COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE OF REALTORS® MEMBER BENEFITS
Please take advantage of the following member benefits available to
Commercial Alliance of REALTORS® members:
| Benefit |
Sponsor |
Provider |
Description |
Contact |
| Association Governance |
CAR |
CAR |
CAR is directed by a 11-person Board, elected by members, which
meets monthly.
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(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Committee Participation |
CAR |
CAR |
Volunteer opportunities to serve on one of eight CAR Committees |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Legislative and Lobbying |
CAR |
CAR |
Proactively monitoring and collectively communicating real estate
industry positions to local lawmakers.
|
(616) 940-8227 or
Lisa Lyons
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| Meeting Space |
CAR |
GRAR |
Meeting room, auditorium, or board room available for rent.
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(616) 940-8227 or
Kari Lysdahl
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| Professional Standards Administration |
CAR |
CAR |
Administration of Professional Standards practices and procedures
|
(616) 940-8227 or
Sue Jenkins
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| Weekly Electronic Newsletter |
CAR |
CAR |
E-Newsletter to membership each week.
|
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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EDUCATION
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(Please contact the CAR Office for Specific Dates/Times)
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| Benefit |
Sponsor |
Provider |
Description |
Contact |
| Six-Hour Con Ed |
CAR |
CAR |
Satisfies the State requirements for relicensure credit
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(616) 940-8227 or
Kari Lysdahl
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| CCIM Courses |
CAR |
CAR/CCIM |
Core Curriculum necessary to earn the Designation
|
(616) 940-8227 or
Kari Lysdahl
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| Code of Ethics Training |
CAR/NAR |
NAR |
Mandatory Code of Ethics online training
|
www.realtor.org
by December 31, 2008.
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| Lunch-N-Learn Seminars |
CAR |
CAR/Topic Experts |
Variety of lunch hour seminars designed to inform and update
|
(616) 940-8227 or
Kari Lysdahl
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| Benefit |
Sponsor |
Provider |
Description |
Contact |
| Affinity Financial Services |
NAR |
Affinity Financial |
Exclusive offers for online banking
|
(888) 703-0318
www.realestatebankingcenter.com
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| Educational Finance Services |
NAR |
Collegiate Funding Services |
CFS offers education finance solutions for NAR members and their
families
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(888) 643-8306
http://nar.ed-loans.com
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| REALTOR® Platinum Visa Card |
NAR |
Chase Bank |
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(866) 847-2627
http://www.firstusa.com
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| Benefit |
Sponsor |
Provider |
Description |
Contact |
| Auto and Home Owner's Insurance |
NAR |
Liberty Mutual |
Discount for NAR Members |
(800) 733-7830
http://www.libertymutual.com
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| Auto and Home Owner's Insurance |
MAR |
Frankenmuth Mutual REALTOR®Home and Auto-Owner's Insurance |
Discount for MAR Members |
(800) 682-6881
http://www.hartlandinsurancegroup.com
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| Home Owner's Insurance |
NAR |
American Home Shield |
Discount for NAR Members |
(800) 627-7253
http://www.ahswarranty.com/nar/
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| Dental, Health, Life, Disability & Long Term Care |
NAR |
Marsh Affinity Group |
Discount for NAR Members |
(800) 626-6983
https://www.personal-plans.com
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| Dental/Health Insurance |
MAR |
Group Associates, Inc. |
Discount for MAR Members |
Dental: Michael Brillati (800) 342-8908 ext. 1945
Health: Priscilla Adkins (800) 342-8908 ext. 1949
www.groupassociates.com
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| Errors and Omissions Insurance |
NAR |
Geo. F. Brown |
Discount for NAR Members |
(888) 372-6262
www.gfbgroup.com
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| Errors and Omissions Insurance |
MAR |
Pearl Insurance |
Discount for MAR Members |
Lisa Scoble (800) 393-2837 |
| Optical Program |
CAR |
Kent Optical |
Discount for CAR Members |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Benefit |
Sponsor |
Provider |
Description |
Contact |
| Annual Golf Outing at Egypt Valley |
CAR |
CAR |
Golf Outing scheduled for second Monday of August at Egypt Valley |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Annual Meeting |
CAR |
CAR |
October Event - Membership Business Meeting/Networking |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Awards Reception |
CAR |
CAR |
January Awards Event |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| CAR Contributes a Car Campaign |
CAR |
CAR |
Membership donations collected to provide a vehicle to needy organization. |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Spring Rountable |
CAR |
CAR |
Networking/Educational Opportunity |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Benefit |
Sponsor |
Provider |
Description |
Contact |
| Discount on FEDEX Shipping costs |
NAR |
FEDEX |
21% discount on Priority Overnight shipping |
(866) 869-1171 or
http://www.fedex.com
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| Discount offers on postage |
NAR |
Pitney Bowes |
PitneyWorks offers postage meters, online postage and more for the small business home office seeking postage solutions and postage meter supplies. In addition, http://www.pitneyworks.com offers tools to reach your customers and manager your business. |
(888) 857-2135 or
http://www.pitneyworks.com
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| Exclusive savings on Xerox products |
NAR |
Xerox |
Exclusive savings on full Xerox line |
(800) ASK-XEROX ext. NAR
http://www.xids.com/nasg/assocmrkt/nar.html
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| ZipForm CD |
NAR |
ZipForms |
Discount on ZipForms training CD |
(866) MY-FORMS
http://www.zipform.com
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| Benefit |
Sponsor |
Provider |
Description |
Contact |
| Broadcast E-mail/List Serve Program |
CAR |
CAR |
Postings of Real Estate Wants/Needs to all CAR membership |
(616) 940-8227 or
Rick Baumann
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| CIRRIX (a web-based MLS System) |
CAR |
MLS Exchange, Inc. |
Cooperation & Sharing of data via CIRRIX |
(616) 940-8227 or
Rick Baumann
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| Electronic Forms |
CAR |
CAR |
All Commercial Alliance of REALTOR forms available electronically |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Featured Property Site |
CAR |
CAR |
Available space for sale to showcase featured properties |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Free Internet Access & e-mail accounts |
CAR |
CAR |
Free Internet access & e-mail accounts |
(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Job Postings |
CAR |
CAR |
Free postings of employment opportunities on
www.carwm.com
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(616) 940-8227 or
Shari Veldman
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| Photo Lab Services |
CAR |
CAR |
Photo processing from various media types |
(616) 940-8227 or
Scott Holwerda
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| AT&T Savings |
MAR |
AT&T Communications |
Coupons as closing gifts |
www.mirealtors.com
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| Dell |
NAR |
Dell Inc. |
Discounts on Dell desktops, notebooks, software and more |
(877) 648-3355
www.dell.com
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| Hewlett Packard Discounts |
NAR |
Hewlett Packard |
10% off entire HP line for NAR members |
(800) 888-8177
www.hpforrealestate.com
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| Sprint Monthly Savings |
NAR |
Sprint |
Monthly discounts for NAR members |
(888) 503-3069
www.nextelonline.com
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| Benefit |
Sponsor |
Provider |
Description |
Contact |
| Money-Saving Coupons from Avis |
NAR |
Avis |
NAR Members receive money-saving coupons on top of special weekend,
weekly, and monthly rates |
(800) 525-7551
www.avis.com
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| Budget Car Rental Discounts |
NAR |
BUDGET |
5% discount on already low weekend, weekly and monthly rates |
(800) 828-7303
www.avis.com
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| Car Rental Upgrades |
NAR |
Hertz |
Car rental upgrade or $15 off weekend rental |
(800) 654-2200
www.hertz.com
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