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REALTOR ® Safety - Empower Yourself
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It's here - by popular demand and professional need - a new clock-hour class for REALTOR® safety!
Thursday, September 22nd, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at your SAR
Real estate professionals are in dangerous positions every day, young, old, man or woman. You must equip yourself with basic safety concepts and habits.
Curriculum created and presented by
Beale Luebben and
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
You'll be glad you've taken this invaluable training opportunity!
See the class flyer (pictured above),
online here.
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Home Loan Toolkit
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When we found
Your Home Loan Toolkit - A Step-by-Step Guide, we knew we wanted to share it with you. This document, created by the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is chock-full of good information and worksheets to walk home-buyers through the home loan process.
In order to build some equity in this document locally, we offered it through a guest column in
The Spokesman-Review from 2016 SAR President
Susie Luby, with an
easy link to your SAR website where home-buyers could find it.
You can read Susie's guest column in Sunday's paper (pictured above), or
online here.
You can refer your buyers to the SAR website, from which they can download a copy of the toolkit (pictured above), or offer it directly to your buyers after you
download it here.
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Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
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Harold Arlen, with lyrics by
Johnny Mercer, in 1944.
First made popular by
Bing Crosby in the movie "Here Come the Waves," this flawlessly upbeat song was nominated for an Academy Award, in the Best Song category, in 1945.
Seventy-two years later, it remains as catchy as ever, and also serves as a toe-tapping reminder of the basics of home staging.
Here in Spokane, we can visit
Bing Crosby's childhood home which still stands near the main entrance to Gonzaga University.
Take a look before you go,
online here.
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Instructor Development Workshop
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Interested in becoming a state certified real estate instructor? Now, you have a place to explore this interest and earn 15 clock hours!
Learn how to choose class materials relevant to your audience; create an outline and develop a class curriculum; delivery techniques that hold attention, impart information, and inspire the audience; understand learning styles; how to use effective visual aids; be prepared for classroom challenges; how to work though class application forms with DOL.
Two day class: June 2 & 3; 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the SAR.
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Training Superior Instructors
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Take this class and you earn 15 clock hours - whether you become an instructor or not!
Download the class flyer (pictured above) with more information, online here.
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REALTOR® Broker Summit
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The
2016 Broker Summit will be held
June 9-10 in Denver, Colorado, at the Denver Marriott City Center.
REALTOR® Broker Summits are designed exclusively for designated broker and broker owner members to come together and learn from presenters, panels, and peer leaders in the industry offering fresh insights on current conditions while looking to the future of real estate.
 Opening Keynote:
Adam Savage (pictured at left), co-host of the hit Discovery Channel show MythBusters, will share how curiosity, critical thinking, and learning from failure can help your business
Read more about this event and register
online here.
See the fact sheet on this year's
REALTOR® Broker Summit (pictured above),
online here.
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Lunch & Learn: Mortgage Insurance
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There are more benefits to mortgage insurance than you think. It's the misunderstood affordability gem - and sells homes!
Learn why you and your clients should embrace mortgage insurance in our June Lunch & Learn at your SAR, Monday, June 13th.
See the event flyer with more details (pictured above),
online here.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Quality of Education
through SAR/WR Education Instructors
Here is the latest class listing of your SAR - offering the best live and local continuing real estate education classes for 2016.
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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Training Superior Instructors
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June 2 & 3 -
Training Superior Instructors - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
15 clock hours
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Tips, Tricks, and Strategies
for working with Difficult People
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Tuesday, June 7 -
Tips, Tricks & Strategies for Working with Difficult People - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Registration: 1:15 p.m.
Class: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
3.0 clock hours
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Land and Acreage 101: Rural Property
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Wednesday, June 8 -
Land and Acreage 101: Rural Property - with
Jim Palmer, Jr.
Registration: Noon
Class: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
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Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement
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Thursday, June 9 -
Statewide Purchase and Sale Agreement - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
You must take this class once between
January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2016.
Registration: 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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Code of Ethics: Standards for Success
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Registration: 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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The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals
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Thursday, June 23 -
The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Registration: Noon
Class: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
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SAR CALENDAR
Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar
showing dates and times of classes, committees and events.
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Memorial Day
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Your SAR will be closed Monday, May 30th, to keep the Memorial Day holiday. Public offices, banks, schools, and many businesses will also be closed on Monday.
Memorial Day is a
federal holiday
in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the
country's armed forces
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Homespotter
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The Spokane MLS app is now called
Homespotter.
The Homespotter app has all the functionality and agent level details that our Spokane MLS app had, but it includes full Paragon integration and Client Collaboration!
The Homespotter app integrates with your Paragon account to give you access, to Saved Searches, Listings Carts and Contacts in the app. Additionally, if you can input your listing, you can do updates for price, status and more directly from the app.
Client Collaboration lets you send an invite to your client and, when they install the app, they will have an app that is branded to you and allows them to share and comment on listings directly through the app and you will be notified of what they are viewing and saying.
Homespotter is available in the Apple Store and Google Play store. Click on your device below to download the app now:
Install Homespotter today and get started, then
watch this 20-minute video to learn how to work with it and invite your clients to participate:
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Legal Symposium - SOLD OUT!
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SOLD OUT!
The Washington REALTORS® Legal Symposium filled up fast and is currently sold out, but registration is now open for the NWMLS-sponsored Business Symposium coming up in September.
What you'll take away from the Business Symposium . . .
· 7.5 Clock Hours
· Create a prospecting program that is effective and adds to your business profitability
· Understand real estate advertising do's and don'ts
· Recognize the legal requirements regarding property advertisement
· Calculate the cost of advertisement and evaluate promotion effectiveness
More details on the Business Symposium and online registration are available here.
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Women's Council of REALTORS®
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The Spokane Eastern Washington chapter of Women's Council of REALTORS® invites you to its June 2nd event - Opening Doors of Opportunities - with a discussion on SNAP, Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners.
See the event flyer (pictured above) for more information,
online here.
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2016 SAR Golf Tournament
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The
2016 SAR Golf Tournament will be
Thursday, July 21st, at Downriver Golf Course.
Participation is limited to 144 golfing entrants only so register today!
See the event flyer with more information (pictured above),
online here.
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Member 2 Member
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The Spokane Mortgage Lenders Association invites all SAR members to its 2016 Golf Tournament, Thursday, June 9th, at Downriver Golf Course.
See the event flyer (pictured above) with more details,
online here
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NOTE: Member 2 Member is a member benefit of the Spokane Association of REALTORS®.
It is intended to announce a new product, service, location or affiliate event. If you are a member who wishes to share a message with your fellow members, please email it to Debbie at the SAR:
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| Market Activity Report - April |
The SAR Market Activity Report for
April is now online.
See the latest full report - and archived full reports -
online here.
See the April 2016 Snapshot Report (pictured above) online here.
See the 2016 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 Member Roster Update - listing new and resigned members and companies.
Click here to view the latest list of MLS Subscription Waivers - approved by the Board of Directors.
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2016 Officers & Directors
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Susie Luby
2016 SAR President
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868-9468
SECRETARY:
John L. Scott Spokane
990-1326
TREASURER:
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