Weekly Notices
Friday, August 5, 2016

Education Excellence / Quarterly Meeting 
 


NEXT WEEK!

EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
AUGUST 8TH!

Mark your calendar and plan to attend our next Education Excellence and Quarterly Membership Meeting on Thursday, August 11th.

$40.00 early registration ends Monday, August 8th!

This time, we'll be meeting in the Commons on the Mukogawa Fort Wright campus near Spokane Falls Community College.


SNAP photo
Our luncheon guest speaker will be 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.


The education piece will be a Purchase & Sale Agreement class, which is required for residential brokers to take once in every four-year cycle.

If you have not taken this class since January 1, 2013, you need to take it this year!
 
See the class flyer (pictured above), online here.
 
 
 
REALTOR® FUN NIGHT Tickets On Sale Now!
 




Welcome to the Spokane Association of REALTORS' ® BACK TO THE 80's 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 event flyer (pictured above), 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 all-you-can-eat buffet dinner (pasta station, salad bar, cheese board and 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 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




 
PSA Addenda 
 


CLASS FULL!

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:


PSA Addenda 
PSA Addenda


REALTOR ® Safety - Empower Yourself 
 




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:


REALTOR Safety - Empower Yourself 
REALTOR® Safety - Empower Yourself


Lunch & Learn: Home Warranty 
 


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.
 
 
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.






NEXT WEEK!


Thursday, August 11 - Education Excellence (Purchase & Sale Agreement / Quarterly Membership Meeting - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

All residential brokers must take this class once every four years.  If you have not taken this class since January 1, 2013, you need to take this class!

Registration: 8:15 a.m. 
Class: 8:30 a.m. to noon
Luncheon: noon to 1:00 p.m.
Class: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at Mukogawa Ft. Wright

7.5 clock hours




Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals 
Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals
 
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





PSA Addenda 
PSA Addenda

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





Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement
Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement


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


 


Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals 
Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals


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





Current Issues in Washington Real Estate 
Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate


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




REALTOR Safety 
REALTOR® Safety - Empower Yourself


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







P&S Agreement Addenda 
PSA Addenda


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

 


 




 


 
 
 
In This Issue
Education Excellence / Quarterly Meeting
REALTOR® FUN NIGHT - Tickets On Sale Now!
PSA Addenda
REALTOR ® Safety - Empower Yourself
Lunch & Learn: Home Warranty
2016 REALTOR® Education
SAR CALENDAR
Condolences
Police Ride-alongs
The Voice for Real Estate
Call for Action - Thank You & Next Steps
WR Business Symposium
WCR Summer Social
WR Fall Business Conference
ListHub Report - June
Market Activity Report - July - NEW!
REALTOR® Team Store
Member Roster Update
Suggestion Box

SAR CALENDAR

 

Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar

showing dates and times of classes, committees and events. 

 
 

 

 

 

Condolences 

 
 
 
The SAR extends its condolences to Doc Nicolson and Kalyn Luhr, both of Keller Williams. 

Doc's daughter, Caitlin Breeze, and Kalyn's husband, Justin Luhr, were in the boat crash on Lake Coeur d'Alene on Saturday, July 30, 2016.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families and friends.

The families ask that their privacy be respected in their time of grief. 

We will put out more information as we get it.
   
 
Police Ride-alongs 

 

Interested in spending some time in a police car - for a reason of which you'll be proud?

The Spokane Police Department invites community members to participate in its ride-along program.

All individuals who request a ride-along must pass a background check before a ride will be approved.  

Ride-along start times are 6 a.m., 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., seven days a week (excluding holidays and days of major events such as Hoopfest, Bloomsday etc).

Ride-alongs last for approximately five hours.  
 
For more information on how you can participate in the Spokane Police Department's ride-long program, click here.  
   
 
The Voice for Real Estate 
  
 
 
NEW!

Home sales might have peaked, NAR says.

That's a top story in The Voice for Real Estate for the week of August 1.

Other stories look at NAR's big win on condo loans now that President Obama has signed H.R. 3700 into law, the looming deadline for Sec. 502 direct rural housing loans from the federal government, which are about to run out of money.

Other stories look at the impact residential loan rules from 2010 are having on commercial loan processing, the Treasury's expansion of its money laundering program involving real estate, and NAR's win as the CFPB tells lenders and settlement agents it's OK for them to share the closing document with agents.

Watch the nine-minute video online here:

The Voice for Real Estate 
The Voice for Real Estate
 
    
   
 
Call for Action - Thank You & Next Steps
 
RPAC logo

NAR President Tom Salomone thanks members who helped pass condo legislation by responding to the call to action for H.R. 3700.

"Thank you!"




N AR policy expert Megan Booth explains the timeline for what happens next and what the new legislation means for real estate.

Next steps
Next steps

 
WR Business Symposium    
 



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.


WCR Summer Social
 

 
NEXT WEEK!

The Spokane-Eastern Washington Women's Council of REALTORS invites you to its Summer Social at Tamarack Public House on Wednesday, August 10th.




See the event flyer (pictured above) for more information, online here



WR Fall Business Conference
 
 

 
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 not yet open, but you can learn about the many events that will be happening online now.

Visit the conference website online here.




ListHub Report for June                     



 
See the June ListHub report, online here.
     
  

Market Activity Report - July

 

NEW!



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.

   

 

REALTOR® Team Store - August Special  
 


NOW 50% OFF - ONLY $2!


You probably never would (should) tell someone to "stick it," but you can if you point to one of these on your desk.

Among the new August specials at your REALTOR® Team Store is this dispenser that will ensure you have the right size sticky memo every time!

Short note?  Sure!

Barbarous sesquipedalian Latinism?  No problem!

Emblazoned with the famous REALTOR®-R, this dispenser will daily remind you of your stick-to-itiveness (that's how it's spelled in Webster's dictionary).

Just pull your desired length (up to ten meters), rip it, and stick it!

Even better, it's made of ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) plastic!

Order yours, and see other REALTOR® Team Store August specials, online here.


Claim your SAR 5% discount by entering "SAR" as you check out.



Member Roster Update - NEW! 
 


  
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.  


   
Send a message to Angie at the SAR with any changes.  


Suggestion Box

 

  

 


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