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Hirst Fix Conference Call
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TODAY!
Friday, February 16th
Washington REALTORS® invites you to participate in an informational conference call today - Friday, February 16th at 1:30 p.m. - with Bill Clarke, Washington REALTORS® Director of Public Policy.
Bill will provide an update on Hirst and answer questions live submitted via our text service.
This session will last approximately an hour.
If you cannot make the call, an audio file will be posted after the fact for you to access on the Washington REALTORS® website:
HOW TO JOIN THE CALL:
Friday, February 16, 2018
1:30-2:30PM
Dial in to the conference call number: (515) 739-1015
Use the access code: 566-768-565
NOTE: callers are muted on entry.
Text questions & comments during the call to (360) 389-3909.
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2018 Real Estate Market Forum
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The 2018 Real Estate Market Forum is sold out!
If you already have your seat reserved, plan to be in it by 8:00 a.m. on
Wednesday, February 21st at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.
There may be limited seating available the day of the event (priced at $70).
Download the event flyer (pictured above),
online here.
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WR Business Symposium
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Join REALTORS® from around the state for a day of excellent education focused on helping your real estate business in the Conference Center at SeaTac (in the airport).
- Session 1: Setting Your Business Strategy Foundation: Recognizing and Incorporating Change
- Session 2: Apply ICE! Build Your Business with the Incredible Customer Experience
- Session 3: These Walls Can Talk: Home Inspections and the Buyer Client
This event offers up to 7.5 clock hours, free lunch and parking!
Find out more and register online here.
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Notification of Bylaws Vote
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The Board of Directors of the Association is submitting to the membership at the general membership meeting on
March 15, 2018,
at CenterPlace, a proposed Bylaw change.
The proposed Bylaw amendment revises the qualifications for running for an SAR elected leadership position.
See a redline markup of the proposed changes (pictured above),
online here
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City Passes Demolition Ordinance
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The Spokesman-Review photo
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Plan to Attend 2019 WR Legislative Day
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Have you ever heard it said, "one person can make a difference?" Imagine the difference 500 persons can make if they're well-organized, well-prepared, and REALTORS®!
SAR member
Judy Flemmer counted herself among the 500 Washington REALTORS® who join the 2018 Legislative Day in Olympia, this year.
We sat down with Judy after she got back home to Spokane to find out what a first-time participant thought of the effort.
You'll want to hear her remarks in this one-minute video:
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Your first Education Excellence event and Quarterly Membership Meeting and Luncheon of 2018 is right around the corner -
Thursday, March 15th at Centerplace Event Center in Spokane Valley (pictured above).
Come for the class, stay for the meeting and luncheon, or just come for the fun and fellowship of our quarterly meeting and luncheon.
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What Else do we Need?
Purchase & Sale Agreement Addenda
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Check-in: 7:30 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
at Centerplace Regional Events Center
(held in combination with the SAR General Membership Meeting and Luncheon)
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Instructor Development Workshop
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Superior instructors don't just happen, they are trained.
If you've ever attended a class and thought you could do that, or are passionate about a particular real estate subject or skill, then this instructor development workshop is for you!
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Training Superior Instructors
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Check-in: 8:15 a.m. (both days)
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (both days)
at the SAR
15 clock hours
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2018 Open House Weekend
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SAVE THE DATE:
April 28-29
It's soon time for the eighth-annual
Spokane REALTORS® Open House Weekend - April 28-29!
New this year: four headquarter houses scattered across Spokane County - North, South, East, and West.
We're seeking sponsors for our event now, businesses who can appreciate the exposure of getting in front of 2,000 association members and hundreds of active homebuyers.
Download and share our letter to event sponsors (pictured above)
online here, then share it with potential event sponsors.
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Washington REALTORS® Leadership Tour
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THURSDAY, MAY 3rd
You'll want to save the date -
Thursday, May 3rd - for the Washington REALTORS
® Leadership Tour!
 This luncheon event at CenterPlace Event Center in Spokane Valley will feature our 2018 Washington REALTORS
® President
Jerry Martin (pictured), our Washington REALTORS
® President-elect
Dale Chumbley, and Washington REALTORS
® CEO
Steve Francks.
This will be a casual luncheon with time for you to hear from and personally meet key members of your state leadership team.
More details and registration information will be shared here when the details are set.
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| 2018 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 2018.
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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Tips, Tricks & Strategies for Working with Difficult People
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Thursday, March 1 - T
ips, Tricks & Strategies for Working with Difficult People - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Check-in: 1:00 p.m.
Class: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
3.0 clock hours
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Home Inspections from the Ground Up
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Thursday, March 8 -
Home Inspections from the Ground Up - with
Matthew Pedersen
Check-in: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
7.5 clock hours
Friday, March 9 - Land and Acreage 101 - with Jim Palmer, Jr.
Check-in: Noon
Class: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
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Purchase & Sale Agreement
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Tuesday, March 13 -
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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What Else do we Need?
Purchase & Sale Agreement Addenda
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Check-in: 7:30 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
at Centerplace Regional Events Center
(held in combination with the SAR General Membership Meeting and Luncheon)
6.0 clock hours
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Training Superior Instructors
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Check-in: 8:15 a.m. (both days)
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (both days)
at the SAR
15 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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Record Home Prices
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Home prices jumped to all-time fourth-quarter highs in almost two-thirds of U.S. cities as buyers battled for a record-low supply of listings.
The Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area was among those posting a record high for the quarter.
Rob Higgins, executive director of the Spokane Association of Realtors, said the all-time quarterly record for the area came in 2017's third quarter with an NRA-survey median sale price of $229,200.
Read more in the Business section from Wednesday's edition of
The Spokesman-Review (pictured above),
online here.
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2018 Inland Northwest Fair Housing Conf.
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APRIL 26th
Registration is now open for the 2018 Inland Northwest Fair Housing Conference:
Thursday, April 26th
8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
at the Spokane Convention Center
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, which makes this year's Inland Northwest Fair Housing Conference even more valuable.
The conference schedule is online here.
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2018 Dues Past Due
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Your SAR dues for 2018 are now past due.
Thank you if you have already paid them!
Dues may still be paid until February 28th but must, now, include the 10% late penalty.
Click on the image above to pay your SAR dues for 2018 online now, or print your invoice and pay by mail, or pay in person at the SAR: 1924 North Ash Street.
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Gary Fox Award
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DEADLINE NEXT WEEK:
Wednesday, February 21st
Your SAR is calling for nominations for the 2017 Gary Fox Memorial Designated/Managing Broker Award to recognize a designated broker or managing broker who serves as an example of loyalty, ethical behavior and leadership in the real estate profession.
Applications for the 2017 award must be submitted by close of business
Wednesday, February 21st
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The award will be presented to its 2017 recipient at the SAR Quarterly Membership Meeting on March 15th.
The nomination form with more information (pictured above) is online here.
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2018 REALTOR® Code of Ethics
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The National Association of REALTORS
® has updated our
Code of Ethics for 2018.
NAR's Code of Ethics, adopted in 1913, was one of the first codifications of ethical duties adopted by any business group.
The Code ensures that consumers are served by requiring REALTORS® to cooperate with each other in furthering clients' best interests.
Download your copy of the
REALTOR® Code of Ethics poster (pictured above) - suitable for framing and hanging in your office -
online here.
Download the entire
2018 REALTOR® Code of Ethics
online here.
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Legal Hotline: Advertising Questions
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NEW!
Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline lawyer
Annie Fitzsimmons talks about advertising questions that she commonly gets:
"Just Listed" postcards: Is it okay for a broker to advertise their services with a property listing that is not their own in order to entice buyers?
"Just Sold" postcards: Can broker send out a "Just Sold" postcard for a transaction where broker did not list or sell the property but would like to advertise that a property sold in the neighborhood they are soliciting services?
Find out in her six-minute video online here:
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Can you advertise Listings that aren't yours?
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North-South Corridor Placemaking
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The Washington State Department of Transportation will convene a series of workshops in coming weeks to examine potential place-making opportunities along the North-South Corridor (NSC), pictured above, beginning with these neighborhoods:
BEMISS & WHITMAN - NEIGHBORHOODS
SATURDAY / February 24th - 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Northeast Community Center, 4001 N Cook Street
MINNEHAHA - NEIGHBORHOOD
SATURDAY / March 10th - 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Northeast Community Center, 4001 N Cook Street
HILLYARD - NEIGHBORHOOD
SATURDAY / March 24th- 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Shaw Middle School, 4106 N Cook Street
More information is available online here.
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WCR: Home Warranty
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The Spokane-Eastern Washington Women's Council of REALTORS® invites you to its March program: Home Warranty to the Rescue!
Thursday, March 1st - 11:30 a.m.
at Darcy's Restaurant in Spokane Valley
Download the event flyer (pictured above), online here.
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Heroes and Villains
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Interested in being involved in this year's Fun Night?
We have our meeting scheduled for
Friday, March 2nd, at the SAR from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
We will start making plans for our September 27th Fun Night with the Washington REALTORS
® Fall Business Conference.
This is the largest REALTOR
® event in Eastern Washington for 2018.
Please mark your calendars, and we look forward to seeing you then!
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Member 2 Member
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Vista Title & Escrow welcomes two new members of its Spokane team:
Tanna Belitz (pictured), is a new Business Development Officer.
Elizabeth Ewing (pictured), is a new Business Development Support Specialist.
Tanna and Elizabeth both come with many years of industry experience and pride themselves on providing superior customer service.
They are both an excellent fit for Team Vista's culture!
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation welcomes a new member to its Spokane mortgage team:
Darin Watkins is a new mortgage loan officer, certified and licensed in both Washington and Idaho.
A former Spokane and Seattle television news reporter/anchor, Watkins says "Providing well-informed choices and offering information that can help people is the basis of both careers."
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ListHub - December
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The ListHub report for December is now available.
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Member Roster Update - February
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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 - JANUARY
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The SAR Market Activity Report for
JANUARY
is now online.
See the latest full report -
a member-exclusive product
See the
JANUARY
2018 Market Snapshot Report (pictured above)
online here.
See the 2017 YEAR END Market Snapshot Report (pictured above), online here.
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Quick Information
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Tech Helpline: 1-866-610-8939
Legal Hotline: 1-800-562-6027
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2018 SAR Leadership
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Ken Sax
2018 SAR President
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Keller Williams Realty
879-1636
SECRETARY:
Kestell Company
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