June 2005

Welcome to NSBAR's REALTOR eNews! The 2005 NSBAR Awards and Installation Luncheon is almost here and we need your votes! Also, check out NSBAR's new easy-to-read continuing education calendar. Also, you can now print this Newsletter here!

The 2005 NSBAR Humanitarian Award
Nominate a person, company or organization for their promotion of equal housing opportunities or in real estate career outreach or both! Nominations must be received by July 1 at the latest. To download a faxable nomination form, click here. Complete the form and fax it to NSBAR at 847-480-7362.

It's the Rule
Is there's trouble in Paradise? See how an absolute auction almost gets out of hand. Terry talks about it in "It's the Rule". Read more.

Education Update
It's a brand new season for continuing education, and this year we have a great line-up of new classes and instructors! Also be sure to read up on our Broker Orientation Seminar, perfect for those thinking of opening their own office, or for those who need a refresher on running their brokerage.

Steve's Street
There have been changes made to connectMLS™’s Prospecting Search function. Based on your feedback, MLSNI has revised connectMLS™ policies for automatically disabling/expiring automated prospecting searches. Here’s a brief overview of the changes. Check out Steve's Street...

MLSNI Passwords
It has become apparent that many users have not changed their password in years or have never changed the password that they were allocated when their accounts were set up. Passwords are an important aspect of computer security. They are the front line of protection for user accounts. Passwords provide a means of validating a user’s identity and thereby establish access rights to information processing facilities or services. With that said MLSNI will be implementing a new security policy starting June 8, 2005 that will have subscriber passwords set to expire on a 30 day cycle for Compass/REXplorer only (i.e. PC Access, Lightning & REX). Any changes in passwords will be carried over to the MLXchange browner but not connectMLS, which will be instituting its own enforced password change policy in July. Users of PC Access & Lightning will need to edit their User Set-Up if they have their password programmed in for automatic connection to the MLS. Read more...