NAR Issues New Call for Action!
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REALTOR
® action has helped positively influence tax reform in some key areas, recently. If you responded to the call,
THANK YOU!
For example, both the House and Senate have agreed to maintain deductibility of state and local property taxes up to $10,000, and to maintain Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges in their present form for real estate investments.
BUT OUR WORK IS NOT DONE.
We still have an opportunity to influence Congress to help make the tax reform bill more favorable to homeowners and consumers.
Now that both the House and Senate have passed
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act, a Conference Committee will begin to address the differences between the two bills.
Important improvements in the legislation are possible by encouraging Congress to maintain the current law for the mortgage interest deduction and capital gains exclusion.
Retaining current law makes the bill more favorable to homeownership.
Take action to tell Congress to protect middle-class homeowners.
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Join an SAR Committee in 2018!
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DEADLINE TODAY!
DECEMBER 8th
The SAR runs on member power. Are you plugged in?
Members direct nine association committees: Budget & Finance, Communications & Member Services, Education, Forms, Governmental Affairs, Grievance, Serving our Spokane (SOS), Special Events, and Technology.
Join one or more of these committees and make a difference in your association, your profession, and yourself.
Commitments range from just a few hours a year to a few hours a month - there's truly something for everyone!
Download your copy of the committee sign-up form (pictured above) with more information on all of our committees
online here.
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Mobile Tech Changing Real Estate Forever
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Mobile tech is a "given" for every agent and broker.
It is changing the face of the real estate transaction forever.
Every tool we now use, from our websites to all the tech tools that help us manage our business and close real estate transactions, must be mobile friendly.
Going forward, all new software must be developed with a mobile-first approach.
It's vital to understand why.
Read
How Mobile Tech Is Changing Real Estate Forever from the TechHelpline blog,
online here.
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Grid Maps in Stock
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By popular demand - the SAR has reprinted the Spokane and Spokane County grid map (pictured above).
Copies are now available for sale at the SAR, at the price of $3.50 plus tax, per map.
The electronic version (pictured above) is available
online here.
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.REALTOR Web Address
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Discover the reasons why a REALTOR® should have a .REALTOR web address and explore the different ways it can be used in your business.
See the two-minute video online here:
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Why Should I Get a .REALTOR Web Address?
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2018 Business Plan Webinar
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NEXT WEEK!
Thursday, December 14th
10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. PST
Do you want to maximize your impact and income in 2018?
Focusing your thoughts and plans for the New Year does not have to be an overwhelming undertaking.
Join us for this informative webinar as we show you how to create a simple and effective business plan to focus both your personal and professional goals.
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Legal Hotline: Reasonable Skill and Care
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Can a Broker hire a photographer to shoot a remote property in order for a client to evaluate the home for purchase?
Annie Fitzsimmons, the Washington REALTOR® Legal Hotline attorney, says "yes you can."
The real question is: is that Broker exercising "reasonable skill and care" when s/he is so geographically removed from the property?
See Annie's answer in this new four-minute Legal Hotline video:
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Reasonable Skill and Care
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Holiday Lights at Gaiser Conservatory
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This Weekend!
December 8th and 9th
The Gaiser Conservatory (greenhouse) at Manito Park will come alive with 40,000 lights tonight (
December 8th) and tomorrow night (
December 9th) as part of its holiday light show (photo above).
The show is free and open to the public, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
, and will feature a holiday Open House with cookie decorating for the kids, refreshments for all, and a visit from Santa.
The light show will continue through December 17th.
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Holiday Light Map
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Photo: The Spokesman-Review
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Do you or a neighbor go all out with the holiday displays?
Does your street do up the holidays right?
Do you just love that place with the thousands of lights synced to Christmas music?
The Spokesman-Review wants to hear about it.
Visit their holiday light map online and enter the coordinates in a mapping program.
If you have a specific address, great. If you only know cross streets, that'll work, too.
The newspaper will publish a list of the submitted homes in the paper on
December 19th, suitable for printing as a guide as you head out to tour the best and brightest holiday displays this year.
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| 2017 REALTOR® Education |
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Quality of Education
through SAR/WR Education Instructors
Here is the latest class listing from your SAR - offering the best live and local continuing real estate education classes for 2017.
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.
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Code of Ethics: Standards for Success
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NEXT WEEK!
FOR NEW MEMBERS
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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Purchase & Sale Agreement
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NEXT WEEK!
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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What Else do we Need: Purchase & Sale Addenda
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Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
at the SAR
6.0 clock hours
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SAR CALENDAR
Click on the calendar image below to see
the current SAR calendar showing dates and times
of classes, committees and events.
NOTE: The REALTOR® Store will be closed December 28th and 29th.
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2018 First Quarter MLS Fees Due
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2018 First Quarter MLS fees have been posted to the SAR member portal.
Click on the button above to pay yours now.
This is due by December 30, 2017.
Please contact Brenda, SAR bookkeeper and membership administrator, if you have a question about your fees by email here or contact her by phone at 326-9222.
Thank you for your prompt payment and for being a valued member of your SAR!
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2017 SAR Christmas Party - Thank you!
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THANK YOU to sponsors, donors, guests, and volunteers who all contributed to a smash success of the 2017 SAR Christmas party, last night!
The event helped us all celebrate a good year in local real estate, and offered a comfortable time for new friends and old friends to enjoy each other's company with good food, drink, and entertainment.
Our venue was the comfortable and familiar Lincoln Center on near-north Spokane (photo above). Our Christmas party was one of the last events to be held here in its role as an event center. The building has been sold to new owners who will soon begin work to convert the building back to its original purpose to serve as a church.
We acknowledge here, and encourage you to thank at your next opportunity, our generous sponsors:
Platinum Sponsor:
Banner Bank
Diamond Sponsor:
Envoy Mortgage
Photo Booth Sponsor:
Skyline Home Loans
Dessert Table Sponsor:
Condron Homes
Ruby Sponsors:
Fairway Independent Mortgage; Pillar to Post Home Inspections
Sapphire Sponsors:
Mountain West Bank; Spokane County Title; Home Warranty of America; Prime Closing
Amethyst Sponsor:
Dan the Piano Man; Stearns Lending
Topaz Sponsor:
Shilo King of Gesa Credit Union; Old Republic Home Protection
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Member 2 Member
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NEXT WEEK!
Thursday, December 14th
The
Spokane Mortgage Lenders Association (SMLA) invites you to its Annual Holiday Party on
Thursday, December 14th, starting at 5 p.m.
See the event flyer (pictured above) for more details,
online here.
Affiliate members: promote your events in the Weekly Notices - distributed to 2,000 qualified individuals weekly!
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Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival
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THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday, December 9th
The 12th Annual Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival will be held on Saturday, December 9, at the Bing Crosby Theater in downtown Spokane.
The event will feature some of the best loved films of Spokane's own Bing Crosby, along with a gallery of photos of the famous entertainer, and a special live musical performance by Howard Crosby (son of Bing Crosby's brother Ted) and Spokane's own Hot Club of Spokane, featuring music from the Crosby era.
This year's festival will be especially nostalgic, as it is the 75th anniversary of Bing Crosby's famous recording of White Christmas.
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ListHub - November
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The ListHub report for November is now available.
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| Market Activity Report - November |
NEW!
The SAR Market Activity Report for
November is now online.
See the latest full report -
a member-exclusive product - and archived full reports -
online here.
See the November 2017 Snapshot Report (pictured above) online here.
See the 2017 Year-to-date Snapshot Report (pictured above), online here.
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Member Roster Update - November
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Click here to view the latest list of
MLS Subscription Waivers - approved by the Board of Directors.
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Presented by your Spokane Association of REALTORS® 
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2017 SAR Leadership
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2017 SAR President
Jennifer Valerien
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869-3828
SECRETARY:
TREASURER:
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