Section 1.16 Clear Cooperation Policy 

Within one (1) business day of marketing a property to the public, the listing broker must submit the listing to the MLS for cooperation with other MLS Participants.  Public marketing includes, but is not limited to flyers displayed in windows, yard signs, digital marketing on public facing websites, brokerage website displays (including IDX and VOW), digital communications marketing (email blasts), multi-brokerage listing sharing networks and applications available to the general public.

Exclusive listing information for required property types must be filed and distributed to other MLS Participants for cooperation under the Clear Cooperation Policy.  This applies to listings filed under Section 1 and listings exempt from distribution under Section 1.3 of the MLS Rules if it is being publicly marketed, and any other situation where the listing broker is publicly marketing an exclusive listing that is required to be filed with the service and is not currently available to other MLS Participants.

MLS Participants must distribute exempt listings within (1) business day once the listing is publicly marketed.

The fine schedule for a violation of the Clear Cooperation Policy is as follows:

• 1st offense is $2500.00
• 2nd offense is $5000.00
• Any further violations will result in review by the FAOR Board of Directors to impose additional fines and may result in suspension of MLS services.

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:

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

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