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SNAP = Housing Solutions
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Your SAR held its Quarterly Membership meeting this week at the Mukogama Fort Wright Institute (pictured above).
 Our luncheon guest speaker was Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners (SNAP) Housing Counseling Program Manager, Loretta Cael (pictured at left). Cael has 30 years of real estate and mortgage lending experience, and speaks from both head and heart on creating long-term housing solutions in our area. SNAP helped save almost 300 Spokane-area homes from foreclosure last year.
Have a client who has had a life-changing event and doesn't know how s/he is going to keep the house? You can be part of a solution with a call to SNAP.
Here's a clip of Loretta's remarks:
Also at the event, members enjoyed the premiere of a new marketing video for our REALTOR® Fun Night next month.
See the two-minute video online here:
See the item below for the REALTOR
® Fun Night event flyer and to register online for our REALTOR
® Fun Night.
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REALTOR® FUN NIGHT Tickets On Sale Now!
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Welcome to the Spokane Association of REALTORS'
® BACK TO THE 80's
REALTOR® FUN NIGHT presented by REALTOR.COM
®!
Thursday, September 15th at the Spokane Convention Center Centennial Ballroom.
-- Dress as your favorite 80's personality to enter the costume contest! --
Download the
REALTOR® Fun Night event flyer (pictured above),
online here.
NEW!
See the two-minute
REALTOR® Fun Night promotional video online here:
Enjoy a rockin' 80's party featuring live entertainment by the renowned 80's cover band "The Spazmatics," games, prizes, photo box, popcorn, and costume contest. Event admission includes pasta station, salad bar, cheese board, dessert raft, and one complimentary drink ticket (cash bar open all night).
Come celebrate a successful year of being a REALTOR
® with your friends and colleagues - you've earned this!
TICKETS: $50 until
September 5th / $65 after
September 5th.
Get your tickets in-person at the SAR, online (see below), or on the phone: (509) 326-9222.
We gratefully acknowledge our
REALTOR® Fun Night event sponsors:
REALTOR.COM® - Presenting sponsor
Washington Trust Bank - Photo box sponsor
Banner Bank - Costume contest sponsor
Opes Advisors - Games sponsor
Inland Professional Title - Drink ticket sponsor
Laura Wells - Popcorn sponsor
Envoy Mortgage - Dessert raft sponsor
Prime Closing - DeLorean
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Lunch & Learn: Home Warranty
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What is a home warranty and how can one help your business?
The answers will be yours at our August Lunch & Learn at your SAR: Monday, August 15th.
See the event flyer with more details (pictured above),
online here.
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PSA Addenda
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Did you ever wish there was a class to go over all the possible addenda to the Purchase and Sale Agreement?
If so, your wish will come true
Thursday, August 18th!
Your SAR proudly presents an all-new, four clock-hour class on Purchase and Sale Agreement addenda, focusing on all the additional forms that can be added to the PSA document - the foundation of the transaction between buyers and sellers of real estate.
See the class flyer (pictured above), with class details and registration information,
online here.
Watch a personal welcome to this class from instructor
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder, online here:
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REALTOR ® Safety - Empower Yourself
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It's here - by popular demand and professional need - a new clock-hour class for REALTOR® safety!
Thursday, September 22nd, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at your SAR
Real estate professionals are in dangerous positions every day, young, old, man or woman. You must equip yourself with basic safety concepts and habits.
Curriculum created and presented by
Beale Luebben and
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
You'll be glad you've taken this invaluable training opportunity!
See the class flyer (pictured above),
online here.
Watch a personal welcome to the class from instructors
Beale Luebben and
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder, online here:
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REALTOR® Safety - Empower Yourself
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| 2016 REALTOR® Education |
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Quality of Education
through SAR/WR Education Instructors
Here is the latest class listing of your SAR - offering the best live and local continuing real estate education classes for 2016.
Click on each class title,
underlined in blue, to bring up a flyer for that class - suitable for posting in your office.
Register for these classes
online here:
Please be in touch with
Debbie at the SAR if you have any questions about these classes or your license education requirements, by phone at
326-9222 or by
email.
IMPORTANT!
All REALTORS® must complete two-and-a-half hours of Code of Ethics training within each cycle. The current cycle ends
December 31, 2016.
Can't remember if you've already taken the NAR Code of Ethics? You can
log in to your member portal page to verify your member profile or call us at the SAR:
326-9222.
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Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals
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NEXT WEEK!
Tuesday, August 16 -
Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
NOTE: A Code of Ethics course is required as a condition of retaining your REALTOR® membership with NAR. It must be repeated every four years. The current cycle is January 1, 2013 thru Dec. 31, 2016.
Registration: noon
Class: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
NEXT WEEK - CLASS FULL!
Thursday, August 18 -
What else do we need? Purchase and Sale Agreement Addenda - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
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Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement
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Tuesday, September 6 -
Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals
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Tuesday, September 20 -
The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
NOTE: A Code of Ethics course is required as a condition of retaining your REALTOR® membership with NAR. It must be repeated every four years. The current cycle is January 1, 2013 thru Dec. 31, 2016.
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
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Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate
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Tuesday, September 20 -
Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate - with
Sabrina Jones Schroeder.
NOTE: You must take this Core Curriculum class once every two years for your renewal.
Registration: 1:00 p.m.
Class: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
3.0 clock hours
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REALTOR® Safety - Empower Yourself
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Thursday, September 22 - REALTOR® Safety - Empower Yourself - with Beale Luebben and Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
ALL NEW CLASS - by popular demand and professional necessity!
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at the SAR
3.0 clock hours
Thursday, September 22 -
What else do we need? Purchase and Sale Agreement Addenda - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
Registration: Noon
Class: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
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SAR CALENDAR
Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar
showing dates and times of classes, committees and events.
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Tossing the Freeway Concept
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LeAnn Bjerken / Journal of Business
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Just as the Washington state Department of Transportation awaits the flow of transportation funding to resume construction on the North Spokane Corridor, new ideas are being floated for it, including
tossing the freeway concept for the remaining portion of the project.
Following a recent U.S. Department of Transportation-led workshop here, one Hillyard business leader suggests examining the possibility of
constructing a portion of the corridor as a modern surface street system, rather than a freeway.
Read more in the new edition of the Journal of Business, online here.
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Legal Hotline: Compensation
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Washington REALTORS
® Legal Hotline attorney
Annie Fitzsimmons is back this week to discuss compensation as viewed by the Department of Licensing.
Any broker engaging in real estate brokerage services is required, under the terms of licensing in Washington, to receive compensation through his/her firm.
Tune in to find out why this is important and the risks that can be avoided.
Watch the three-minute video online here:
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WR Legislative Update
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If you represent condominiums or rural homes we have some good news for you . . .
Nathan Gordon, Government Affairs Director for Washington REALTORS®, explains HR 3700 (The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016) and what it means to your clients and how you helped get it on the President's desk for signature.
Watch the two-minute video online here:
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Phil's - osophies
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Many things differentiate a REALTOR
® from a real estate agent.
You know the difference. Do your clients?
Phil Dunphy shares home buying knowledge and insights as only he can in these Real Estate Phil's-osophies, an ongoing commercial series from the National Association of REALTORS®.
See the spots online here:
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Wire Fraud Email Notice Template
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The following is an example of a notice you may wish to consider adding to your email signature line.
This notice should not serve as a substitute for educating your clients and other participants in your real estate transactions about email wire fraud.
For more information about best practices to avoid victimization by cyber criminals, see
Protecting Your Business and Your Clients From Cyberfraud.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Never trust wiring instructions sent via email. Cyber criminals are hacking email accounts and sending emails with fake wiring instructions. These emails are convincing and sophisticated. Always independently confirm wiring instructions in person or via a telephone call to a trusted and verified phone number. Never wire money without double-checking that the wiring instructions are correct.
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WR Fall Business Conference
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ONLINE REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
Washington REALTORS® will be holding its 2016 Fall Business Conference in Spokane!
The event will be September 14-16 at the historic Davenport Hotel. Online registration is open now where you can learn about the many events that will be happening as part of the conference - including our REALTOR® Fun Night!
Visit the conference website online here.
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WR Business Symposium
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Washington REALTORS® invites you to its 2016 Business Symposium, September 29th at Sea-Tac Convention Center.
What you'll take away from the Business Symposium . . .
· 7.5 Clock Hours
· Create a prospecting program that is effective and adds to your business profitability
· Understand real estate advertising do's and don'ts
· Recognize the legal requirements regarding property advertisement
· Calculate the cost of advertisement and evaluate promotion effectiveness
More details on the Business Symposium and online registration are available here.
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2016 REALTORS® Conference & Expo
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NAR's 2016 REALTORS® Conference and Expo will be November 4-7 in Orlando, Florida.
Check it out online here:
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Keep More of your Hard-earned Money!
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Would you like to learn how you can make filing taxes as a real estate professional simpler?
Join Linda de Marlor, President of Tax-Masters, as she discusses ways to maximize your deductions and keep more of your heard-earned money!
Presented by REALTORS® Federal Credit Union.
Thursday, August 18th
10:00 a.m. Spokane time
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| Market Activity Report - July |
The SAR Market Activity Report for
July is now online.
See the latest full report - and archived full reports -
online here.
See the July 2016 Snapshot Report (pictured above) online here.
See the 2016 Year-to-date Snapshot report (pictured above) online here.
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Member Roster Update - NEW!
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Click here to view the latest Member Roster Update - listing new and resigned members and companies.
Click here to view the latest list of MLS Subscription Waivers - approved by the Board of Directors.
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2016 Officers & Directors
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Susie Luby
2016 SAR President
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868-9468
SECRETARY:
John L. Scott Spokane
990-1326
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