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April 2018
 
Elizabeth J. Mendenhall
2018 NAR President
 
Bob Goldberg
Chief Executive Officer
 
Five Star
BrightMLS
 
Three Star
Sandicor, Inc.
Northstar MLS
MRED, LLC
 
Two Star
Carolina MLS
MARIS
Northwest MLS
REALTRACS
UtahRealEstate.com
RMLS
Pikes Peak REALTOR® Services Corp.
HSF Affiliates 
Smart MLS
Realogy Corporation
   
One Star
SIOR
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CCIM Institute
IREM
MLS Technology, Inc.
South Central WI MLS Corp.
San Francisco AOR MLS
Gulf South REIN
Edina Realty Home Services of America
 
Corporate Ally Investors
Strong Holdings, LLC
Champion Realty
Guarantee Real Estate
Edina Realty
Kings County Board MLS
MLS, Inc.
Baldwin County AOR MLS
Greater Greenville AOR MLS
Big Sky Country MLS
Jefferson City AOR MLS
Southshore MLS
BHHS Fox & Roach, REALTORS®
Central Wisconsin MLS
RE/MAX Choice Properties
Southern Missouri Regional MLS
Northwest Oklahoma AOR MLS
South Central Board of REALTORS®
Realty Executives Ferrell Associates, LLC
NW Ohio Real Estate Information System
Bayou Board of REALTORS®
MLS of Roanoke Valley, Inc.
The MLS of Jackson
Northern Kentucky MLS
Bay East Association of REALTORS®
Dolan, REALTORS®

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Message from the Chair

A warm and hearty welcome to our first Corporate Ally Program (CAP) investors for 2018.   Our fundraising goal this year is $1.6 million and we are well on our way thanks to your continued generosity and support.  At over $450,000 in revenue raised so far this year, we are 44% ahead of where we were at this time in 2017.  As CAP continues to grow in investments, revenue and successes throughout the year, you will find all the exciting details updated below in our Numbers and Cents section.
 
I would like to extend special thanks Bob Borgmann, CEO of Dolan REALTORS® located in Union, MO for being the very first CAP investor to re-invest in the program in 2018.  Bob, thank you so much for your enthusiastic support!

Thanks to all of our 2017 and 2018 investors who responded to our recent survey on CAP’s recognition benefits.  The Corporate Ally Program Advisory Board will review the results of the survey at our meeting on April 18 in Cincinnati to determine if changes or enhancements are needed to address your feedback.

Warmest regards,

Helen Hanna Casey
2018 CAP Advisory Board Chair


Investor Spotlight

The Corporate Ally Program wishes to acknowledge the NEW investors who have joined the team during the first quarter of 2018:
  • Smart MLS, Wallingford, CT
  • Realty Executives, Ferrell Associates, LLC, Rolla, MO
  • Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MLS, Memphis, TN
  • RE/MAX Choice Properties, Hendersonville, TN


Numbers and Cents

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$456K 44% 4
Amount raised in
1st quarter 2018
Revenue increase over
1st quarter 2017

Number of new
investors YTD

 
20% 13
Participation increase
over 2016
Number of CAP assisted state and local issue campaigns active in 1st quarter 2018


Federal Issues

The MYM talking point on net neutrality Melanie sent.

The talking point on association health plans written by PLM. 

Extension of mortgage debt relief (info on nar.realtor is fine)


News from the Hill

Congratulations to the Alabama Association of REALTORS® on its successful campaign to enact first time homebuyer legislation.  Governor Kay Ivey signed the bill into law in March 2018.  Hats off to the Baldwin County Association of REALTORS® MLS and the Greater Alabama MLS for the generous CAP investments that provided an important source of funding to assist Alabama REALTORS® with this campaign.

The Boise Regional REALTORS® Association chalked up a win for a community in its territory by helping to get a school bond initiative passed with a 68.8% majority.  The bond will provide funding for a new high school, and elementary school for the growing West Ada School District.  Kudos to Idaho CAP investors Intermountain MLS and Coeur d’Alene MLS.  Your generous CAP investments provided enough local allocation revenue to cover 100% of Boise’s skin-in-the-game requirement for this issue campaign.

CAP is currently at work on 13 other state and local issue campaigns in Alabama, California, Hawaii, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.