The Scoop Newsletter | Vol. 19

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Keep up the good work testimonials

Mary Beth Hafner “I would like to tell you how hard Mary Beth Hafner worked for us. Very professional and went out of her way to answer questions, take pictures & get us information.

Excellent!” Jan P & Steve G

Michael L Poskochil “served us very well. I would highly recommend him to others.”

Donald & Rita W

Heidi Brandt “was professional and very accommodating!! She worked very hard to get the sale of our house sold. Through our closing process she managed to overcome obstacles and got the sale done!” Denys S

Misti Monroe “did a outstanding job in assisting us finding a house to make a home!” Travis & Mytay D

SHA N N ON ’ S

SNIPPET In This Issue

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Check out these cool events happening around the city!

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CELEBRATE + Upcoming events to think about attending.

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Events, updates + more.

Welcome to the team!!

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Updates + congratulations in order!

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Awards banquets were a blast, thanks for coming + more.

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LARABEE class schedule

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arch reminds me of my favorite color – green. As people who’ve been through another long winter, we hope to see more and more of it as the earth transitions from winter to spring.

And, of course, there is St. Patrick’s day – a day when everyone claims a bit o’ the Irish even if we don’t have a remote claim to it.

And speaking of Spring – it is time to double down on your Wildly Important Goals and understand what the levers are that will get you from X to Y, as you prioritize your daily activities. One thing I hope you are considering is a trip to Kansas City for the HomeServices IGNITE conference on April 6, 7, 8. The conference will help rev you up and get you headed into the selling season with new energy.

One more important thing about March in the Lincoln market is that DNP listings are a thing of the past, as the GPRMLS implements the Clear Cooperation rule, which is mandated for all MLSs by May 1 of this year. Please pay attention to best practices and don’t “publicly market” your Office Exclusive Listings. This makes it even more important for you to join the HomeServices of Nebraska Agents Facebook page to effectively see and post office exclusives (also remember BuySide helps with that!).

Have a wonderful month and I hope to see you in Kansas City!

Shanon R Harner, CEO • One family, One team, One goal

MARCH 2020 01

•UNL Men’s Basketball v Northwestern 3:15p @ Pinnacle

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6p @ Zipline 5740 Hidcote

7p @ SchillingBridge

•Zipline Beer Hall Bingo •Comedy Open Mic

•Trivia Tuesdays

•HOME Meeting

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•Turn N Burn Barrel Race

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•NSAA Girls State Bball

•NSAA Girls State Bball

5:30p @ Lancaster Event Center Varies @ Pinnacle, Devaney, & LNK High Schools

9a @ Midtown

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•NSAA Girls State Bball

Varies @ Pinnacle, Devaney, & LNK High Schools

Varies @ Pinnacle, Devaney, & LNK High Schools

•Alice in Wonderland

7p @ Haymarket Theatre

•Alice in Wonderland

•Alice in Wonderland

4p @ Lied Center

•Bottoms Up Yoga

•Trivia Thursdays

•Waitress

11a @ Zipline 5740 Hidcote

8p–10p @ Boiler Brewing Co.

•First Friday (FREE)

•Great Plains Game Festival

•LIVE! in Lincoln (Music Series)

•First Friday (Rumi O’Brien •Lincoln Heart Ball 5:30p @ Embassy Suites & Bobbie Malone)

•Pop In Storytime - Solar System

•Fitz and The Tantrums

•Barry Douglas, Piano

7:30p @ Duffy’s LNK

7p @ Haymarket Theatre

7p–9:30p @ Chez SoDo

8a–6p @Lancaster Event Center The existing Seller Acknowledgment – Waiver of MLS Benefits will be invalid and no longer accepted by GPRMLS MORE INFO ON PAGE4

4p @ Morrill Hall

5p–7p @ Sheldon Museum

4p–7p @ Int. Quilt Museum

2p & 7p @ Haymarket Theatre 2p & 7:30p @ Lied Center

at 1040 P Street

7p @ Bourbon Theatre

•Night Hike

•Yonder Mountain String Band 7:30p @ Bourbon Theatre

6:30p–8p @ Pioneers Park Nature Center

•Waitress

7:30p @ Lied Center

08 Daylight Savings •Waitress

1:30p & 7:30p @ Lied Center

•Rocky Manginelli Memorial Swap Meet

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•Zipline Beer Hall Bingo

•Trivia Tuesdays

•Turn N Burn Barrel Race

•Trivia Thursdays

•NSAA Boys State Bball

•NSAA Boys State Bball

•Comedy Open Mic

•DaBaby

•LIVE! in Lincoln (Music Series)

•Sesostris Shrine Circus

•Sesostris Shrine Circus

6p @ Zipline 5740 Hidcote 7:30p @ Duffy’s LNK

7p @ SchillingBridge

5:30p @ Lancaster Event Center 8p–10p @ Boiler Brewing Co.

7p @ Pinnacle

7p–9:30p @ Chez SoDo

•HOME Meeting

•NSAA Boys State Bball

9a @ Midtown

7a @ Lancaster Event Center

Varies @ Pinnacle, Devaney, & LNK High Schools 12:30p & 7p @ Lancaster Event Center

Varies @ Pinnacle, Devaney, & LNK High Schools 12:30p & 7p @ Lancaster Event Center

Varies @ Pinnacle, Devaney, & LNK High Schools

•Sesostris Shrine Circus 1:30p & 7p @ Lancaster Event Center

•Woods Meeting 9a @ The Preserve

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•Sesostris Shrine Circus 12:30p & 5p @ Lancaster Event Center

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•Zipline Beer Hall Bingo 6p @ Zipline 5740 Hidcote

•Comedy Open Mic 7:30p @ Duffy’s LNK

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St. Patrick’s Day •Trivia Tuesdays

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•Turn N Burn Barrel Race

5:30p @ Lancaster Event Center

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Spring Equinox

•Lawn & Leisure Show 5p–9p @ Lancaster Event

•Trivia Thursdays •VVS Pool Championships 8p–10p @ Boiler Brewing Co. Center TBA @ Lancaster Event Center •VVS Pool Championships •VVS Pool Championships •LIVE! in Lincoln (Music TBA @ Lancaster Event Center TBA @ Lancaster Event Center Series) 7p–9:30p @ Chez SoDo •HOME Meeting 9a @ Midtown •VVS Pool Championships 7p @ SchillingBridge

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•Lawn & Leisure Show

10a–7p @ Lancaster Event Center

•VVS Pool Championships TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

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•Lawn & Leisure Show

11a–5p @ Lancaster Event Center

•VVS Pool Championships TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

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6p @ Zipline 5740 Hidcote

7p @ SchillingBridge

•Zipline Beer Hall Bingo •Comedy Open Mic 7:30p @ Duffy’s LNK

•Trivia Tuesdays

•VVS Pool Championships TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

•VVS Pool Championships •HOME Meeting TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

9a @ Midtown

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•VVS Pool Championships •Trivia Thursdays TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

8p–10p @ Boiler Brewing Co.

•LIVE! in Lincoln (Music Series) 7p–9:30p @ Chez SoDo

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•VVS Pool Championships

•VVS Pool Championships

•Classic Tractor Pull

•Classic Tractor Pull

•Michael W. Smith

•PRCA Xtreme Riding

TBA @ Lancaster Event Center TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

•VVS Pool Championships 6:30p @ Rococo Theatre TBA @ Lancaster Event Center •PRCA Xtreme Riding 7:30p @ Pinnacle •Classic Tractor Pull TBA @ Lancaster Event Center •SciComm 2020 1p–9p @ UNL

TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

TBA @ Lancaster Event Center 7:30p @ Pinnacle

•SciComm 2020 9a–8:30p @ UNL

•Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet - The Wizard of Oz 7p @ Lied Center

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•VVS Pool Championships TBA @ Lancaster Event Center

•SciComm 2020 9a–12p @ UNL

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6p @ Zipline 5740 Hidcote

7p @ SchillingBridge

•Zipline Beer Hall Bingo •Comedy Open Mic 7:30p @ Duffy’s LNK

•Trivia Tuesdays

•HOME Meeting 9a @ Midtown

•Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet - The Wizard of Oz 2p @ Lied Center

HSNE | THE PRESERVE LOCATED AT 7811 PIONEERS BLVD. #200, LINCOLN, NE

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MARK YO UR CALENDERS BIRT HDAYS + AN N I V E R SA R I E S HOME BIRTHDAYS 3-1 Sheyma Salem 3-1 Jason Nelson 3-1 Melody Mahony 3-5 Jeff Johnson 3-6 Janelle Wise 3-6 Alycia Brady 3-10 Erin Mayo 3-17 Abby Burmeister 3-17 Amy Birkholz 3-22 Ron Miller 3-22 Nicole Shoecraft 3-25 Jim Swanson 3-30 Gabrielle Premer 3-30 Grant Francke 3-31 Andrew Hanna-Ransom ANNIVERSARIES 3-1-85 Steve Heironymus 3-1-02 John Fink 3-1-04 Krista Zobel 3-5-18 Anne Meyer Cook 3-6-13 Jennifer Witzel 3-7-94 Dave Halvorsen 3-8-91 Kim Schrader Eberspacher 3-9-18 Wade Bartels 3-9-04 Deonne Herman 3-9-17 Eva Prettyman 3-10-15 Shannon Butalla 3-12-19 Ben Masten 3-12-18 Vita Derun 3-12-02 Brad Ulrich 3-13-91 Jeff Searcy 3-13-17 Rachel Spring 3-14-13 Angie Byorth 3-16-15 Jen Grossenbacher 3-18-13 Misti Monroe 3-28-97 Don Johnson 3-31-14 Christine Garner

COUNTRY CLUB BIRTHDAYS 3-4 Zulaika McEwe 3-10 Vladimir Oulianov 3-12 Chelsea Fricke 3-24 Joanne McCoy ANNIVERSARIES 3-30-95 Kent Obrist HOLMES LAKE BIRTHDAYS 3-2 Katie Allen 3-23 Mark Tvrdy ANNIVERSARIES 3-1-99 Byron Yurth 3-1-17 David Carden 3-3-17 Jane Epley 3-17-16 Marcy Teply WILDERNESS HILLS BIRTHDAYS 3-7 Dean Lesoing 3-7 April Bohling 3-14 Adriana Miller 3-16 Julia Gale 3-25 Ron Stelling 3-30 Kenan Drieling ANNIVERSARIES 3-1-99 Judy Sasek 3-1-17 Anne Kerkman 3-1-17 Kaleb Andersen 3-2-12 Neeli Noyd 3-3-12 Jayne V Debus GRAND ISLAND BIRTHDAYS 3-9 Andrew Zavala 3-27 Mary Harder

HOMESERVICES TITLE BIRTHDAYS 3-7 Anne Tweedy 3-22 Marilyn Wimer 3-24 Mary Pro 3-25 Londi Rutan

ANNIVERSARIES 3-13-19 Dorothy Phipps

ANNIVERSARIES 3-25-02 Sheila Tracy 3-17-03 Mary Pro 3-17-03 Gary Oldham 3-17-03 Sheryl Oldham 3-31-03 Mary Sejkora 3-20-17 Danielle Fry

ANNIVERSARIES 3-14-03 Tracy Zimmerman

PRISM COMMERCIAL BIRTHDAYS 3-15 Alan Beyke

Hosted in Kansas City | FIRST ANNUAL conference put on by HOMESERVICES COMPANIES | Cost $300

BEATRICE BIRTHDAYS 3-6 Tracy Hartley

HSNE BIRTHDAYS 3-7 Jen Gruber ANNIVERSARIES 3-1-07 Shannon Harner 3-21-16 Amy Duval Carlson 3-31-14 Gailynn Alberts

M A RC H 9 – 1 3 , 2020 W Y N N L A S V E GA S

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2 0 T H A N N UA L RA L BOW L IN G TOURN A MENT

RAL

had a great turnout for the 20th Annual RAL Bowling Tournament.

Thank you to Prosperity Home Mortgage and HomeServices Title who sponsored pizza, and to Home and Woods for sponsoring lanes. Over $4,500 was raised for HBAF! Also, a big shout out to Leighun Brabec who was a huge help in raising over $900 for the raffle, (almost double what we raised last year!) and of course, to all those who purchased raffle tickets!

OLGA ROBLES

TAI PLEASANT

EMMA BROWN

JASON NELSON

JOHN JANOVY III

CORY OSBORN

WILDERNESS HILLS

MIDTOWN

HOLMES LAKE

COUNTRY CLUB

MIDTOWN

HOLMES LAKE

TREVIN BEHRENDT WILDERNESS HILLS

SOUPS Newlyn Zimmerman – Midtown Andrew Riley -Midtown Mary Stull - Midtown Heidi Brandt - Midtown Nelda Hunt—Midtown Dede Mau- Wilderness Hills Deb Wagner – Holmes Lake Pam Oliver – Country Club Monica & Crew - Prosperity Mortgage Linda Dreith - HomeServices Title CINNAMON ROLLS Miranda Watson - Holmes Lake Dave Boeckner– Country Club Anita Rockenbach - Midtown

CO NG RATS JO E M ARA 40 Y EA R N ATI O N A L ASSO CI ATI O N O F REA LTO RS® M EM BER! Leadership. Gratitude. Excellence. Integrity. Innovation. | 3

SH I NI NG STA R !

CONGRATS A MY ROS E

M LS WA IV E R O F BE N E FI TS

N O LO N G ER AC C E PT E D

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he Great Plains Regional MLS

There is currently no time limit on

“Amy consistently has a happy, can-do attitude. She

Listing Submission Policy

how long a listing can be in the

is willing to help with any task, large or small and

requires all Residential listings be

“No-Show” status.

do it with a smile. Amy juggles multiple requests

input in the MLS within one day

I f a seller requests that their listing

and has the ability to make you feel like you are a

of public marketing*, including

be withheld from the MLS, the

Coming Soon listings.

Office Exclusive Listing Addendum

priority. Thank you to Amy for being a fun, reliable

*Public marketing includes, but

and the corresponding Listing

is not limited to: Yard Signs,

Agreement must be submitted

flyers displayed in windows,

to the GPRMLS office within two

DO YOU KNOW A SHINING STAR?

digital marketing on public facing

business days of the list date

Tell us about a specific thing they did to receive

websites (including social media),

on the Listing Agreement. The

your nomination. Agents, Managers, Loan Officers

brokerage website displays

listing cannot be marketed to any

And All Staff Members Are Eligible To Win This

(including IDX and VOW), digital

individual outside the listing firm.

Award.

communications marketing (email

I n addition to the new Listing

KNOW SOMEONE WHO’S DOING A GREAT JOB

blasts), multi-brokerage listing

Submission policy, the Great Plains

IN THE OFFICE OR THE COMMUNITY?

sharing networks, applications

Regional MLS Board of Directors

available to the general public.

have also adopted an updated

Tell us about them! (please be specific when

Beginning March 1, the existing

fine structure for violations of

Seller Acknowledgment – Waiver of

the Listing Submission Policy as

MLS Benefits will be invalid and no

GPRMLS Rule 1.17(I)(A)(2) with an

longer accepted by GPRMLS.

enforcement date of March 1.

For “Coming Soon” listings, the

1ST OFFENSE: $100, plus a fine of

GPRMLS system includes a “No-

$100 for each additional day once

Show” status that can be used

notified by the MLS.

until a property is available for

2ND OFFENSE: $500, plus a fine of

showings.

$100 for each additional day once

In the “No-Show” status, listings:

notified by the MLS.

Can be fully marketed

3RD OFFENSE: $1,000, plus a fine

Will be displayed to other MLS

of $100 for each additional day

Amy Rose (center)

agents logged into the MLS system

once notified by the MLS.

presented the Shining

Will not syndicate to any third party

4TH OFFENSE: Fine to be

Star Award by Amy

or broker sites

determined by the GPRMLS Board

Duval Carlson (left) and

Will not accumulate Days-On-

of Directors up to the maximum

Tami Lambie (right).

Market until placed in the New/

allowable by the MLS, currently

Active status

$15,000.

EXCE LL ENCE

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team member!”

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describing the thing(s) they did) WHAT IS THE SHINING STAR AWARD? The Shining Star award is given to an employee, agent or manager who has exceeded expectations in some area of his or her work. *A participant is eligible to win one (1) time per year.

ichael Jordan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg ,

They are all known for zealously practicing their

Serena Williams, John McCain. When I

craft and continually seeking improvement

think of excellence, these images appear. In their

opportunities. Their excellence is fueled by their

chosen fields, they are considered outstanding,

relentless passion for learning and achievement.

but they are not perfect. They all claim failures

Achieving excellence requires commitment.

or defeats. Michael Jordan was once cut from

HomeServices of Nebraska is committed to

his high school’s varsity basketball team. Ruth

providing excellent service to our agents,

Bader Ginsburg graduated at the top of her

customers, and employees. We know excellence

Columbia Law School class but had a hard time

does not just happen which is why we value

finding a job. Serena has withstood many losses

the pursuit and are committed to a culture that

and injuries, and John McCain suffered several

seeks and develops opportunities for learning,

political losses. Despite their failures, these

practicing, and continuous improvement. As

people all continued to excel because of their

Vince Lombardi once said, “perfection is not

commitment to and expectation of excellence.

attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can

They are not ok with status quo or good enough.

catch excellence.” AMY DUVAL CARLSON

CO N GRATS O N A WO N D ER F U L 201 9 / 2 0 20 AWARDS BANQU E TS

GOI NG A BOV E & BEYOND: DAV E BOE C KNE R A note from Dave Boeckner from his time spent in Mexico with the organization out of the First Methodist Church in Scottsbluff:

W O O D S

Our group built homes for four families. Two single homes and one duplex. The duplex is 12 x 36 so each side gets a 12 x 18 area. One single home is 12 x 20 and the other is 13 x 19. These are very simple, basic homes - 2 x 4 construction on a slab. No interior finish, a single room. Two windows and a door. The group is an informal organization out of the First Methodist Church in Scottsbluff. This year we had people from Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa and Missouri as part of the group. We raise the funds needed to build the houses and have a contact in Nuevo Progresso, Mexico who lines up the families and gets the foundations ready for us and orders the materials. Over the course of three days, we build the homes and then present them to the families along with house warming gifts. – Dave

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