Education Excellence/Quarterly Meeting
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NEXT WEEK!
Thursday, March 21
(Early-bird Registration through March 17)
Plan now to join us next week for our first Education Excellence and Quarterly Membership Meeting:
Professional Apps, Scripts, and other Tools to Aid the Client and Real Estate Professional - with
Mike Selvaggio.
Watch a one-minute personal welcome to the event from Mike himself, online here:
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Spokane Script Doctor event
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Check-in: 8:00 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
with break at 10:00 a.m. for breakfast and meeting
at CenterPlace Event Center in Spokane Valley
3.0 clock hours
This event is generously sponsored by:
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2019 SAR REALTOR Awards: Nominations
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DEADLINE: Friday, April 19TH
The names to be engraved on the SAR's 2019 REALTOR
® Awards rest in your hands.
Members will decide who will be our
2019 REALTOR
® of the Year
Steve Flinn REALTOR
® Achievement
REALTOR
® Community Service
Affiliate of the Year
Partner of the Year
Spokane's Citizen of the Year
Make your nominations known by
Friday, April 19th, to be counted in helping to decide this year's awards.
Winners will be announced at the 2019 SAR REALTOR
® Awards Luncheon on
Wednesday, May 8th, at Ruby River Hotel (formerly Red Lion River Inn - where we were last year).
Download the 2019 SAR Award Nomination form (pictured above),
online here.
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Bylaws Vote - 30 Day Notice
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BYLAWS VOTE
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019
The Board of Directors of the Association is submitting to the membership at the
March 21, 2019, General Membership meeting proposed Bylaw changes.
The proposed Bylaw amendments are renaming the Education Committee and splitting the Communication/Member Services Committee into two separate committees.
ARTICLE XVIII
Appointed Committees
Section 18.1 Standing Committees.
The President shall annually appoint the members and designate the Chairperson of the Standing Committees.
The President-Elect shall designate the Vice Chairperson of each Standing Committee.
All such appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the Board of Directors.
The Standing Committees shall be:
(a)
Education Committee
Professional Development Committee
(b) Governmental Affairs Committee
(c) Grievance Committee
(d) Special Events Committee
(e) Professional Standards Committee
(f) Communication
/Member Services Committee
(g)
Membership Committee
(h) Technology Committee
(i) Forms Committee
(j) Serving Our Spokane (SOS)
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CRS Classes in Yakima
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Our friends at the Yakima Association of REALTORS® invite all interested SAR members to join them for two CRS classes:
Tuesday, March 19th - Silver Bullet Solutions: Helping Buyers Buy and Sellers Sell. Download the class flyer (pictured above) with more information
online here.
Wednesday, March 20th - Transforming Difficult Situations into Profitable Deals. Download the class flyer (pictured above) with more information
online here.
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Lunch & Learn: VA Loans
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NEXT WEEK!
Monday, March 25th
Bring your lunch and learn five of the biggest myths surrounding VA loans:
- zero down equals a "bad buyer"
- VA loans are hard to close
- VA loans take too long
- seller has to pay all the Vet's fees
- VA appraisals are harder
Tony Byrne with Heritage Home Loans is your instructor.
Download the event flyer (pictured above) for more information, online here.
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Fair Housing Conference
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Join us for this educational event held every April in Fair Housing Month.
Who should attend: Property managers, property maintenance staff, landlords, tenants, tenant advocates, real estate brokers, mortgage lenders and originators, social service providers, healthcare providers, attorneys, legal advocates, affordable housing developers, and transitional housing providers.
Choose from 15 breakout sessions ranging from fair housing basics to current specialized topics presented by over 20 knowledgeable fair housing advocates, investigators, landlord / tenant attorneys, social service providers, and industry experts from: the Washington State Human Rights Commission,
Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, Intermountain Fair Housing Council, Northwest Justice Project, the WA Dept. of Commerce, Transitions, Refugee Connections, and more!
Explore exhibitor tables to learn about services available to assist you in providing or managing housing, or assisting others in accessing and retaining housing, including applicant screening; support services available for veterans, people with disability, and seniors; pest control; financing.
A
buffet lunch is included with the purchase of each ticket.
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REALTOR® Safety
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As the residential real estate season warms up with the weather this spring, NAR takes this opportunity to share its REALTOR® safety video with a reminder to keep safety top-of-mind wherever you are.
This video provides tips on REALTOR® safety with clients, at the office, and at home.
Watch the nine-minute video online here:
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2019 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 2019.
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
Tami at the SAR if you have any questions about these classes or your license education requirements, by phone at
326-9222 or by
email.
Check-in: 8:00 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
with break at 10:00 a.m. for breakfast and meeting
at CenterPlace Event Center in Spokane Valley
3.0 clock hours
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Training Superior Instructors
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Check-in: 8:00 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days
at the SAR
15 clock hours
TODAY!
Check-in: 12:45 p.m.
Class: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
at the SAR
3.0 clock hours
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What else do we need
Purchase & Sale Agreement Addenda
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NEXT WEEK!
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
at the SAR
6.0 clock hours
Thursday, March 28 -
Land & Acreage 200 - with
Jim Palmer, Jr.
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
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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SAR CALENDAR
Click on the calendar image below to see
the current SAR calendar showing dates and times
of classes, committees and events.
Other regional calendars:
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Call for Host Houses: Open House Weekend
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Will you have an open house listed for sale on the weekend of
April 27-28?
If so, nominate it now as a Host House for our Open House Weekend!
We'll be looking for three Host Houses, this year, to serve as entry points for the public and media, as well as staging areas for member supplies (balloons, sign riders, etc.).
A Host House must:
- be within 20-minutes of downtown
- be available for committee viewing on April 9th
- be staged and listed for sale during the event (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days)
A Host House gets:
- media exposure before and during the event
- public exposure as an entry point to the event
- member exposure as a supply hub for the event
To nominate your property to the committee as a Host House, please email
Katie McDaris Marks, committee chair, with address, brief description, and a photo or two.
Committee members will visit all Host House nominees on
April 9th.
2019 Open House Weekend Host Houses will be announced here in the Weekly Notices on
April 12th.
Sponsors are now being invited to participate with us in our ninth-annual Open House Weekend event in April!
We have seven event sponsorships available - first come, first served, and category exclusive (no competing companies in the same business).
Sponsors will reach 2,200 SAR broker and affiliate members, and more than 500 (expected) currently active Spokane-area home shoppers - and get a list of all contest entry forms as qualified leads!
Download the event sponsor letter with more details (pictured above),
online here.
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MLS Fees Due
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DUE MARCH 30TH!
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 Governmental Affairs Brief
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Daylight Savings Time may now become permanent as both the House and the Senate have passed differing bills to end a tradition since 1916.
Plus, a number of bills directly affecting real estate have died in the legislature.
SAR members Eric Johnson and Tom Hormel attended the Washington REALTORS(R) Legislative Steering Meeting in Olympia (photo above).
For the latest update on bills that affect REALTORS(R), check out the latest
SAR Governmental Affairs Brief
online here.
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Legal Hotline: Form 22B
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Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons is just out with a new Legal Hotline video in her series of Real Estate Fundamentals that You Should Know that covers Form 22B: Home Sale Contingency - the singularly most complicated form in the statewide forms system.
This video series will be broken out in three parts:
Part 1: The buyer who satisfies the home sale contingency (link below)
Part 2: The buyer who waives the home sale contingency (posted here next week)
Part 3: Troubleshoot some issues that often come up with the form (available here the week after next)
See the 16-minute video online here:
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Form 22B: Home Sale Contingency - Part 1
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St. Patrick's Day Parade
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THIS WEEKEND!
The 2019 St Patrick's Day Parade is set for
Saturday March 16th at 12-noon.
Much of downtown Spokane will be closed for the parade.
This annual parade is one event in Spokane that is open for total community involvement. Regardless of race, creed or color, everyone has just that wee bit of Irish that comes out in full spirit, whether you're a dyed-in-the-wool Irish person or just Irish-for-the-day, this is one event you won't want to miss.
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick shares word that this year's Grand Marshall will be
Tony Lamanna of Inland Honor Flight; Irish Man -
Tom Sherry, KREM2 Weathercaster; Irish Woman -
Joanne McAtee - The Friendly Son's of St. Patrick
This year's parade is the 41st in Spokane.
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Special Discount for Members
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Saturday, August 17th
The SAR Communications/Member Services committee has negotiated a special rate for members and friends to enjoy an evening at the ballpark with the Spokane Indians baseball team this summer:
Saturday, August 17th
Seats: $11 Upper Box
Armed Forces Appreciation and Fireworks Night
Get your special SAR discounted Spokane Indians Baseball tickets
online here.
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Member Roster Update - March
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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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Market Activity Report - February
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Updated for February
The SAR Market Activity Report for
FEBRUARY
is now online.
See the latest full report -
a member-exclusive product
See the
FEBRUARY
2019 Market Snapshot Report
See the
2019 YEAR-TO-DATE Market Snapshot Report (pictured above),
online here.
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Quick Information
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Tech Helpline: 866-610-8939
Legal Hotline: 800-562-6027
Washington State Legislature Hotline: 800-562-6000
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2018 NAR New Member Orientation
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2019 SAR Leadership
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Gina Mosey 2019 SAR President |
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2019 PRESIDENT:
Gina Mosey
RE/MAX Inland Empire
953-3410
SECRETARY:
Century 21 Beutler & Associates Spokane
979-6027
TREASURER:
American Dream Homes
994-1479
Kestell Company
499-9999
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT:
Keller Williams Realty
879-1636
Executive Vice President
Rob Higgins
Spokane Association of REALTORS®
326-9222
2019 SAR Leadership Directory
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2019 SAR Committee Chairs
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BUDGET/FINANCE:
994-1479
COMMUNICATIONS/MEMBER SERVICES:
499-0045
FORMS:
999-7488
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS:
919-1599
GRIEVANCE:
280-8105
MLS STEERING:
951-9331
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
465-5463
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:
342-0406
SERVING OUR SPOKANE:
879-5092
SPECIAL EVENTS:
994-0999
TECHNOLOGY:
939-0602
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