Charlotte Douglas International Airport owns about 6,000 acres — which is 53 percent of all acreage owned by the city of Charlotte, Charlotte Aviation Director Brent Cagle said at the Realtor® Hot Topic in late August. About a third of the 6,000 acres is not designated for airfield or terminal expansion. “We have purchased those […]
Read MoreAirport Renovation, Expansion: “We’ve Only Just Begun”
By Susan Shackelford If you think recent updating and expansion at Charlotte Douglas International Airport may be winding down with the opening of Concourse A North, think again. In a phrase the Carpenters made famous with their 1970 hit song: “We’ve Only Just Begun.” The opening of Concourse A North in July is the first […]
Read More“Dues Diligence”: The value of Association membership is clear
By Anne Marie DeCatsye, CEO We’ve seen some remarkable numbers at the Association this year. Not only has our monthly membership number sustained at the 10,000+ level for the first time, we have grown CarolinaMLS and its services, our Mingle class offerings, our advocacy on behalf of Realtors® and member services in general. The best […]
Read MoreHow CarolinaMLS detects password sharing
By Debbie Wey Vice President, CarolinaMLS Administration Since 2008, CarolinaMLS has used an application called RISK to detect potential password sharing. RISK collects and analyzes more than 30 pieces of data with every login for potential password sharing, and it scores all users with a RISK score. We recently reactivated a feature in RISK that […]
Read MoreExcitement Is ‘Building,’ Our New HQ Is Rising
By Jason Gentry, Association/CarolinaMLS President If you’ve visited or driven by the Association recently, you’ve probably seen our new headquarters taking shape. Construction is occurring just beyond our current building on the side away from Kenilworth Avenue. The large steel posts and beams rising from the red clay provide the first above-ground glimpse of our […]
Read MoreNew HQ: By the numbers
Here’s a “numerical” look at the Association’s new headquarters, now under construction. All numbers are approximate. 58,607 total square feet of building space 2,127 square feet of retail space that will provide non-dues, Association revenue; now seeking a tenant, perhaps a café 6,916 square feet of fourth-floor tenant space that will provide non-dues Association revenue; […]
Read MoreCarolinaMLS partners with Remine: Finding potential sellers just got easier
When CarolinaMLS launched the Remine analytics tool in May, CarolinaMLS board member Kourosh Sharifi promptly scheduled a conference call with all brokers-in-charge and managers at his firm, RE/MAX Executive Realty. “Here’s a new tool your agents can use that is a one-stop shop for consumer and property data, and it’s very intuitive,” Sharifi excitedly told […]
Read More“Seamless” Transition to CarolinaMLS: Owners of NCMMLS Speak Out
When North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service (NCMMLS) decided to become part of CarolinaMLS, Lisa Brown joked about her litmus test for success. “I said if we do this with Charlotte and don’t hear from our members, then we know we’ve done a good job,” says Brown, association director for the Haywood Realtor® Association, one […]
Read MoreJason Gentry: From recession rookie to Association president
How many Realtors® do you know who decided to go into real estate during the recent recession? While many agents exited the field when the market took its plunge, 2018 President Jason Gentry saw opportunity. “If anything is going to fall that hard,” he says, “I knew there was going to be an uptick. I […]
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