MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND INFORMATION – June 2025
Taos and Angel Fire Tours
Tours are important to your sellers and buyers, someone on tour may have a buyer just looking for that right property. Don’t miss them! One every-other week in Taos and in Angel Fire. Tours have started. Click Here for tour schedule.
ECAR New Bylaw changes:
1) Beginning in July, ECAR dues will be billed quarterly instead of monthly. You will receive your first bill July 27th for July, August and September. This will be due August 27th. A 10% late fee will be added, if not paid, by August 27th.
2) The one year directors position from Red River & Angel Fire will need to work out of an office and live in those areas.
3) Proxy voting is now only allowed for bylaw changes.
REALTORS® giving back to their communities
Congratulations to Jeremiah I. Gonzales this year’s recipient of the Frank Dailey Memorial Scholarship award. 
Join us! ECAR is sponsoring a booth and will be asking for pledges for the 15th Annual For the Health Of It! Walkathon. Walk for Taos Cancer Support Services on June 28th, 2025. All money raised stays local.
Supports Taos and surrounding areas.
Good practices that may help you avoid a fraudulent land scam
When you get a request to list vacant land… please confirm that the caller is the true owner of the property.
- Request a live streaming meeting – Zoom, Teams, Google or Face Time
- Request to meet at and walk the lot line with potential client.
- Contact title company for any additional owner information (NOTE: Title Co. will do preliminary title checks without a PA)
- Notify potential client you will be sending documentation to the address on file with the Tax Assessor, request documentation be sent back to you prior to listing the property (due to recent fraudulent land deals)
- Use social media and the Internet (websites like Spoke, Forewarn – etc.) to try to confirm the owners phone number or email.
If the seller is averse to any of the above items and/or offers excuses as to why they cannot do as requested, this may be a scam. Trust your gut!!!
If you are a new Broker, or simply not sure how to proceed, please seek the guidance of your Qualifying Broker who is always your first line of defense.
If you have clients with vacant land, you can have them set themselves up a for google alert; Client types in their address, if for some reason the property is listed the owner will be notified.
On the flip side- Buyers Brokers also need to be aware, if they have a client purchasing vacant land, ask the listing broker if they have verified the seller. Ask Questions!!!
Keep an eye out for the next YPN event
Check it out on the ECAR YPN page.
REALTOR® Safety Tip
Don’t get lost! If you are in an unfamiliar area, make mental notes of landmarks, points of interest and intersections. And always know the exact address of where you are going. If you must use a GPS, then pull over and stop in a safe place first. (find a copy online at https://www.nar.realtor/safety)
Member Benefit – FREE 4 CE HOURS
Save the Date: August 21, 2025 National Ethics Day Live via Zoom. Free to ECAR Full REALTOR® members. Signup sheet to go out later. Free 4 CE hours.
Member Benefit – Watch for a Fall schedule of 2-day, in-person classes to be offered in Taos this Fall!
Member Benefit – Discounted Classes through MESA Real Estate Institute – Be sure to Click Here to register for CE classes for Full ECAR REALTOR® members.
Up Close With Board Member Lisa Sutton
I was born and raised in a big, crowded city in Texas but yearned for a different lifestyle from an early age. Having been afforded opportunity to travel quite a bit early in life, I knew that there would come a day when I’d have to explore a permanent change in scenery. That change in scenery came in 1992 when I traded in my city shoes for hiking boots and headed for the mountains.
I had been working for the Philmont Scout Ranch in the summers while I was attending Southwest Texas State University and fell absolutely in love with everything about Northern New Mexico. After graduation, several of my friends and I decided to be ski bums for a year and headed for Angel Fire. I took a position with the Ski Patrol and now, 31 years later, I’m still happily here. I’ve put down roots and love it as much as I did the first time I saw it.
Each month we will be highlighting one of your 2025 Board Members:
Pat Kroblin, President
John Johnston, Immediate Past President
Linda Calhoun, Vice President
Robban Reynolds, Secretary
Jolie Jones, Treasurer
Jade Anaya, Director
Cimarron Dugas, Director
Mary Emery, Director
Annie Jo Lindsey, Director
Gabriel Traister, Director
Lisa Sutton, Director
Lisa Cancro, MLS Committee Chair
REALTORS® Political Action Committee
We are falling behind! As of today, we only have 31% participation. It only takes $15.00 to make a difference. Give to RPAC to help support issues that affect your business as a REALTOR®. Home Ownership: The American Dream Preserving the Land of Enchantment and more. Click Here to Invest in RPAC TODAY!
