Jim Moe Recognized as 2011 Super Real Estate Agent
Following a four-month process set by the Super Real Estate Agents™ program, Jim Moe, WESTconsin Realty LLC, has recently been selected as a 2011 Super Real Estate Agent.
More than 120,000 members of the Twin Cities community, including previous year’s honorees, homebuyers, mortgage and title companies, and Twin Cities Business and Mpls. St. Paul Magazine subscribers were invited to submit nominations. Those nominated for the honorable recognition represent less than 4 percent of all licensed real estate agents from the greater Twin Cities marketplace. Unlike many other distinctions, the Super Real Estate Agents™ program is not based on sales volume, but rather on exceptional client service.
A lifetime resident of the New Richmond area, Jim has been working in real estate for over 25 years. When asked about the honor, Jim considers it an honor to be nominated as a Super Real Estate Agent by his peers and past clients. He can be reached at (715) 781-0387, or jimmoe@westconsinrealty.com.
The 2011 Super Real Estate Agent article was published in the November and December Mpls. St. Paul Magazine and is available online at http://www.mspmag.com.
WESTconsin Realty, an affiliate of WESTconsin Credit Union, offers a 4.8 percent seller’s commission rate on qualifying properties, cash back at closing to buyers, and no administrative fees. Full-time, full-service real estate agents are located in each WESTconsin office area throughout Western Wisconsin.
Telephone Phishing Scam – Blocked Credit/Debit Cards
There have been reports of calls received from, what appear to be, automated telephone calls telling them their credit/debit card(s) have been “blocked” etc. THIS IS A TELEPHONE PHISHING SCAM. PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR CREDIT/DEBIT CARD OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR ACCOUNTS.
The automated message requests the call recipient to “Press 1” to reach our security department where they are to enter their 16 digit card number into their telephone key pad. Once this is entered, the scammers are then requesting the cards Personal Identification Number (PIN). The scam artists are attempting to obtain customer card numbers and PIN’s in order to gain access to customer accounts via ATM’s or Point of Sale Purchases. Again, please do not provide this information to anyone requesting this information via the telephone or by email.
If you received this phishing telephone call and did provide your credit/debit card account number and/or PIN to the caller or any other personal account information, please call your local WESTconsin office or (800) 924-0022.
New Location for WESTconsin’s Menomonie High School Office
WESTconsin Credit Union recently celebrated the re-grand opening of their Menomonie High School office. This fall, the WESTconsin MHS office relocated within the high school to a new, more accessible site adjacent to the school’s auditorium. School district and credit union representatives honored the occasion with a special ribbon cutting ceremony conducted by ambassadors of the Greater Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce.
The site functions as a fully operational WESTconsin office that is run by two student tellers and a staff supervisor. Students and staff gain immediate access to financial resources, products and services, and other information from the office. Operational hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during specified lunch periods.
This is the fourth year that WESTconsin Credit Union and the Menomonie Area School District have partnered on the district’s youth financial literacy and cooperative education programs. Menomonie is one of four high school offices that WESTconsin operates, the others located in Hudson, New Richmond and River Falls. For more information about these programs, visit ‘Student $avers’ at westconsincu.org.
Pictured: WESTconsin Credit Union student tellers, Katelyn Lokrantz and Mitchell Sinz, pose outside the MHS office where they work.
WESTCONSIN REALTY LLC WELCOMES ERIC SUTHERLAND
Eric Sutherland has recently joined WESTconsin Realty, LLC and is working from WESTconsin Credit Union’s Downtown office in Menomonie. Sutherland is very excited about starting a new career in real estate after being in the military for 24 years. He served as Master Sergeant in the United States Army and has recently returned home after eight years of active duty and deployments.
Sutherland and wife reside in Menomonie along with their two children. “I first became acquainted with Menomonie 19 years ago when I came to UW-Stout,” Sutherland states. “After meeting my wife here, we briefly lived in the Twin Cities before deciding to move back to Menomonie to make it our home.” He is most passionate about being a REALTOR® in the local area because he believes in the community and wants to do his part to make it a great place to live and raise a family.
In his free time, Sutherland enjoys being involved with his wife, children and other family members. He can be reached at (715) 308-9463, or esutherland@westconsinrealty.com.
Sandy Gilbert and Refuge Farms: A mission to save horses and make them feel safe
Sandy Gilbert relies on volunteers as the engine that propels her non-profit Refuge Farms rescue facility; as of now, there are over 60 individuals donating their time and muscle to the care of horses who, until now, had spent the majority of their lives in abusive situations, or had been abandoned and left to freeze or starve.
Sandy likes to recall one of the ways WESTconsin Credit Union became integral to Refuge Farms’ mission in the person of office manager Jamie McCulloch. “Jamie is the sort of person who gets to know the members who come to WESTconsin,” Sandy recalls. “One freezing winter day she came out of her office and asked, as she often does, ‘How are the horses doing in the cold? How are things on the farm?’
“I had something horrible weighing on my shoulders, so we went into her office and I said, ‘Jamie, there are three abandoned horses out there, an hour and a half away. If I don’t get to them in the next 24, maybe 48 hours, they’re going to freeze to death, and that is not a nice way to die. But I don’t have the resources. I’m fit to be tied—I don’t know what to do.”
Jamie told Sandy about a feature WESTconsin could add to her checking account that would allow Sandy to write herself a loan for emergencies just like the one she was currently facing.
“We set up that feature that very moment, and I drove an hour and a half to rescue those three horses.” Sandy feels certain that Jamie’s personal approach saved lives.
“WESTconsin Credit Union is more than just where we do business,” Sandy says. “They are a partner.”
