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Summer Weekend Metrics
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Thank you to our members who held open houses during our SpokaneOpen.com Summer Weekend this past weekend!
This first-ever event - a smaller version of our annual open house weekend - was supported by a modest push on social media (Facebook), which brought 212 organic exposures and 2,833 boosted exposures with 108 engagements (70% women, 30% men, most 35-54 years of age) to our message.
Please let us know how this event performed for you and if you have an opinion on future efforts to support your work via a social media push on our association Facebook page.
Send your comment to Angie at the SAR.
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Call for Action - Success!
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Thank you to members who responded to the recent NAR Call for Action - it was a success!
The U.S. Senate, this week, passed H.R. 3700, the "Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act," by unanimous consent.
This legislation includes reforms to current Federal Housing Administration restrictions on condominium financing, among other provisions, and is long supported by the National Association of Realtors®.
Changes include efforts to make FHA's recertification process "substantially less burdensome," while lowering FHA's current owner-occupancy requirement from 50 percent to 35 percent. The bill also requires FHA to replace existing policy on transfer fees with the less-restrictive model already in place at the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Together, we helped advance this issue in a favorable direction for all REALTORS®.
Read the NAR news release about this,
online here.
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Free Charging Stations
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Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review
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Avista will be installing free charging stations to 120 of its residential customers over the next two years.
The equipment and installation is valued at about $1,375 per customer. The homeowner will still be responsible for the cost of any electricity delivered to the residence.
Washington leads the nation in per-capita sales of electric passenger cars. About 20,000 electric vehicles are currently registered here.
If you or one of your clients would like to know more about this offer - and sign up to be included in the program - visit Avista online here.
Read an article about this new program in The Spokesman-Review, online here.
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SAR is a PokeStop
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Your SAR is a Pokémon GO hotspot.
Pokémon GO uses a Google Maps overlay to create virtual and reality game worlds linked by GPS. Actual places become locations in the game, where players must physically travel to collect Pokémon. It's free to download and play on Android and iOS devices. Nintendo launched the game last week.
The game offers "PokeStop" locations where players can get items within the game's digital world.
The SAR is included as a location in the game.
SAR staff has noticed several people in the association's parking lot in recent days who appear to be playing the game. No problems related to the game have been reported to us, to date.
See more about this new online game in a KREM 2 News report, online here.
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Education Excellence / Quarterly Meeting
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Mark your calendar and plan to attend our next Education Excellence and Quarterly Membership Meeting on Thursday, August 11th.
This time, we'll be meeting in the Commons on the Mukogawa Fort Wright campus near Spokane Falls Community College.
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.
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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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Lunch & Learn: Mistakes & Blunders
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Learn from all the common mistakes and blunders other people make on the Purchase and Sale Agreement at the July Lunch and Learn at your SAR:
See the event flyer with more details (pictured above),
online here.
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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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| 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.
326-9222.
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Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals
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NEXT WEEK!
Tuesday, July 19 -
Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
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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Code of Ethics - Standards for Success
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Thursday, August 4 -
Code of Ethics - Standards for Success - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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.
7.5 clock hours
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Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals
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Tuesday, August 16 -
Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Registration: noon
Class: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
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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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
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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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Condolences
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The SAR extends its condolences to the friends and family of
Jim Bertis, formerly of Bertis & Wieber.
Jim passed away on Friday, July 8, 2016, at the age of 90.
Services will be held today -
Friday, July 15, 2016 - at 11:00 a.m. at St. John Vianney, 503 N Walnut Rd.
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2016 SAR Golf Tournament - SOLD OUT!
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The
2016 SAR Golf Tournament will be
Thursday, July 21st, at Downriver Golf Course.
Participation is limited to 144 golfing entrants
and we are sold out!
See the event flyer with more information (pictured above),
online here.
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Additional Duties
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NEW!
Your Washington REALTORS® in-house lawyer, Annie Fitzsimmons, is back this week with another video in her DOL (Department of Licensing) series.
As a Broker Agent, taking on extra duties can be pretty common, but it's critical that you are aware of the inherent risks you'll be facing under the Agency Law and the watchful eye of the Department of Licensing.
Watch the six-minute video online here:
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DRONES - FAQ
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NEW!
NAR legal affairs just released a handy new document, FAQs for Small Unmanned Aircraft Rule (pictured above).
This document comes in response to members' growing interest in using this technology in connection with their real estate businesses.
It addresses some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the legal and regulatory landscape pertaining to the use of unmanned aircraft.
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FREE RPR Workshop
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RPR is coming to town and offering a free workshop covering exciting technology that is available free for all REALTORS®!
Did we mention it's free?
The event will be Monday, August 1st, from 2-4 p.m. at the SAR, hosted by a live and in person RPR representative who knows her stuff and welcomes your questions.
More information is available in the event flyer (pictured above), online here.
If you'd like to know how to get started with RPR but can't attend this workshop, see a live online presentation on Wednesday, August 3rd at 9 a.m.; or Thursday, September 8th, at 10 a.m.
If, for some reason, you register for one of these live online presentations and have to miss it, a copy of the recording will be mailed to you at no charge.
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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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WCR Summer Social
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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.
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WR Fall Business Conference
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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.
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Our Early History
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"I believe that the next ten years will see a more remarkable growth in the city of Spokane than the last ten years, and that this city is just now entering on a period of great industrial development."
Frederic Elmendorf
Frederic Elmendorf
is the first president of the Spokane Realty association (now the Spokane Association of REALTORS®) at its founding in 1911, the year his optimism is quoted in the Spokane Daily Chronicle
(pictured above).
Spokane: Our Early History was commissioned by your Spokane Association of REALTORS® at its centennial in 2011. In it, celebrated local authors Tony and Suzanne Bamonte tell our story from then to now.
This book makes an excellent "thank you" gift for clients and associates. You'll pay $29.95 to buy a copy at a bookstore but only $7.50 (case price $105) if you buy a copy at your SAR - tax included!
See Angie at the SAR to purchase your copy or email her here to have her set aside a case for you.
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| Market Activity Report - June |
The SAR Market Activity Report for
June is now online.
See the latest full report - and archived full reports -
online here.
See the June 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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