Weekly Notices - October 25, 2019 - That's Who We R® Advocacy Message

Weekly Notices

Friday, October 25, 2019

That's Who We R® - Advocacy Message

Your Spokane Association of REALTORS® has created a new advocacy message to help consumers better understand who we are and what we do.

This message was paid for with an advocacy grant from the National Association of REALTORS®.

Be among the first to see the message online here.

This is also posted to the SAR Facebook page - you can share it from there.

Watch for this message in your favorite local television newscasts in coming days.

Watch the new 30-second message online here.

That's Who We R®

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2020 SAR Initial Slate of Candidates

Your SAR Nominating Committee is pleased to announce its initial slate of candidates for 2020 SAR leadership:

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Eric Johnson , Coldwell Banker Tomlinson N

TREASURER

Doug Hagood, Hagood Real Estate & Mortgage

Kristy Hamby, Windermere Airway Heights

SECRETARY

Dave Crosby, American Dream Homes

Cynthia Gustafson, John L. Scott Spokane, Inc.

DIRECTORS

Gregory Barkley, Keller Williams Spokane - Main

Eric Etzel, Choice Realty

Judy Flemmer , EXIT Real Estate Professionals

Britney Inglis , Real Estate Marketplace NW, Inc.

Ron McIntire, Choice Realty

Lee McIntyre , 4 Degrees Real Estate

Brittany Miller, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson WP

Abbey Parsons, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson V

Barb Pielli, Windermere City Group

Additional Candidates

In accordance with Article XV, Section 15.2 of the Association Bylaws, additional candidates may be nominated by the REALTOR^® members.

For those wishing to nominate a REALTOR^® member for an Association Officer or Director position, Nominating Petitions will be available from the Association office Monday, October 14^th through Monday, October 28^th.

Deadline to return petitions is Monday, October 28th!

ALL VOTING WILL BE DONE ELECTRONICALLY!

You will receive Notice on Friday, November 1^st of the "Final Slate of Candidates".

Voting begins on Monday, November 4^th.

Deadline to fill out ballots will be Wednesday, November 20^th, 4:30 p.m.

Our new leaders will be announced at our Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, November 21^st, at CenterPlace Regional Event Center.

Education Excellence and Annual Meeting

SAR photo

Thursday, November 21st

at Centerplace in Spokane Valley

Early-bird registration accepted

through November 14th!

Join your friends and colleagues for the SAR's final Education Excellence and Annual Membership meeting of 2019 .

This event is bundled with four main events:

Top Shelf Business Practices

in the morning

Quarterly Business Meeting with

Buffet Lunch at 11:30a.m.

Social Media Marketing for REALTORS®

in the afternoon

Attend the day and go home with 6.5 clock hours!

Attendance for clock hours will be proctored - extended absence from class(es) will disqualify you from credit.

Download the event flyer (pictured above), online here.

NAR WARNS MEMBERS

The National Association of REALTORS® is warning its members to be aware of a fraudulent email circulating under the subject line "Register for the 2019 REALTORS Conference."

The email address says it is from [email protected], but displays as if it was from NAR.

If you receive the email, NAR encourages you to take a screenshot of it and file a report about it to the FBI IC3 website.

Do not click on the links.

After you take the screenshot, delete the email.

If you have clicked on the email, alert your IT department immediately to protect your devices from malware.

7.5 CE + A Full Day of TechXpertise

Register for the Fall Business Symposium!

Washington REALTORS® has booked real estate tech expert Jeramias Maneiro to speak at the Fall Business Symposium!

Jeremias is a tech-savvy millennial who speaks from the heart and specializes in helping everyone improve their techxpertise regardless of skill level or generation.

Plus, he's engaging and entertaining!

Learn more and register online here.

Code of Ethics Webinar

FREE!

The SAR purchased the Webinar on National Real Estate Ethics Day June 27, 2019, in support of REALTORS® Relief Foundation.

Proceeds from this event will help families who have endured unimaginable loss.

We offer each office access to the Webinar to show in your office at no charge through December 31, 2019.

This class will not include clock hours, however it will count towards NAR Code of Ethics requirement.

If you offer this class in your office, you will need to send Tami your sign in sheet from the class, so she can record it on the NAR website.

If you would like additional information, please email Tami @ [email protected] or call 326-9222.

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.

Core Curriculum

NEXT WEEK!

Tuesday, October 29 - Core Curriculum - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

Check-in: 8:00 a.m.

Class: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

at the SAR

3.0 clock hours

NEXT WEEK!

Friday, November 1 - Business Budgeting Basics Workshop - with John Trent.

Check-in: 8:45 a.m.

Class: 9:00 a.m. to noon

at the SAR

3.0 clock hours

Monday, November 4 - TransactionDesk - with Eric Johnson.

Check-in: 8:45 a.m.

Class: 9 a.m. to noon

at the SAR

3.0 clock hours

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Tuesday, November 5 - Purchase & Sale Agreement - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

Check-in: 8:15 am.

Class: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

Home Warranties in Real Estate Transactions

Wednesday, November 6 - Home Warranties in Real Estate Transactions - with Russel Frans.

Includes complimentary lunch!

Check-in: 11:45 a.m.

Class: 12:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

at the SAR

3.0 clock hours

Thursday, November 7 - Forward to Reverse - with Marco Begovich.

Check-in: 12:45 p.m.

Class: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

at the SAR

3.0 clock hours

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:

VisitSpokane Events Calendar

Spokane Diversity/Cultural Calendar (October)

The Spokesman-Review Events Calendar

Inlander Events Calendar

Condolences

The SAR extends its sympathy and condolences to Mark McManus, G.K. Hansen Real Estate.

Mark's brother Kevin McManus, formerly of RE/MAX of Spokane, recently passed.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2019 from noon until 4:00 p.m. with a toast to Kevin at 1:00 p.m. at the VFW, 212 S. David Street, Spokane Valley.

Everyone is welcome.

2020 SAR Leadership Opportunities

DUE DECEMBER 6th

Your association runs on volunteer power. Here's your chance to plug in and make a difference!

2020 SAR President Tom Clark invites you to join him in volunteering to lead our association in the new year.

If you'd like to talk with Tom before you decide how you'd like to volunteer, call him at 499-9999 or e-mail him at [email protected].

Here are just some of the volunteer opportunities where you can help get the work done:

Budget & Finance

Communication

Professional Development

Forms

Governmental Affairs

Grievance

Membership

SOS (Serving Our Spokane)

Special Events

3rd Grade Poster Contest

Golf

Food Drive

Holiday Party & Auction

Technology

Submit your application by Friday, December 6, 2019.

See the 2020 SAR Leadership Opportunities flyer for more information and application (pictured above), online here.

Broker's Advantage: Assessor

Your SAR is frequently in touch with local private and public sector leaders whose work impacts your business.

In this edition of the Weekly Notices, we begin an occasional feature to put you in touch with these leaders directly: Broker's Advantage.

We intend for this to give you an additional member benefit for being engaged with your association - you'll only find it here in the Weekly Notices.

Our first video is with Spokane County Assessor Tom Konis who offers some advice on how to help you move a client's "continuance of program" request through the approval process as quickly as possible.

Watch the two-minute video online here:

Broker's Advantage - Spokane County Assessor

Smart Meters: A Simple Guide

Avista Corp. photo

Your SAR is in touch with Avista Corp. to answer member questions about smart meters.

Avista is in the process of upgrading all of its electric meters to smart meters and installing smart modules on all of its gas meters in the State of Washington. The new smart meters are part of an integrated system designed to make us smarter together.

Sellers are not responsible for the cost to upgrade Avista's meters, nor is it a requirement to upgrade Avista's meter as part of a sale.

It's important to note that Avista's transfer of service process (from one responsible party to another) is not related to or activated by the real estate closing process. To avoid long periods without power, the accountable party needs to contact Avista to accept responsibility or the service will be shut off.

Avista stop service process:

The date you enter as your stop service date should be the last day you are responsible as the electricity may be shut off on the date service is taken out of your name.
Service may be disconnected as early as 8 am on that date.
If you need the electricity to stay on through a certain date, we should set your stop date for the day after.

For more information, visit this excellent resource page on the subject: myavista.com/smartmeters

WCR: Personal Safety

Thursday, November 7th

Pick up some personal safety tips at the next Women's Council of REALTORS ^® monthly program.

At Darcy's restaurant in Spokane Valley.

First-time REALTOR® attendees are free!

See the event flyer (pictured above), online here.

Winter Driving Guide

NEW!

Show your clients you care - especially those new to the area and unfamiliar with winter driving conditions - and send them this new brochure on winter driving safety from the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Topics covered include driving in snow and ice, what to carry in your car, and how to access the latest travel information and mountain pass conditions.

Download your copy of this publication (pictured above), online here.