Tour Guidelines

(Revised June 24, 2011)

(Click here for Map of Tour Boundaries)

Courtesy and professionalism shall represent the standard of all Luxury Home Tour, Inc. Members. Members shall abide by the following:

1. The meeting begins promptly at 8:30 AM. Please enjoy the Chairman’s Networking Breakfast from 8:00 AM to 8:25 AM during which time Realtors may pick up Tout Cards. The Tout Card is required to tout during the meeting. No Tout Cards will be issued after 8:30 AM. No Affiliate member may tout.

2. A $5.00 admission fee will be charged for members; $10.00 for non-members (guests.) ALL non-member fees must be paid at the Membership Desk. Guests must have an active real estate license and current membership in a local association of REALTORS® or be an Affiliate person working in a business directly affiliated with the residential real estate industry. Following payment of fees, guests may obtain permission from the Membership Desk the morning of the tour to go on the tour of homes. Guests must wear their guest name badge at all times and must tour with a REALTOR® member of the tour. Affiliate guests are not permitted to tour.

3. $50.00 Perk Cards (Discount Cards) are available to members to cover the admission fee; they include two free meetings with purchase (i.e., 12 meetings for the price of 10.)

4. Checks are accepted for home-on-tour fees only. Checks should be made payable to Luxury Home Tour, Inc. for the exact amount only. All returned checks will be charged a $25.00 fee.

5. Pagers and cell phones must be turned off while meeting is in session.

6. Appropriate business attire is appreciated.

7. REALTORS® must be paid members of LHT to tout. Guests may attend two meetings before they are required to become a member to attend future meetings.

8. No political/charitable announcements are allowed per LHT incorporation guidelines.

9. REALTORS® wanting to submit a listing for tour must be members in good standing of LHT and attend at least two of the previous three consecutive meetings prior to their home being placed on tour. Go to Tour Request under Tour Information on the website to submit a home for Tour. All requests must be submitted online. The home must not have been on tour during the previous 12 months.

10. All Tour members must check in at the Check In Desk at each meeting for attendance to be counted.

11. All REALTOR® members and/or their co-listing agent with a listing on tour must be present at the meeting and check in at the Treasurer’s Desk before the meeting begins on the day of the tour or their home will be removed from the tour.　

12. REALTORS® must confirm their property is on tour; the property address; and pay $75.00 for each property they have on tour not later than the morning of the date scheduled for tour. It is preferred that the REALTOR® pay for the home(s) on tour online in advance of the meeting.

13. Absolutely no photos permitted of properties on the tour without prior written permission of the Seller. Photos are prohibited at the meeting without written approval of the Luxury Home Tour Board of Directors.

14. REALTORS® with listings on tour will make their home(s) available for touring from at least 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM on the day of the tour and provide 24 bottles of water per home on tour.

15. The listing agent for the last home scheduled for tour will provide 75-100 bottles of water and make the home available for lunch between 11:00am and 1:00pm. The lunch home must be available for the LHT contracted vendor caterer not later than 10:15am the morning of the tour. Except where prohibited, Open House signs are to be displayed. All listing agents are expected to complete the tour of homes the day their listing is on tour and to submit their tour comments sheet at the lunch house.

16. There will be a $75.00 charge for each home on tour (charged to the corresponding listing agent and collected on or before the day of the tour.) Failure to remit will constitute disallowance of the listing for tour. Tour fee is non-refundable if the listing agent cancels the home from Tour less than 24 hours before the tour for any reason other than an emergency on the part of the seller or the sale of the home.

17. Homes submitted CANNOT be fix-ups. They MUST be architecturally significant. Newly constructed homes must be completed. Inclusion of property on Tour will be at the discretion of the Tour Director.

18. The minimum listing price of homes submitted will be $1,000,000.00. Vacant listings and listings on lockbox must be listed $2,000,000.00 or above. All listings must be in the MLS.

19. Touts/flyer display for listings and Buyer must be $1,000,000.00 and above; luxury leases 4,000.00/month and above and $600,000.00 and above for lots and land. All touts are limited to 30 seconds. Flyer display is for LHT members only.

20. LHT's boundaries are: Cactus road to the north, Scottsdale road to the east (with the exception of Gainey Ranch and Paradise Valley Farms, which shall be included within Tour boundaries), Thomas road to the south, and 7th Avenue to the west, View Map)

21. You must wear your LHT member name badge, provide your business card, and present your tour comments sheet at the last home on tour. Only REALTOR® members may participate in tour comments. Only LHT members may take the tour. Affiliate members shall ride with a REALTOR® member of the tour.

22. Brochure display is automatically permitted for LHT REALTOR® members and by resolution of the Board of Directors, for Affiliate Volunteers only.

(Revised 06-24-2011)