The Spokane Association of REALTORS®:
ENGAGES its members, ENCOURAGES professional excellence and cooperation,
ADVOCATES for real property rights, and PROMOTES strong, sustainable communities.
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Weekly Notices
September 16, 2022
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New!
Rob Higgins Retirement Party
Friday, September 23
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RSVP by September 19th
You may bring a plus one
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Jack and Dan’s Bar & Grill (Gonzaga District)
1226 N Hamilton St.
Drop in between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.;
Special presentation at 3 p.m..
If you have any pictures of Rob while he was EVP, send them by September 19th to
1924 N Ash St, Spokane, WA 99205
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SpokaneTalks about Rob Higgins |
SpokaneTalks host Kent Adams interviewed Rob Higgins, this week, about his career at the Spokane Association of REALTORS®.
The two have been business associates for all of Rob's 37 years at the association.
The video runs about 25 minutes.
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Online Registration closed!
Get your tickets at the door for $85.
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Next week!
Washington REALTORS®
Fall Business Conference
in Spokane!
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Join us September 21st-23rd for our annual
Fall Business Conference in Spokane!
Help shape the future of your association, hear from influential guest speakers, and network with REALTORS® from all over Washington State.
Additionally, The Spokane Association of REALTORS® warmly welcomes you to their charity event “A Night at the Carrousel!” Proceeds from this event go to 2nd Harvest.
Get your tickets at the door for $85.
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Fall Business Conference
Fun Night
The Spokane Association of REALTORS® warmly welcomes you to its charity event “A Night at the Carousel”!
They will be sponsoring, carousel rides, food & drink, music, and gondola rides, so it is sure to be a great time to network and just have FUN!
Proceeds from this event go to 2nd Harvest.
Get your tickets at the door for $85.
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Stacey Overtoom and Gina Mosey offer a personal invitation live from the scene of Fun Night - the world-famous Looff Carrousel in Riverfront!
The video runs about 30-seconds.
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Thank you sponsors!
- Black Knight
- Domus Analytics
- Pillar to Post
- Spokane-Eastern WA Women’s Council of REALTORS®
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So, is it spelled "carousel" or "carrousel?" We use "carrousel" in Spokane because Riverfront does. The spelling of the word is as diverse as the attraction. Learn more online here.
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New!
WCR Event
at Fall Business Conference
Tuesday, September 20th, at 1 p.m.
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The Spokane-Eastern Washington Women's Council of REALTORS® invites all members to its special program during next week's Fall Business Conference: Not Recommended, but Necessary: Tools to Successfully Manage Self Employment, Family, & Chronic Disease with Marki Lemons Ryhal.
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New!
WCR New Member Nudge
Now through October 31
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The Spokane-Eastern Washington Women's Council of REALTORS® is offering a "New Member Nudge," join now and get the remainder of your 2022 dues free!
Call Mindy Jo to accept this generous offer:
509-710-9466
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Forms Changes
Coming October 3, 2022
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This newsletter includes important information about upcoming form changes, including: Legal Bulletin 222 from NWMLS and a redlined Purchase & Sale Agreement along with sample copies of other forms offered (e.g. 1ASWF-Exclusive Sale & Listing Agreement, 41-Exclusive Buyer’s Agency Agreement and 41C-Buyer Brokerage Firm’s Compensation Addendum).
Please note that your SAR Exclusive Right to Sell and Buyer Representation Agreements are not changing at this time.
Your local Forms Committee will be looking at a few possible changes in the future.
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The revised Form 21-Purchase and Sale Agreement, along with other NWMLS forms, are being released on October 3, 2022.
There are significant revisions to the Purchase and Sale Agreements.
Legal Bulletin 222, which summarizes the forms revisions, redline Purchase and Sale, and SAMPLE versions of the revised forms are linked below for review purposes:
Please read through the information carefully.
The forms will be published for use on TransactionDesk on October 3, 2022.
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Hot Topic
Wednesday 10/12
Noon-1pm
**Take Advantage of The Holidays to Grow Your Business
**The Ultimate Holiday/Thanksgiving Marketing Strategy
**How You Can Turn a Thanksgiving Pie Into Referrals and Transactions
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This lunch and learn is free to attend. Join SAR President Eric Etzel (pictured) for an hour.
Eric says, “I can't wait to show you all the assets I have to share with you - you can pick from three different packages that contain:
- Postcard - professional designed and customized with your branding
- Flyer - same look and feel as the postcard
- Landing Page - give them their choice of pie and/or choice of dates and times
- Stickers - remind them who gave them their pie!
- Text Message Images - to invite them and remind them to pick up their pie!
The holidays will be here before you know it. Mark your calendar and I'll see you soon!
He has a lot to cover in only 60 mins. Be ready to take notes of all the things you don't want to forget.
Bring all your questions and scenarios for the Q&A at the end.
Did someone say Pie? Eric will be bringing in a Special Treat for everyone who attends in-person.
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New!
Tax Reduction Strategies
for the Real Estate Professional
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(Virtual Program) with Vivian Thompson Greene with Bradford Tax Solutions.
Monday – November 7, 2022
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Starts Promptly at 10:00 a.m.!
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Keep More of Your Income in 2022! |
In this 60-minute interactive ZOOM seminar you will learn:
- HOW to take advantage of last-minute tax deductions before the end of the year!
- HOW to POWER BOOST Your NEW 2022 deductions: Best business practices to optimize tax benefits and understand your elite status as a taxpayer.
- Why your accountant can’t "just take" these deductions for you.
- HOW TO bullet-proof your deductions: simple and safe time-saving techniques for precise tax records that will hold up in an IRS audit.
- HOW TO deduct your Home Office...simplified, made safe, and expanded to multiple deductions! Learn the rules to INCREASE this deduction!
- WHY you may want to buy a new or pre-owned car sooner than you think...the great new "makeover" of the CAR DEDUCTION rules you will want to take advantage of!
- THE New...and Improved...food and beverage deductions for real estate professionals that you probably don't know about.
After this seminar, you'll have what you need to bring to your tax accountant, so you can keep more of your income this year and beyond!
- Busy? The short time you invest in this seminar will translate immediately to money, your money!
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Receive the latest in home-buyer assistance program news and updates right to your Inbox. |
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The mission of the DPA Radar is to encourage DPA awareness among lending and real estate professionals nationwide.
Each week, we highlight homebuyer assistance programs that are either new to the market, recently updated, unique and noteworthy. You’ll receive a list of program features and benefits such as the maximum assistance amount, sales price and income requirements, repayment terms, and more.
Subscribe to the DPA Radar to receive the latest news and updates.
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Legal Hotline:
Industry Evolution
Part 6:
Form 41 - Compensation Agreement
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"You must be aware - in fact, I would say, like no other change in the past - you must prepare for forms changes that are coming."
Annie Fitzsimmons, attorney
Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline
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Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline attorney Annie Fitzsimmons begins a new video series on Industry Evolution with Spokane broker, instructor, and SAR past-president Eric Johnson, who chairs the Washington REALTORS® Presidential Advisory Group charged with looking over the horizon to help members identify and prepare for changes in the real estate industry.
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Past videos in this series are online here:
Forms Change - Buyer Brokers Compensation
Buyer Broker Compensation & Transparency for Buyer Broker Commissions
Form 21, new paragraph 16
Statewide Forms Revisions
Buyer Broker Compensation
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September is REALTOR® Safety Month.
Knowledge. Awareness. Empowerment. These are the core components of REALTOR® Safety.
Watch the SAR FaceBook channel all this month for daily tips on REALTOR® safety - https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneRealtor
For more resources to help keep you safe, check out the REALTOR® Safety Program, online here:
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Fourth Quarter MLS Fees Due:
September 30th
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Fourth Quarter MLS fees have been posted to the SAR member portal.
Please email Brenda at the SAR if you have a question about your fees or contact her by phone at 326-9222.
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On Now!
It's Time for our
Friendly, Fun, Food Fight!
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This year's event started this week (Thursday, August 18th), and runs through Friday, September 30th.
We hope your office will participate in a "Friendly, Fun, Food Fight" competition.
The winning office that brings in the most money will be presented a nice wall plaque that the office can keep for the year!
Excited yet?
Our food drive is one of the largest of the year for 2nd Harvest.
They are very much depending on the Spokane Association of REALTORS®.
With your help, we can make "Friendly, Fun, Food Fight 2022” the biggest yet!
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Office Challenges
If your office would like to participate in a challenge to other offices, just give Tami a call.
No hassle, no fuss we’ll get you all set up.
Tami Peterson at the SAR 509-326-9222.
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Draft Like A Lawyer
Live And In Person
October 10th
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Have you been to law school?
Probably not. Yet, you are expected to draft and use purchase agreements with the same expertise as a lawyer when preparing and using real estate forms to create contracts between buyers and sellers.
Complicating that task, you have over a hundred forms at your disposal through the statewide forms system and you must be able to navigate the forms and know which form to use when and how one form impacts another.
Enjoy Draft Like a Lawyer in person over two days.
Featuring a curriculum that teaches drafting skills and integrated use of the most popular statewide forms, this class offers 16 clock hours to students as they learn about real estate forms and how to use them in their business.
Draft Like a Lawyer allows for students to catch up on high demand topics taught by the Legal Hotline lawyer, Annie Fitzsimmons!
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Monday, October 10, 2022
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
16 CE Hours
$219 for Members, $269 for Non-Members,
Lunch & Parking Included.
NO ONSITE REGISTRATIONS
The Conference Center at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
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Decoding Real Estate:
Social Media Marketing
with Travis Thom
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For many agents, social media and digital marketing as a whole are tough concepts to grasp, and they tend to have more questions than knowledge:
- How do I get started?
- Where do I get started?
- How much should I spend?
- What techniques help drive lead generation?
One listen to Travis Thom, and you’ll have the answers. He’s the founder of Elevated REM, a full-service, digital marketing agency that specializes in helping real estate agents find their voice in the social/digital world.
In our latest episode, Travis gives tips and shares strategic insight on how to break into social media marketing, what platforms to adopt early (hint: the clock is Tik-ing), and breaks down digital terms such as pixels, code, cookies, funnels, retargeting, discovery cycles and storytelling.
It’s everything you need to know to start or fine-tune your real estate digital marketing plan.
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New!
Washington REALTORS® Survey
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Washington REALTORS® would love to get your feedback see how it can better serve you.
The WR survey will take you about ten minutes to complete.
Five members who complete the survey will be randomly selected to win a $100 gift card!
If you have any technical issues, please email, American Strategies at [email protected].
If you have any other questions about the survey, please contact Nathan Gorton, Government Affairs Director for Washington REALTORS® at [email protected].
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Professional Development
The SAR offers a full schedule of virtual classes to help members satisfy their professional development requirements to keep their REALTOR® status current.
Please be in touch with Tami at the SAR if you have any questions about classes or your license education requirements, by phone at 326-9222 or by email.
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Not an SAR member? We'd love to have you join us! Please click on the door (above) to register. |
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Next week!
Biggest Bloopers & Blunders we make in our Statewide Forms with Ken Sax
Tuesday 9/20 9:00-12:30
3.5 clock hours
You can sign up to take this class in-person at the SAR or you can zoom in.
You'll want to check out this class and learn what the bloopers are and how to avoid making the same mistakes!
Don't be that broker!
Ken Sax has been teaching the Purchase & Sale class since 2010.
He's very passionate about REALTORS® being experts on this... after all, your clients think you are!
Ken will be discussing Forms - 21, 50, 51, 22A. 22EF, 22B, 39, 22Q, 35/35R, 35E and 36.
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Instructor Development Workshop/Training Superior Instructors
with Linda Miller Sheets
Weds 9/28 & Thurs 9/29
Both days are required
8:30-5:00 p.m.
15 clock hours
Two-day Training Superior Instructors/Instructor Development Workshop with WA state approved instructor Linda Miller. 15.0 clock hours. This is the 2-day course you'll need to apply to DOL to become a WA state approved instructor.
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Everything you Wanted to Know about Mobile Homes
with Angie DeArth
Tuesday October 4 1-4
3.0 clock hours
You can sign up to take this class in-person at the SAR or you can zoom in.
This is the class you've been asking from: A Manufactured home on land or a leased lot in a park? Who holds the title? Elimination - is it needed or was it done? Labor & Industries inspections? Where is the VIN number? Sales tax & excise tax? Closing costs, who pays for what? And, all the pesky forms from so many different agencies: DOL, DOR, LPO, NWMLS, UCC, L&I.
Don't miss out on this very informational class on Mobile Homes!
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New!
Purchase & Sale with Sabrina Jones Schroeder
Thursday 10/6 8:30-5:00
7.5 clock hours
You can sign up to take this class in-person at the SAR or you can zoom in.
This mandatory course will include: An introduction and discussion of intentions, goals, and purposes in properly completing the new Purchase & Sale Agreement; the deposit, parties and property; financing and the financing contingencies, title insurance and transfer and inspections; representations and disclosure; and remaining provisions.
This class must be taken once every four years.
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New!
Radon in Real Estate
with David Gerard
Tuesday 10/11 9:00-Noon
3.0 clock hours
You can sign up to take this class in-person at the SAR or you can zoom in.
David Gerard with Advanced Radon Technologies will be here to teach his 3 clock hour class on "Radon In Real Estate". This course will give you some of the background and history of Radon. David will cover a wide variety of issues and concerns to include some of the following topics: Why is Radon a problem in the USA? How Radon enters your house? Radon testing: Radon Potential; Testing your home; Radon results printout examples; Testing device & conditions. Radon Mitigation system, levels & codes; along with Washington Radon Real Estate Requirements. You won't want to miss this important class!
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New!
Land & Acreage 200
with Jim Palmer Jr
Thursday 10/13 8:30-5:00
You can sign up to take this class in-person at the SAR or you can zoom in for this full day class.
This Land & Acreage 200 course will introduce the topic, stressing that while selling rural properties is similar in some aspects to city properties, it has unique attributes that take special training. This course should help you recognize the importance for special knowledge and training in the real estate discipline and to help you evaluate your current level of expertise.
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New!
TransactionDesk Class
with Eric Johnson
Monday, 10/17 1:00-4:00
3.0 clock hours
In-person at the SAR
Eric Johnson will be teaching his TransactionDesk on Basic Sale/Listing Creation.
You won't want to miss this class!
You'll learn all you need to know about the TransactionDesk.
Here are some of the highlights he'll cover in class: Introduction to key features and how to become a paperless office, System Navigation, Settings & Templates, Creating a Sale Transaction, Uploading Signed Documents, Creating an Authentisign Electronic Signing, Archiving Transactions and Receiving & Counter offering an offer.
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New!
Code of Ethics - Our Promise to Professionalism
with Mike Crowley
Tuesday 10/18 1:00-4:30
3.5 clock hours
In-person at the SAR
Remember, you must take a Code of Ethics class once between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024. This class meets those requirements.
This class will include the following objectives:
- Heighten awareness of the key tenets of the Code of Ethics.
- Appreciation for the role the Code can and should play in professional lives.
- Enhances professionalism and competency.
- Encourages REALTORS® to view their Code of Ethics as a living, viable guide in their daily dealings with clients, customers, and the public
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Class Cancellation Policy:
A refund will be granted until 3:30 p.m. three days prior to the class, after which time there will be a 50% refund.
Anyone not showing up for class will not be given a refund.
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Next week!
Washington Real Estate
Fair Housing
Tuesday, September 13 9-noon
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Wednesday, September 14 9-noon
6.0 CE Hours
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New DOL Mandatory Education – Fair Housing Requirements
Effective: June 1, 2022
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Effective June 1, 2022, the WA Department of Licensing (DOL) has implemented SB 5378.
This bill requires ALL Brokers and Managing Brokers to take a Fair Housing class.
Brokers and Managing Brokers licensed BEFORE June 1, 2022, will be REQUIRED to take the “Washington Real Estate Fair Housing (6-hr)” before June 1, 2023.
New agents licensed AFTER June 1, 2022 will be REQUIRED to take the “Washington Real Estate Fair Housing (3-hr)”.
Each subsequent renewal will REQUIRE a 3-hour Fair Housing Class. Just like Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate, this 3-hours will be INCLUSIVE of your regular 30-hours required for each renewal.
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2023 SAR
Initial Slate of Candidates
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This information is shared with members here in compliance with association bylaws which require notice of initial slate of candidates not less than three months prior to the annual meeting of the membership. |
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Your SAR Nominating Committee is pleased to announce its initial slate of candidates for 2023 SAR leadership:
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Elizabeth Beatty, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson V
SECRETARY
None Specified
DIRECTORS
Elizabeth Beatty, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson V
Doug Hagood, Hagood Real Estate and Mortgage
Mary Marr, Windermere Manito
Keri McCombs, Haven Real Estate Group
Heather Schelling, Haven Real Estate Group
Additional Candidates
In accordance with Article XIII, Section 13.2 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 10th through Monday, October 24th.
Deadline to return petitions is Monday, October 24th!
ALL VOTING WILL BE DONE ELECTRONICALLY!
You will receive Notice on Friday, October 28th of the "Final Slate of Candidates".
Voting begins on Monday, October 31st.
Deadline to fill out ballots will be Wednesday, November 16th, 4:30 p.m.
Our new leaders will be announced at our Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, November 17th, at CenterPlace Regional Event Center.
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MLS Weekly News and Information |
Keep up with rule changes, get tips and tricks and see the monthly MLS totals.
Don’t forget to check this valuable resource!
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Current Market and Membership Information from your Association: |
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New!
August 2022
Home Sales Report
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New!
August 2022
Year-to-Date Home Sales Report
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New!
August 2022
Member Roster Update
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See the full member-exclusive Market Activity/MLS Statistics online here.
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SAR and Community Calendars: |
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