The 2020 Scholarship Committee received several worthy applicants this year. The scholarship was awarded to Doris Lee of Port Clinton.

Doris is a single mom and eager to begin her career in Real Estate.  She was sponsored by Real Living Morgan Realty Group.  Broker Alex Johnson said that Doris has an incredible work ethic and is a self-starter and can think outside of the box.  All three of these characteristics fit so well into the Real Estate Industry.  Alex looks forward to seeing what Doris brings to the Real Estate Industry.

Congratulations Doris!

Only 10 percent of Ohio’s REALTORS have answered our “Call For Action” seeking passage of our top legislative priority – the Ohio First-time Homebuyer Savings Act (Senate Bill 139).

We CAN and MUST do better if we hope to have it successfully voted out of the Senate Ways & Means Committee. We NEED your help…here’s how:

• Share with family, friends, and followers, like and comment on the Call For Action posts we currently have on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. The more you engage with our social media posts the more we can get the word out! Use the following links to access the posts:

FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/OhioRealtors/

LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6638101875134607360

TWITTER https://twitter.com/OhioRealtors/status/1232335691159396352

INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_xL21AOqh/?igshid=1s6giqyqp2sz3

• Encourage your family, friends, clients and customers to respond to the Call For Action.

• Ask your fellow REALTORS to answer the Call For Action.

Quarterly Special Assessments

• 1st Quarter - January, February, March
  Invoices are generated in December.  Due by January 20th
• 2nd Quarter - April, May, June
  Invoices are generated in March.  Due by April 20th
• 3rd Quarter - July, August, September
  Invoices are generated in June.  Due by July 20th
• 4th Quarter - October, November, December
  Invoices are generated in September.  Due by October 20th

Invoices are emailed to each individual Member and Broker the month prior to the due date. There are many offices that now require that their agents pay their own Special Assessments,  Check with your office to see how they handle the payment for these.  They have been invoiced at the same time and due at the same time.  If your office does require that you pay these yourself, payments by check can be mailed to the Board Office and postmarked by the 20th of the Month,  log on to the Member side of faor.com and go to "Pay Dues Online"  to pay via credit card or stop in during office hours.  The Office Broker or Designated Realtor is ultimately responsible to make sure that these are paid on time.

Annual MLS Participation Fees

Invoices are emailed to each individual Member and Broker the month prior to the due date. There are many offices that now require that their agents pay their own Special Assessments,  Check with your office to see how they handle the payment for these.  They have been invoiced at the same time and due at the same time.  If your office does require that you pay these yourself, payments by check can be mailed to the Board Office and postmarked by the 20th of the Month,  log on to the Member side of faor.com and go to "Pay Dues Online"  to pay via credit card or stop in during office hours. This is an annual charge of $130.00.  Invoices are generated in June and due by July 20th. The Office Broker or Designated Realtor is ultimately responsible to make sure that these are paid on time.

Annual FAOR, National Association of REALTORS & Ohio Realtor dues

Invoices are generated in October and payment is due by November 30th.  These invoices are emailed to each individual Member and Broker.  You are responsible for paying these fees. Payments by check must be postmarked by the 30th of November, payments via credit card can be made through the Member side of faor.com "Pay Dues Online", or stop in during office hours. The Office Broker or Designated Realtor is ultimately responsible to make sure that these are paid on time.  The fees for 2020 Dues were as follows:  FAOR was $175, National Association of REALTORS was $185 and Ohio Realtors was $200.  It is possible that any of those fees may be raised for 2021. 

The Office Broker or Designated Realtor is ultimately responsible to make sure that these are paid on time.

 Other Fees

Below are fees for new agents.  You have 10 days to take care of these upon receipt of their license. Applications are available for the different types of membership under Forms.

• MLS Initiation Fee - $200
• FAOR Initiation Fee - $150
• Ohio Realtors Initiation Fee - $50
• License Fee - $140 plus tax