Core Standards Resources and Ideas for Local Boards

Resources are listed below beside the number from the Compliance Tool for that Core Standard.

#1 – NOTE: The new Compliance form asks if you track member compliance with Code of Ethics training and then they also ask you to enter information into a box detailing how you verify that compliance. The NRDS database is the easiest tool to use to track compliance for your members. You can even pull a roster from NRDS that will show you if a Code of Ethics course has been completed for each member or not, so you’ll know which members still need to complete the training. Just an FYI, the Mississippi REALTORS® Institute uploads information into NRDS for any REALTORS® that take a Code of Ethics class from MRI. Professional Standards training and Broker B courses have Code of Ethics components and also meet the criteria for Code of Ethics training, so students in those classes are entered by MRI into NRDS as well. If your members take the online Code of Ethics course available at https://nar.realtor, their completion is entered by NAR into NRDS. If your members take Code of Ethics from a provider other than MRI or NAR, they need to give you documentation of that completion and you will need to manually enter that information into NRDS (each member’s record has a link to “Add Education Record” in the task bar on the left side of the screen).

#3 – For local boards in a cooperative agreement with MAR, you’ll list the Mississippi REALTORS® as the participating association.

#5 – The names of the mediators to put in the box: Jade Crow; Andrea Detrick; Kellie Drake; Shannon Dye; Brian Estes; Julia Field; Morton Floch; Holly Gibbs; Sissye Gory; Shirley Hairston-Knox; Jamie Hanry; Corie Haynes; Lori Held; Sean Hettinger; Kay Hightower; Tia Jennings; Latoya Kelly; Nancy Lane; Vernell Lewis; Selena Lovejoy; Jane Massie; Melissa McGee; Deborah McGhee; Jay McMiller; Thad McIntyre; Martin Mesecke; Edna J. Murray; Jennifer Murray; David M. Ostrander; Allison Palmer; Taylor Pettway; Amanda Polles; Victoria Prowant; Roley Real; Robin P. Reed; Tammy Sambrano; Janice Shows; Mercedes Smith; Penny Stettinius; Kristi Taylor; Lara Thrash; Katie Warren; Kathy Whitfield; Gina Wigington; LaJesca L. Woodard; Sherribeth Wright

#6 – The names of the ombudsmen to put in the box: Ken Austin; Jesse Barrilleaux; Susan Brashier; Barry Clemmer; Billy Clark; Cynthiadora Creel; DeShawn Davis; Michael Davis; Patricia Fleming; Martha Ford; Sean Hettinger; Kay Hightower; Cheryl Jordan; Selena Lovejoy; Gerard Maher; David Massey; Deborah McGhee; Edna Murray; Summer Newman; Stephanie Nix; Keiko Palmero; Gary Parker; Judy Pippin; Cynthia Pritchard; Victoria Prowant; Janice Shows; Kathy Whitfield; LaJesca Woodard

#11 and #16 A flyer you can use to encourage participation in RPAC may be found here: Why invest in RPAC?

#29 – #32 The flyer in the following link is directed to consumers and emphasizes the value of working with a Mississippi REALTOR®. You might use this flyer as part of your pitch to a local reporter or include it in your materials at a job or homeowners fair. Find the flyer here: Why use a REALTOR?

Voter Registration Materials

#14 There are a couple of items in this list that can be checked off using Voter Registration materials. “Conducted a REALTOR® voter registration activity” (where you encourage REALTORS® to register to vote) and “Conducted a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) program” are activities where the following resources may be used:

• Voter Registration flyer: https://msrealtor.buildingbettersoftware.io/PDF/Voter_reg_handout.pdf
• Voter Registration Form plus addresses to County Circuit Clerk offices: https://msrealtor.buildingbettersoftware.io/PDF/Standard_Forms2/F30.pdf
• “Register to Vote Here” table tents: https://msrealtor.buildingbettersoftware.io/PDF/Voter_Register_Here_Tent_Card.pdf
• Secretary of State’s Voter Information Guide: https://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Documents/VoterInformationGuide.pdf

Real Estate Fundamentals PowerPoint Presentation
The following PowerPoint is available for your use in high school or college classrooms or with first-time homebuyers and meets the Core Standard for Community Investment/Involvement for #37 or #40 or in the “Other” box that follows #40 in the Compliance Tool for Community Involvement. It includes information about financial literacy as well as some basic steps to buy a house and advice on choosing a REALTOR®.