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HomeDrone Conference and Expo
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The SAR will convene the first enterprise drone conference in the Pacific Northwest - and the first by any REALTOR® organization in the nation - at the Spokane Convention Center on Tuesday, March 21st.
 Our keynote speaker will be JD Claridge (pictured at left), CEO and co-founder of Coeur d'Alene-based drone manufacturer xCraft.
JD was born with a passion for flight. Building and crashing flying toys throughout his youth taught him much about the science and art of flight vehicle design. He once built a (mostly) functional hang glider at the age of 7 and convinced his best friend to test fly it.
See JD strike a deal with five sharks in this two-minute clip from the ABC television program, "Shark Tank."
Download the conference "flight plan" (program), pictured at left, online here.
Get your tickets right now, online here:
Congratulations to SAR member Natalya Romanov for winning two free tickets to the drone conference by being quick to share our event posting on Facebook!
2017 SAR President Jennifer Valerien will explain why now, why us, for a drone conference, in her guest column, to appear in the Sunday edition of The Spokesman Review.
Or, you can read it online here now.
FlightLogic, one of our conference presenters, has created a teaser video to encourage attendance and offer views of home from the air - captured by drones.
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2017 Forms Revisions - Form 22A
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NEW!
Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline lawyer
Annie Fitzsimmons continues her video series detailing our new forms - this time, Annie features Form 22A - Financing Contingency.
The significant change in this form has to do with the low appraisal provision.
In this five-minute video, Annie explains this change and what it means to you.
Visit the Washington REALTORS
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Forms Revisions online resource guide - featuring the NWMLS Legal Bulleting, samples of the new forms, and more of Annie's videos explaining them,
online here.
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New Email Scam
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If you saw the image above on your computer screen, would you think it is a legitimate Google page?
A new phishing scam can display what looks like a Google sign-in page if users click on attachments, which could end up sending account names and passwords to hackers.
Here's how the latest scam works:
A scammer will send an email to your Gmail account. The email likely will appear to be coming from one of your contacts and ask you to look at an attached file, such as a PDF or Word document. It may appear to be legitimate since it seems to be coming from one of your contacts, but when you click on the attachment to try to preview the attachment, a new tab opens and prompts you to sign in to your Gmail account.
Read more in REALTOR
® magazine,
online here.
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WR Business Symposium
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The 2017 Washington REALTORS
® Business Symposium is proud to announce nationally recognized speaker
Jackie Leavenworth will be spending the day with us and sharing her knowledge, energy, and passion for real estate.
Jackie will present two of her most-demanded classes:
Negotiations: The Games People Play, and It's a Price War to the Door.
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WR Legal Symposium
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May 24th
The 2017 Washington REALTORS® Legal Symposium
gathers leading real estate attorneys in Washington to share current legal issues affecting the industry & to help our members to stay out of trouble!
This year, we have;
Annie Fitzsimmons, Justin Haag, Lars Leste, Doug Tingvall, Chris Osborn, Jeannie Simpson, and
Mark Schedler.
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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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Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement
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Tuesday, April 18 -
Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement - with
Sabrina Jones Schroeder.
Check-in: 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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Land and Acreage 101 - Rural Property
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Thursday, April 20 -
Land and Acreage 101 - Rural Property - with
Jim Palmer, Jr.
Check-in: 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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SAR CALENDAR
Click on the calendar image below to see
the current SAR calendar showing dates and times
of classes, committees and events.
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MLS Fees Due
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Second Quarter MLS fees have been posted to the SAR member portal. They are due by March 30th.
Please email Brenda at the SAR if you have a question about your fees or contact her by phone at 326-9222.
Thank you!
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SAR Quarterly Meeting and Awards
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Members convened for the first Education Excellence and Quarterly Membership Meeting at CenterPlace in Spokane Valley, this week.
Keynote speaker was Randy Vessia, Building & Code Enforcement Director with Spokane County (pictured above), who shared the latest reactions by Spokane County to last year's Hirst Decision (water rights) by the Washington State Supreme Court.
Visit the Spokane County Hirst Decision resource Page online here.
Gina Mosey (right) was presented with the James S. Black Memorial Scholarship Award by James S. Black III.
Ken Lewis (right) was presented the 2016 Gary Fox Designated/Managing Broker Award by
Pam Novell, 2015 award recipient.
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2017 SAR Awards
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DEADLINE: April 21st
Nominations are now open for the 2017 Spokane Association of REALTORS® annual awards.
Awards available for nomination are: REALTOR® of the Year; Steve Flinn REALTOR® Achievement; REALTOR® Community Service; Affiliate of the Year; Partner of the Year; and Spokane's Citizen of the Year.
Winners will be announced at the annual SAR Spring Awards Luncheon
on May 25 at the Hotel RL River Inn
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Download the 2017 SAR Awards nomination form, pictured above,
online here.
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| YPN - Saint Paddy's Day |
TODAY!
The Spokane Young Professionals Network invites all SAR members and affiliates to its Saint Paddy's Day event on Friday, March 17th.
Download the event flyer (pictured above),
online here.
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| Susie's Retirement |
Our friends at John L. Scott Real Estate share word that all SAR members and affiliates are welcome to attend a retirement party for their colleague - and SAR past-president -
Susie Luby:
Wednesday, March 29th
4:00 p.m.
Montvale Event Center
See event flyer (pictured above) for more information, online here.
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Fritz Wolf to Speak at Gonzaga event
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Rajah Bose/Gonzaga University photo
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The Gonzaga University School of Business Administration welcomes the public to attend the school's sixth Pigott Entrepreneurship Lecture on the evening of
Tuesday, March 21st.
Speaking will be Fritz Wolff, chairman of The Wolff Company (and son of the late
Alvin Wolf, an SAR past-president).
The Wolff Company is a private equity business that invests approximately $1.5 billion each year acquiring and developing apartment communities primarily in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Denver, Colorado; and the Northeast region. Fritz learned the business alongside his father who founded The Wolff Company almost 70 years ago. From Spokane, Fritz grew the company for 40 years. All four of his sons are engaged in the company, which has offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Menlo Park, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; Spokane and Seattle; and Sun Valley, Idaho.
For more information, and to register online,
click here.
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| ListHub Report for January |
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| Market Activity Report - February |
The SAR Market Activity Report for
February is now online.
See the latest full report -
a member-exclusive product - and archived full reports -
online here.
See the February 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
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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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