The Chicago Association of REALTORS® honors the outstanding listing and selling accomplishments of our members with its annual Sales Awards Recognition. Awards are given in the categories of residential volume, residential units, and units and volume by neighborhood.
This recognition gives C.A.R. members the opportunity to celebrate success and, more importantly, to demonstrate the power of cooperation that exists in the Chicagoland real estate market.
BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS
Top producers will be featured in the Chicago REALTOR® Magazine and receive certificates by mail after the event.ABOUT TEAMS
- Listings for a team must be entered under the Team Lead’s Agent ID number
- Team production is pulled using the Team Lead’s Agent ID number
- When a team member signs into connectMLS, they are automatically signed into the Team account and any listings are automatically entered under the Team Lead’s Agent ID number.
- Before entering a listing, confirm that the correct ID number is the Team Lead’s or the individual agent’s.
- Only the team lead is given credit. Credit cannot be divided.
- IMPORTANT: To switch to a personal account, a team member must click the link at the top of the window to switch to their personal account.
- Learn more about teams here.
ABOUT Co-listing and co-selling
- Co-listed transactions will only be counted under the top listed broker’s name for the purposes of the sales awards.
- A second field for a selling agent was added by MRED the week of December 10, 2018.
- Consistent with the way co-listed transactions are counted, only the broker in the top field for selling agent will be given credit for the purposes of sales awards.
- We cannot give half credit to each co-lister or co-seller.
VERIFY YOUR CLOSED LISTINGS AND SALES
Ensure that you receive the credit you deserve for your 2018 sales transactions at our Sales Awards Celebration! See below for instructions on how to verify your transaction data.Verification Deadline – Midnight on Sunday, January 12th, 2019
TO VERIFY CLOSED LISTINGS & SALES
- Log in to connectMLS;
- Click on the Search tab. Be sure the Search Type is General MLS and Property Type is Cross Property (All);
- Change Status selection to “CLSD” and unselect other statuses;
- Click on Add/Remove Fields;
- Add Closed Date and Listing Agent ID fields; click OK;
- Enter a Closed Date range from 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018;
- Enter your Agent ID number in Listing Agent IDs;
- Click on View Results. This should display all the transactions through which you were the listing agent. Review these results to make sure you have marked all your listings as closed properly.
- Repeat steps 2-4;
- Add Closed Date and Selling Agent ID fields; click OK;
- Enter a Closed Date range from 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018;
- Enter your Agent ID number in Selling Agent ID;
- Click on View Results. This should display all the transactions through which you were the selling agent. Review these results to make sure other agents have marked all of your sales properly.
WHAT IF A TRANSACTION IS NOT SHOWING UP?
The most common problem with a transaction not showing correctly is the listing company not listing the selling agent. Here are steps to correct this The selling agent should contact the listing agent and ask that the correction to be made. If the listing agent refuses to make the corrections:- The managing broker of the selling office should contact the listing office managing broker and request the changes be made.
- If there is no response, contact MRED’s Rules & Regulations Department at (630) 955-0011 to request a form to report the company.
- DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS!