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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 off the new buying/selling season and offers a great opportunity to bring exposure to your listings and business.
Our event, this year, is generously sponsored by:
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Download the event logo (pictured above), to help you promote the event with your clients,
online here.
PRIZES!
Here's a look at all of the prizes in play:
1 - GRAND visitor prize - $1,000 VISA gift card!
1 - GRAND REALTOR® prize - $500 VISA gift card!
10 - REALTOR® participation prizes - there will be ten of these - a $100 gift card to spend at River Park Square in downtown Spokane - with complimentary parking pass included!
HEADQUARTER HOUSES
This year, we have two event headquarter houses:
2015 South Oneida Place
The headquarter houses will serve as our points-of-contact for members of the public and local media who are interested in connecting with us for the Open House Weekend event.
The headquarter houses will also serve REALTORS® as field offices of the SAR, that weekend, with stocks of sign riders, REALTOR® balloons and printed contest entry forms.
BEFORE THE EVENT . . .
 List your open house(s) on SpokaneOpen.com. A house must be listed on SpokaneOpen.com to qualify for the prizes.
Don't know how to do this? Download the instruction sheet online here, and/or watch this one-minute video tutorial:
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How to list a property on SpokaneOpen.com
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Promote your open house with SpokaneOpen sign riders (pictured above) and REALTOR® balloons (available at the SAR during office hours, then at the event headquarter houses over the event weekend).
Encourage your guests to complete the Spokane REALTORS® Open House Weekend contest entry form (pictured above), online here.
This is the form your guests must complete, and you must submit, to be eligible for a prize.
AFTER THE EVENT . . .
Return your completed contest entry forms to the SAR by 4:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, May 2nd.
All contest winners will be selected at the SAR Board of Directors' meeting on
Wednesday, May 3rd. Winners will be notified immediately following the meeting.
Best wishes for a successful Nationwide Open House weekend and good luck on the contest!
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Meeting with Member of Congress
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Members of the SAR Governmental Affairs committee visited with our Representative in Congress,
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), in the lobby of the Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane this week.
Photo above (left to right):
Marianne Bornhoft,
Marilyn Amato,
Terry Sullivan (SAR's Federal Personal Contact),
Rep. McMorris Rodgers,
Tom Hormel,
Cynthia Gustafson (SAR Governmental Affairs committee chair),
Nancy Jones, and
Arne Woodard (not pictured).
The Congress member is in town, this week, for the April District Work Period.
The informal discussion included tax reform, government sponsored enterprises reform (Fannie and Freddie), and other issues affecting real estate.
See NAR's 2017 Spring Break Report on the status of our federal issues in this session,
online here.
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Spokane REALTOR® Awards Luncheon
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Thursday, May 25th
It's time to mark your calendar and plan to attend the 2017 Spokane REALTOR® Awards Luncheon!
This is always such a fun event, when we award this year's awards for REALTOR® of the Year, REALTOR® Achievement, REALTOR® Community Service, Affiliate of the Year, Partner of the Year, Citizen of the Year, and the winners of this year's Third Grade Poster/Essay contest.
Download the event flyer, suitable for sharing and posting in your office (pictured above), online here.
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RE Commission Opportunity
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The Washington Real Estate Commission is looking for a new member to replace one leaving the commission this summer.
The commission works to "uphold, protect, and promote the public interest, which embraces both the interests of regulated licensees and entities and the interests of consumers, by the fair and impartial development and administration of the licensing laws and regulations."
Interested? The application is
online here.
A
Washington REALTORS® Nominating Committee will conduct candidate interviews in early June.
For more information on how to apply,
click here.
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Broker Liability Series
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NEW!
Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons continues her Broker Liability series this week with video #5: Listing Broker requiring Buyer's Financial Documents?
In this latest video, Annie explains why it's a risky practice where some listing brokers are requiring buyers to provide, with the offer, financial documents like credit reports, tax information, loan-to-debt ratios, etc.
See the three-minute video online here:
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Listing Broker requiring Buyer's Financial Documents?
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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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Historic Preservation
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Enjoy a fun and informative Lunch & Learn event at your SAR with
Megan Duvall, Historic Preservation Officer for Spokane city and county, on
Monday, May 22nd.
Megan will present on what it means for a property to be listed on a historic register, what it takes to get a property listed on the national, county, and city historic registers, and how you do it.
Great information to have, and information that will make you more valuable to your clients.
See the event flyer
online here.
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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 Neste, Doug Tingvall, Chris Osborn, Jeannie Simpson, and
Mark Schedler.
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E-sign with TransactionDesk®
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Enjoy a fun and informative Lunch & Learn event at your SAR with
Karene Loman on
Monday, June 5th.
Karene will present on E-sign with
TransactionDesk®, from creating templates, to filling out the paperwork, and signings.
Great information to learn, or add to what you already know, about this powerful software.
See the event flyer
online here.
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Spokane CRS Class
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CRS is coming to town!
CRS 202: Sales Strategies will be taught at CenterPlace Event Center in Spokane Valley on Thursday and Friday, June 8th and 9th.
The Council of Residential Specialists is the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS® -- a professional network of over 32,000 residential real estate professionals in the U.S. and overseas, with one common goal in mind...your success.
See the event flyer, pictured above,
online here.
If you have a question, please call
Darlene at
360-901-0307.
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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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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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Competitive Spokane housing market
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Buyers looking for homes in the Spokane area face an increasingly competitive market.
Sales prices are up, and inventory is down.
Prospective buyers have to move quickly, and be prepared to top other offers, if they really want the home.
"When a house came on the market, it used to be common for the buyer to say, 'Let's go look at it over the weekend,'" said
Jennifer Valerien, the owner/broker of Re/Max Inland Northwest and president of the Spokane Association of Realtors.
"If they're truly interested, they don't have that luxury right now," she said. "They need to go look at it right away."
Read the rest of this article in Tuesday's edition of
The Spokesman-Review,
online here.
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Condolences
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The SAR shares condolences with the family, colleagues, and friends of Harry Wacker who passed away on April 13, 2017.
Friends say Harry was "one of the best title officers in Spokane for over 25 years. A kind and humble man admired by his peers."
Many knew him only by his voice on the phone, but he was helpful and knowledgeable, and someone you could always count on. We will miss his dedication and loyalty to the real estate industry.
Funeral services will be held
today -
Friday, April 21st - at 11 o'clock at Heritage Funeral Home on Government Way.
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2017 Administrative Professionals Day
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Your SAR will be closed from 11: 30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, April 26th, to allow our front office staff time to enjoy lunch away from the phones on Administrative Professionals Day.
Administrative Professionals Day recognizes and celebrates the work of secretaries, administrative assistants, and other office professionals for their contributions to the workplace.
More than 4 million secretaries/administrative assistants are part of the U.S. workforce. (Source: U.S. Department of Labor, 2010)
They say the best part of a company is its people.
That's certainly the case when it comes to you!
Thanks for all you do.
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Happy Retirement, Patt!
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SAR photo
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Patt Donovan (photo, left) has been the Controller with the Spokane Association of REALTORS
® for 20+ years.
She is retiring and her last day is
April 28, 2017.
Please join us on Friday, April 28th, to wish her all the best in her retirement.
Friday, April 28th
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SAR Office
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2017 SAR Awards
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DEADLINE TODAY!
Nominations close today -
Friday, April 21st - 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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CCIM Luncheon
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Certified Commercial Investment Members (CCIM-WA) invites you to its May luncheon for an opportunity to network with chapter leadership, industry peers, and learn more about CCIM in a casual environment.
Wednesday, May 3rd
11:45 a.m.
Tamarack Public House
Guest speaker will be
Jeff K. Johnson, CCIM, SIOR, and President of NAI Black Commercial, Inc., one of Spokane's largest property management and commercial real estate companies.
For more information and registration,
click here.
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| YPN May Event |
The Spokane Young Professionals Network invites you to hear some fresh and frank assessments on the condition of our city at its next event on Tuesday, May 9th.
See the event flyer (pictured above) for list of guest speakers and location details, online here.
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Mother's Day Open House Tour
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The Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC) announces details for its 28th annual Mother's Day Open House Tour, the weekend of
May 13-14.
This year's tour highlights some of Spokane's historic native rock structures: Glover Mansion, Westminster Congregational Church, C.C. Koerner House, Ralston & Sarah Wilbur House, Vera Water and Power Well House, Blakely Gardens, and Royal Riblet Mansion Grounds (now Arbor Crest Winery).
More details and tickets are
online here.
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| Market Activity Report - March |
The SAR Market Activity Report for
March is now online.
See the latest full report -
a member-exclusive product - and archived full reports -
online here.
See the March 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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2017 SAR Leadership
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2017 SAR President
Jennifer Valerien
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