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Open House Weekend
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Make plans now to participate in the
7th annual Spokane REALTORS® Open House Weekend - April 29th & 30th!
This event kicks of the new buying/selling season and offers a great opportunity to bring exposure to your listings and business.
Details will be shared here as they are planned by your SAR Communications/Member Services committee in the weeks to come.
Meanwhile, start thinking about this (optional) event-specific marketing opportunity offered by our friends at The Spokesman-Review:
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Broker Liability Series
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NEW!
Risky practices are emerging as a result of a very busy seller's marketplace.
Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline lawyer
Annie Fitzsimmons hears about many of these practices.
Annie aims to highlight the consequences of risky practices and what you can do when your clients want to pursue a course that you deem risky.
For example, in this video, Annie talks about three steps you should take when your buyer wants to pay drastically over what you perceive to be market value on a property.
See Annie's seven-minute video online here:
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Spokane Community Indicators
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Where do new Spokane residents come from?
Over the past five years, just about as many people from Seattle moved to Spokane (2,250) as people from Spokane moved to Seattle (2,560).
More residents moved from Whitman County to Spokane County than any other county in the state.
Outside of Washington State, more residents moved to Spokane County from Kootenai County (1,286) than any other county in the U.S.
See other new Spokane community indicators from Eastern Washington University, online here.
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Email Scam
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Washington REALTOR® Sam DeBord, managing broker at Coldwell Banker Danforth in Seattle, discovered, last week, that hackers are using his identity to launch an email scam.
DeBord tells us that he's received hundreds of phone calls, texts, and emails from practitioners who received a bogus email in his name.
In the five-minute video below, he shares details about how he is getting a warning out to his colleagues about the scam, and tips on what you should do if you receive a bogus email.
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Tax Help for REALTORS®
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NAR shares a reminder that Intuit® offers discounts for REALTORS® and their family members on its TurboTax® products through the REALTOR Benefits® Program.
Also, with the new financial year fully underway, members can look to Intuit® for savings on QuickBooks® Self-Employed version which provides solutions to some of a real estate professional's most pressing financial pain points, including mileage tracking, receipt capture, expense categorization, and tax assistance.
Learn more about this offer, online here.
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WR Spring Business Conference
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The 2017 Washington REALTORS® Spring Business Conference will be held at Suncadia Resort in Cle Elum on April 12th-14th.
Details on the Spring Business Conference are 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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| 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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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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30 Under 30
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 SAR member Abbey Parsons (pictured) is one of the 50 finalists vying for a seat in the 30 Under 30 class of 2017.
Your vote can can help her win REALTOR® Magazine's 30 Under 30 Web Choice Award!
In its 17th year, REALTOR® Magazine's 30 Under 30 program recognizes young real estate professionals who have demonstrated a propensity for solid customer service, a creative marketing strategy, and an appetite for success.
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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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| 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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WCR April Event
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The Spokane-Eastern Washington chapter of Women's Council of REALTORS
® invites all SAR members to its April event -
Thursday, April 6th -
Build your Business by Learning the Latest Trends in Building.
See the event flyer for more details (pictured above),
online 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 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
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