Monday, December 16, 2019 — BRR will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Awards for individuals and teams. The application fee is $50.
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. — Deadline for 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Award applications.
Monday, January 20, 2020 — Designated REALTORS® and/or managing brokers will receive an email invite to request premium tables for the REALTOR® Awards Gala. Not getting emails from BRR?Check your subscription preferences now. Not a Designated REALTOR® or managing broker? Encourage your broker to secure seats for your office!
Friday, January 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. — Late deadline for 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Award applications in order to be recognized at the REALTOR® Awards Gala and to be included in the newspaper insert. Applications received after this deadline will only receive the plaque and/or plate and will be subject to a $50 late fee, in addition to the $50 application fee, to cover the additional costs of processing.
Monday, February 3, 2020 — General ticket sales will open for the REALTOR® Awards Gala on Eventbrite. Make sure you are subscribed to BRR’s Event Announcements to be notified! Please note that completing a production award application does not guarantee you a seat at the gala.
March 6, 2020 — REALTOR® Awards Gala
Please note: We’ve made changes to the process of purchasing gala tickets based on member feedback. Read our blog post to learn more.
2019 Production Levels:
Circle of Excellence Production Award Levels are re-evaluated each year in order to reflect roughly the top 25% of all production as reported in the Intermountain MLS (IMLS). Based on activity through December, here are the 2019 production levels:
BRONZE: $3.5-$6 million for individuals; $5.5-$10 million for teams
SILVER: $6-$8.5 million for individuals; $10-15 million for teams
GOLD: $8.5-$12.5 million for individuals; $15-25 million for teams
PLATINUM: $12.5-$20 million for individuals; $25-$40 million for teams
DIAMOND: $20+ million for individuals; $40+ million for teams
Please note that the deadline has passed. If you submit an application, you can receive a plaque and plate but will not be recognized at the gala or in the production awards newspaper insert.
These awards are open to all primary and secondary REALTOR® members of BRR in good standing at the time of application and at the time that awards are announced.
The applicant has fulfilled the requirements for REALTOR® membership with BRR, per the association's bylaws, and has not voluntarily withdrawn from membership nor has been suspended or inactivated from membership.
Monday, December 16, 2019 — BRR will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Awards for individuals and teams. Application fee is $50.
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. — Deadline for 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Awards applications.
Friday, January 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. — Late deadline for 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Awards applications in order to be recognized at the REALTOR® Awards Gala and included in the Production Awards Newspaper insert. Applications received after this deadline will only receive the plaque and/or plate and will be subject to a $50 late fee, in addition to the $50 application fee, to cover the additional costs of processing.
The online application is preferred, but links to PDF applications are also available, or you can pick one up at the BRR office. Paper applications will be available and accepted during the same time frame online applications are available and accepted.
Circle of Excellence Production Award Levels are re-evaluated each year in order to reflect roughly the top 25% of all production as reported in Intermountain MLS (IMLS). Based on activity through December, here are the 2019 production levels:
BRONZE: $3.5-$6 million for individuals; $5.5-$10 million for teams
SILVER: $6-$8.5 million for individuals; $10-15 million for teams
GOLD: $8.5-$12.5 million for individuals; $15-25 million for teams
PLATINUM: $12.5-$20 million for individuals; $25-$40 million for teams
DIAMOND: $20+ million for individuals; $40+ million for teams
ONLY the total dollar volume sold or closed between January 1–December 31, 2019, by BRR members as reported to Intermountain MLS (IMLS) and within the IMLS service area.You may not include referral income, bonuses, or other income. BRR reserves the right to audit all production applications.
To identify who may be eligible, we pull a list from IMLS (Resources > Statistical Reporting > Volume Ranking > Agent within MLS) using certain criteria (Status: Sold / Date Range: 2018 – 2018 / Number to Report: All / Report By: Both / Active Agent/Office Only: YES / Include w/ Zero Volume” NO / Board ID: ASOC, MTHM). When verifying applications received, we may pull activity through the Multi-Class search page (Listing Visibility Type: MLS Listing / Sale/Rent Equals: S / Status: ALL SOLD / Closing Date: 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2019) then generate two lists, one with the MLS number in the “Agent” field and then the “Selling Agent 1” field.
If you were the listing agent, you would add this transaction to the IMLS as an "unpublished sold." If you are the buyer's agent, this production would be eligible for the Non-IMLS Form, which will need to be verified by your broker. Please email us at awards@boirealtors.com to request the form.
No. Only the total dollar volume sold or closed can be included.
In previous years, applications required a broker's signature. In 2019, all production for individual awards is being verified through the IMLS.
However, team applications still require a broker's signature, as well as any Brokerage Record Forms and Non-IMLS Forms that are part of an application.
All award recipients will be recognized on boirealtors.com, in a production awards insert ad in the Idaho Press, and at the REALTORS® Awards Gala on March 6, 2020. (NOTE: We do not guarantee gala tickets for production award recipients.)
Since all transaction activity is being verified through the IMLS and applications do not require a broker signature, a change in brokerage should not impact your production application. If you still have questions about your specific situation, please submit them in the form below or email awards@boirealtors.com.
On your production application, you will be asked whether you want a "Plaque and plate" (select this option if this is your first year participating, or if you've previously filled up a plaque), "Plate only" (select this option if you're adding to an existing plaque), or "No plaque or plate" (select this if you don't need either this year).
Additional plaques (1 plate included) are $50, additional plates are $20 each.
The application and late fees cover the costs associated with processing these awards, the advertising, promotions, and plaques and plates, without using membership dues to pay for the program.
Production Award FAQs - IMLS Verification
By requiring all production to be entered in the IMLS, it will allow us to streamline the production verification process tremendously, saving brokers countless hours by reducing the many extra steps for verifying off-market activity, volume splits, co-list agreements, etc. Another benefit is that this will improve the market data for comps and market statistic purposes going forward. This is the most efficient, fair, and automated process to recognize BRR members through the association's MLS.
To avoid a fine when entering off-market activity to IMLS, include the following in the agent remarks section: "Added to Paragon for Comp purposes only." If it happens to be a buyer's agent who helped their client purchase a FSBO, they should also include:"Agent of the buyer's side of a FSBO."
"Can I report a previously unpublished sold to the MLS and if so, how do I do it?"
Yes! Previously unpublished sold listings can be reported to the MLS. In fact, to ensure the MLS has the most comprehensive database of properties available for comparables, it is preferable to report everything you sell. In order to report a previously unpublished sold property to the MLS, you must have the buyer and seller's permission. Completion of an MLS property data form with the property details and an owner signature will suffice. Enter the listing into the system just as you would a new listing but include the status as "Unpublished Sold". Use the correct listing date and selling date.
Please also keep in mind the following information from IMLS: If you are entering previously closed transactions into the MLS to increase your production numbers for BRR Circle of Excellence Production Awards, please note you will be in violation UNLESS it is an Office Exclusive listing or you were involved in a For Sale by Owner and both the buyer and the seller agree to have it published. All residential, unpublished solds must have at least one exterior photo and all the required fields.
If you are entering either of these two types of transactions THEY MUST BE ENTERED AS UNPUBLISHED SOLD. If you enter them as sold, you will be fined.
Please remember that you MUST enter all listings into the MLS regardless of the type once you have a relationship/contract established with your client.
Contact IMLS support (208-376-4657) with any additional questions regarding how to properly input unpublished sold data.
There is no need to add off-market activity to the IMLS for award purposes if it will not be changing your production level; however, adding your off-market activity is encouraged to improve the MLS data.
Please also keep in mind the following information from IMLS: If you are entering previously closed transactions into the MLS to increase your production numbers for BRR Circle of Excellence Production Awards, please note you will be in violation UNLESS it is an Office Exclusive listing or you were involved in a For Sale by Owner and both the buyer and the seller agree to have it published. All residential, unpublished solds must have at least one exterior photo and all the required fields.
If you are entering either of these two types of transactions THEY MUST BE ENTERED AS UNPUBLISHED SOLD. If you enter them as sold, you will be fined.
Please remember that you MUST enter all listings into the MLS regardless of the type once you have a relationship/contract established with your client.
When members have provided extra documentation for off-market activity that they want included in their application, it requires quite tremendous amount of time administratively and for brokers. To streamline the process, we’re asking that any off-market activity that an agent would like included in their production application be added to the IMLS.
Per IMLS rules and regulations, Idaho Code 54-2083(6)(d), and a signed RE-16 Seller Representation Agreement, the seller acknowledges a "sold" price of real property is not confidential client information. If you have off-market production and you'd like it to be eligible for this award, please add it in the IMLS. If you feel that your circumstances are an exception, and the transaction is not in violation of any Idaho Code or IMLS rules or regulations, you may request a Non-IMLS Form (which will require broker verification) from awards@boirealtors.com.
These awards recognize BRR members for their production, as reported to Intermountain MLS (IMLS) and within the IMLS service area. Transactions outside the IMLS service area is not eligible for this award.
To avoid a fine when entering off-market activity to IMLS after the fact, include the following in the agent remarks section: "Added to Paragon for Comp purposes only." If it happens to be a buyer's agent who helped their client purchase a FSBO, they should also include:"Agent of the buyer's side of a FSBO."
Please also keep in mind the following information from IMLS: If you are entering previously closed transactions into the MLS to increase your production numbers for BRR Circle of Excellence Production Awards, please note you will be in violation UNLESS it is an Office Exclusive listing or you were involved in a For Sale by Owner and both the buyer and the seller agree to have it published. All residential, unpublished solds must have at least one exterior photo and all the required fields.
If you are entering either of these two types of transactions THEY MUST BE ENTERED AS UNPUBLISHED SOLD. If you enter them as sold, you will be fined.
Please remember that you MUST enter all listings into the MLS regardless of the type once you have a relationship/contract established with your client.
Contact IMLS support (208-376-4657) with any additional questions regarding how to properly input listings for comp purposes.
To identify who may be eligible for a production award, we pull a list from IMLS (Resources > Statistical Reporting > Volume Ranking > Agent within MLS) using certain criteria (Status: Sold / Date Range: 2019 – 2019 / Number to Report: All / Report By: Both / Active Agent/Office Only: YES / Include w/ Zero Volume” NO / Board ID: ASOC, MTHM).
When verifying applications received, we may pull activity through the Multi-Class search page (Listing Visibility Type: MLS Listing / Sale/Rent Equals: S / Status: ALL SOLD / Closing Date: 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2019) then generate two lists, one with the MLS number in the “Agent” field and then the “Selling Agent 1” field.
Monday, December 16, 2019 — BRR will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Awards for individuals and teams. The application fee is $50.
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. — Deadline for 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Award applications.
Friday, January 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. — Late deadline for 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Award applications in order to be recognized at the REALTOR® Awards Gala and to be included in the newspaper insert. Applications received after this deadline will only receive the plaque and/or plate and will be subject to a $50 late fee, in addition to the $50 application fee, to cover the additional costs of processing.
No. Individuals may not claim the production of other agents on their individual production award application. If you are part of an established and recognized team by your brokerage, in addition to each agent’s individual production application, you can also apply for a Team Production Award.
If that additional production would bump you to a higher production award category, then please submit the Brokerage Records Form to awards@boirealtors.com when you complete your online application. This form will need to be verified by your broker. If that additional production will not adjust your awards category, there is no need to submit it.
Production Award FAQs - Team Applications
In respect to this award, teams are defined as either: 1) a collection of agents who market themselves under a brand name distinct from their brokerage; or, 2) brokerages in which all agents operate as a team under the brokerage name, often with most, if not all, of the transactions being attributed to the broker in the MLS, and further, that all agents affiliated with the brokerage must be part of the brokerage team, and no other teams or individual agents are affiliated with the brokerage.
Production from all eligible team members is combined and recognized together. If team members would also like to be recognized individually, they need to fill out and submit the Individual Production Award application. All individual applications from team members should be submitted with the team application as one package.
REALTORS® who are primary or secondary members of BRR with membership in good standing at the time of application and at the time that awards are announced.
Monday, December 16, 2019 — BRR will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Awards for individuals and teams. The application fee is $50.
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. — Deadline for 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Award applications.
Friday, January 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. — Late deadline for 2019 Circle of Excellence Production Award applications in order to be recognized at the REALTOR® Awards Gala and to be included in the newspaper insert. Applications received after this deadline will only receive the plaque and/or plate and will be subject to a $50 late fee, in addition to the $50 application fee, to cover the additional costs of processing.
Yes! If eligible team members would also like to also be recognized individually, they need to fill out and submit the Individual Production Award application. The production on your individual applications must match the production noted for you on your team application.
Teams may only recognize the production of eligible members while they are on the team. If a team member joined or left the team partway through the year, only the production done by that member while affiliated with the team may be included on the team production application. All team production being counted towards the total dollar volume sold for the team must be included on the Team Production Roster as part of the team application.
No. The team awards are open to teams that are established and a recognized team by their brokerage, and who market themselves as a team. Members who primarily work on their own, or who are not part of an established and recognized team, may not group their production together and apply for a team award. Instead, each member should submit the Individual Production Award application.
Team applications are different from individual applications as require broker verification. However, if you're on a team and you'd also like to apply for the Individual Production Award, you'll likely need to complete the Brokerage Records Form along with your application to show volume splits.
Eligible team members must be either primary or secondary members of BRR at the time of application and when awards are announced. Contact our membership team at 208-376-0363 or visit our website to learn more about membership.
Production of non-BRR members cannot be counted toward team production award applications.
