CMS Superintendent Earnest Winston, speaking at the Dec. 10 Hot Topic and in a separate interview, noted resources Realtors® and their clients can turn to for information on CMS. He recommended the following options: CMS Website wearecms.com Ombudsmen’s Office 980-343-0055 ombudsman@cms.k12.nc.us Jerri Haigler Ombudsman Resolution Specialist Focus: Center City 2, Northwest and Southwest Learning communities […]

CMS Superintendent Earnest Winston and his wife, Denise, sort of stumbled on Charlotte in the early 2000s when they read about the city in a magazine. On their honeymoon with a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, they saw the article and thought they’d check out more on the city. Later, they saw an article […]

By Susan Shackelford Sidebars: How Winston Got to Charlotte, Fast Facts on CMS, CMS Resources for Realtors® The first thing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) Superintendent Earnest Winston did at a Hot Topic session with the Canopy Realtor® Association was to acknowledge a lot of people — ones he knew, or knew of, in the audience; two […]

By Susan Shackelford In University City, plans are underway for a makeover that’s somewhere between a few tweaks and a reset. The suburban northeast area of Charlotte is transitioning from an auto-centric environment to one connected by light rail, centers of interest and walkability. “We are trying to deliver the original suburban concept in the […]

By Susan Shackleford Janet LaBar, president and CEO of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, stopped by the Association’s new headquarters recently to share the Alliance’s view of economic development, including diversity and inclusion. LaBar, who came to Charlotte in late April from a similar economic development organization in Portland, Ore., is the first CEO of […]

By Michele McCaskill VP of Risk Management The question of whether or not a buyer’s agent should remove keys from a lockbox and take them to closing is one that continues to be asked.  And while there are many different viewpoints on the issue, the Association/Canopy MLS had no specific written “rule” on the topic, […]

Realtor® Safety is an important subject in the ever changing world you work in today. Canopy MLS has partnered with vendors that take safety seriously. Agents can enable and send alerts from the palm of their hand through the Supra, ShowingTime and Homesnap apps. Supra Agent Alert Agent Alert is a convenient feature that provides […]

By Michele McCaskill VP of Risk Management According to REALTOR® Magazine, scams directly related to the real estate sector rose 1,100 percent from 2015 to 2017.  Other reports show that real estate was the second highest industry hit with malware events in the second quarter of 2018.  Malware is malicious software created or written to […]