Application for Designated REALTOR® Membership

I hereby apply for REALTOR® Membership in the Central Wisconsin Board of REALTORS®.

QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP: I will attend orientation within 6 months of the Central Wisconsin Board of REALTORS® confirming my membership. Failure to meet this requirement may result in having my membership terminated. If elected to membership, I agree to abide by the Code of Ethics of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, which includes the duty to mediate first and then arbitrate if mediation is unsuccessful and the Constitution, Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the above named Board, the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association and the National Association. Further, if required, I agree to satisfactorily complete a reasonable and non-discriminatory written examination on such Code, Constitutions, Bylaws and Rules and Regulations. I also understand membership brings certain privileges and obligations that require compliance. Membership is final only upon approval by the Board of Directors and may be revoked should completion of any membership requirement(s), such as orientation, not be completed within the timeframe established in the association’s bylaws. I further understand that I will be required to complete periodic Code of Ethics training as specified in the association’s bylaws as a continued condition of membership.

1. Partners/Officers listed will have the ability to add/delete people from your MLS roster and make ownership decisions that the Designated REALTOR® can make.

2. Change to Yes or No “Have you been a REALTOR® member before. Then If so, answer the NRDS and year of completion questions.

NOTE: Applicant acknowledges that if accepted as a member and he/she subsequently resigns from the Association or otherwise causes membership to terminate with an ethics complaint pending, the Board of Directors may condition renewal of membership upon applicant’s certification that he/she will submit to the pending ethics proceeding and will abide by the decision of the hearing panel. If applicant resigns or otherwise causes membership to terminate, the duty to submit to arbitration continues in effect even after membership lapses or is terminated, provided the dispute arose while applicant was a REALTOR®.

I hereby submit the following information for consideration of my application. (If additional detail is needed, please include separate documentation.)

PERSONAL INFORMATION 

COMPANY INFORMATION

Are you a new office joining CWBR?

There is a one-time $1,500 new office set-up fee. 

PREFERRED MAILING/CONTACT INFORMATION

If your preferred contact information has been entered above, you can leave this section blank.

APPLICANT INFORMATION

If you are now or have been a REALTOR® member before, please provide the information below.

¹ Article IV, Section 2 of the NAR Bylaws prohibits Member Boards from knowingly granting REALTOR® or REALTORASSOCIATE membership to any applicant who has an unfulfilled sanction pending which was imposed by another association of REALTORS® for violation of the Code of Ethics. (Adopted 1/01)

If not, or if you have a branch office, please provide that address:

Additional Optional Applicant Information to be completed and considered only if the Association has adopted Section 2(c) from Article V of the NAR Model Bylaws. 

CENTRAL WISCONSIN MULTIPLE LISTING PARTICIPANT AND FIRM SERVICE AGREEMENT

a Wisconsin Licensed Real Estate Broker and a REALTOR® member of

hereinafter referred to as Participant, agree to the following:

MLS AGREES: to maintain a Multiple Listing Service for the use and benefit of member Participants. This service shall consist of maintaining a Real Estate clearing house where the listings of members shall be received, processed and distributed to all member Participants in good standing.

PARTICIPANT AND FIRM AGREE: to acknowledge, be familiar with and abide by all published Rules, Regulations, Policies and Procedures of CWMLS. Participant has been informed of the CWMLS Handbook which contains the CWMLS Bylaws, CWMLS Rules & Regulations and CWMLS Policies and Procedures. Also, agreeing to pay all fees and dues prescribed therein. Upon any violation of such Rules, Regulation, Policy or Procedure, MLS may terminate this contract; however, failure to do so shall not constitute a waiver. Participant understands all active listings entered into the CWMLS system require Participant to offer cooperation and compensation to all other CWMLS participants as well as any Wirex Participants that populate in the CWMLS system. Participant agrees to cooperate with all firm listings in Residential, Commercial, Land, Multi-Family and Farm classes. All Office Exclusive listing contracts (listings which are not entered into the CWMLS system per the written instruction of the Seller) shall be filed with CWMLS in the time frames stated in the CWMLS Rules & Regulations.

TERMS OF CONTRACT: This agreement shall be effective until September 30, of the year executed but shall be automatically renewed for additional successive one (1) year terms. However, by giving prior written notice to CWMLS, Participant may terminate either (1) in writing, giving at least 30 days notice, or (2) in writing, as the date of an increase in subscription fees, processing fees, or service charges. In the event of a failure to pay all sums owed, Principal and Firm will be responsible for the cost of collection of such outstanding sums owed, including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees.

AGENT DATA INFORMATION FOR PARAGON 

** The information provided below is how your information will appear in Paragon.

All MLS users must complete these details and must have their own login and password.

Sharing logins and passwords is strictly prohibited and is fineable up to $5,000.

After your setup in Paragon is completed by CWBR, Paragon will send you a temporary password email that you must respond to within 3 hours in order to set the password that you want.

ROSTER CHANGE FORM

ROSTER ADDITIONS: When adding people to your roster, please note the Type and Security Level of the addition:

BRANCH DESIGNATED REALTOR® (Security 6) - Managing Office Manager of multiple (branch) offices -full access.
DESIGNATED REALTOR®(Security 5) - Managing Office Broker-full access.
REALTOR® (Security 4) - Actively enters and maintain their own listings.
REALTOR® (Security 3) - Can only partially enter their own listings. Cannot make listings "go live".
OFFICE STAFF (Security 6)- Ability to actively enter and maintain ALL office listings.
AGENT ASSISTANT (Security 2)- Assistant must use "Assume Identity" to access Paragon for Agent.
TEAM (Security 3)- Will be billed the same as an Agent profile. Team Administrator Profile Required.
CWMLS DOES NOT BILL OFFICES FOR UNLICENSED OFFICE STAFF OR UNLICENSED AGENT
ASSISTANTS.

ADDITIONS:

Review and Acknowledge the CWMLS Violation Fine Summary

I hereby certify that the foregoing information furnished by me is true and correct, and I agree that failure to provide complete and accurate information as requested, or any misstatement of fact, shall be grounds for revocation of my membership if granted. I further agree that, if accepted for membership in the Association, I shall pay the fees and dues as from time to time established. NOTE: Payments to the Association of REALTORS® are not deductible as charitable contributions. Such payments may, however, be deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense. No refunds. By signing below, I consent that the REALTOR® Associations (local, state, national) and their subsidiaries, if any (e.g., MLS, Foundation) may contact me at the specified address, telephone numbers, email address or any other means of communication available. This consent applies to changes in contract information that may be provided by me to the Association(s) in the future. This consent recognizes that certain state and federal laws may place limits on communications that I am waiving to receive all communications as part of my membership.