Only manual pre-sort discounts will be available since the POSTNET codes are no longer accepted.  As of January 28, 2013, the US Postal Service no longer provides any discount for old style “POSTNET” bar codes.  They have been replaced with Intelligent Mail bar codes.  The labels printed from Realist CAN STILL BE USED, regardless of the bar code, but NO DISCOUNT WILL BE ADDED FOR INCLUSION OF THE BAR CODE on the label.

Realist has scheduled an updated for March or April 2013 that will make the new Intelligent Mail bar codes available for printing on the labels in lieu of the now-defunct POSTNET codes.  Currently, Realist labels that utilize bar codes can display only the POSTNET bar code.

PLEASE NOTE: Until such time as Realist integrates the new Intelligent Mail bar codes, labels printed from Realist will not be eligible for automation-based discounts for bulk mail from the USPS.

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02/11/2013

The MLS Policy Violation and Data Maintenance Fee Manual has been revised and is now on the CBR web site here.

Specific policies that were added/changed are:

 1.03.02 – Improper Display of Photos

1.03.03 – Unallowable Data on Photos

1.03.05 – Primary Photo Build-to-Suit Property Types                                                  

1.06.01 – Re-entry of Same Property Prior to 30-Day Off-Market

SECTION 5.01 – DATA MAINTENANCE FEE WAIVER PROCESS WITH EDUCATION CLASS

The Data Maintenance Fee(s) must be paid prior to attending the Real Estate Data Accuracy class.

• ·         REALTOR® is required to stay for the first hour of the Real Estate Data Accuracy class to receive a refund of a data maintenance fee.
• ·         REALTOR® is required to stay for the entire two hours of the Real Estate Data Accuracy class to receive CE credit.
• Refunds will be issued for the Data Maintenance Fee(s) allowed within 4-6 weeks of (1) attending the Real Estate Data Accuracy class or (2) granting of waiver by the Review Panel. (Jan.’13)

Please call Karen Thompson at 614-475-4000, ext. 270 if you have any questions.

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02/08/2013

It’s that time of year again to update your listings with the latest property tax information so they are reflective of the 2012 tax year.    Most county auditors have updated their tax records to reflect the taxes owed for each parcel in their taxing districts for the 2012 tax year.   Voter approved school and bond levies impact those figures usually each year along with any auditor reassessments or owner appeals of property valuation.    Since most real estate taxes change annually, it is important that REALTORS®, clients and even sellers be kept apprised of these ever changing figures.   Remember, while Realist can autopop the Yearly Taxes and Tax Year for you when you first enter the listing, it does not and cannot automatically update them for you when those figures change.   Nevertheless, this routine remains an important manual operation for REALTORS® to complete the beginning of each year.

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01/24/2013

Pearl Raymond Shrum, Jr. (better known as ‘Jon’), 84, of Salem, Virginia, formerly of Grove City, Ohio, and Hendersonville, North Carolina, went to his heavenly home on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Pearl R. Shrum Jr. proudly served his country in the Korean War as a SSGT in the U.S. Air Force. He later began working as a self-employed real estate broker in Grove City, Ohio and was a member of the Columbus Board of REALTORS®. He was also a member of the Grove City Masonic Lodge and of Trinity Lutheran Church, Fletcher, North Carolina. Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife, Delores A. Shrum, their son Thomas G. Shrum and his wife Dr. Mary Hamill of Willton, CT. and daughter Rebecca Hartman and her husband David of Roanoke, VA; ten grandchildren and one great grandchild, two sisters and numerous nieces and nephews.

http://www.tributes.com/show/Pearl-Raymond-Shrum-95006378

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01/04/2013

Columbus Dispatch: In Memoriam – Ted Lenker

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01/03/2013

The family is receiving friends on January 2, 2013 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at SCHOEDINGER NORTHEAST CHAPEL, 1051 E. Johnstown Rd. (at Beecher Rd), Gahanna.

The Columbus Dispatch – Judy Schultz

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01/02/2013

The exchange will be a one-for-one exchange as long as the lockboxes have been registered to you. The lockboxes that are eligible to be exchanged are those that have been purchased from the Board office or were exchanged at the lockbox conversion in 2007. If you have purchased lockboxes from agents that have left the business you must fill out an equipment transfer form. The form must be completed by the original owner of the lockboxes by 1/11/13. To verify your lockbox serial number, email Tammy Foor or call (614) 475-4000 ex.282.  Exact time and location for the exchange TBA.

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