinner x $69 = $ _________ (no golf-only option) ___ Dinner Only x $25 = $ _________ Total Paid: = $ _________

Contact Name: ____________________________ Email or Phone: _______________________________________

HOLE SPONSORSHIPS $100: Sponsors will have a sign posted at a hole with your info and logo and you will receive special recognition in our monthly newsletter. Contact NWAR about appetizer sponsorships or door prize donations.

Company Name: ____________________________________ Top 3 Hole Preferences: ___ ___ ___ (1st come 1st serve)

Remit with payment (checks only) by 5/30 to: NWAR, PO Box 377, Woodruff WI 54568

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