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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The Spokane Association of REALTORS® office will close
at noon today (September 23) for Rob Higgins’ Retirement Party, SAR’s EVP for 37 years.
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Weekly Notices
September 23, 2022
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New!
New SAR CEO
Introduces Herself to Members
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Tiffany Claxton began work, this week, as the SAR's new CEO at the same time Spokane welcomed Washington REALTORS® to the city for its Fall Business Conference.
In this short video, Tiffany steps out of the conference to record a greeting to members during her first week on the job.
Watch the Weekly Notices for details on meet-and-greet events with our new CEO - including the item below that announces an all-member event in early October.
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Meet and greet our new CEO
at the next and final Taco Tuesday event of the year:
Tuesday, October 4th - from 11-1 in the SAR parking lot.
Complimentary lunch for all SAR members.
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New!
September is REALTOR® Safety Month
Member Safety: Residential
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Highlights from the new 2022 Member Safety Residential Report
- The typical respondent meets prospective clients whom they’ve never met before either at their office or in a neutral location 66% of the time.
- 73% have personal safety protocols in place that they follow with every client. This is more likely among females (76%) than among males (67%).
- 40% of residential REALTORS® said that they have participated in a self-defense class.
- 43% of men and 54% of women carry a self-defense weapon or tool.
- Among those who participated in a REALTOR® safety course, 75% said they feel more prepared for unknown situations after taking a REALTOR® Safety course.
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Tech Helpline, our Washington REALTORS® tech support team, has reviewed a collection of REALTOR® safety apps.
Their work has resulted in a selection of five apps worthy of your attention: Forewarn, Real Safe Agent, SafeShowings, HomesSnap Pro, and SentriKey Real Estate App.
As a Washington REALTORS® member, any technology you use is covered under our TechHelpline service agreement. Their tech team can help you set up any of these apps at no cost to you.
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Next week!
Fourth Quarter MLS Fees Due:
Friday, 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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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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New!
Legal Hotline:
Conversations Around
Buyer Broker Compensation
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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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In our four part series, "Conversations on Buyer Broker Compensation", Annie Fitzimmons and Davina Clardy, Managing Broker/Owner of John L. Scott Dupont, discuss the new changes to form 41 and what the conversations between buyer brokers and buyers may actually look like going forward.
Additionally, Annie and Davina discuss how to draft the purchase and sale agreement to ensure a payment for the buyer broker, as well as how to use the new forms appropriately and navigate the challenges involved
Click on the play window to watch the first video in this series or click on the playlist to load all four videos at once and watch them as you choose:.
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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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Tax Reduction Strategies
for the Real Estate Professional
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(Virtual Program) with Kari Hagensmith 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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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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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!
Instructor Development Workshop/Training Superior Instructors
with Linda Miller Sheets
Wednesday 9/28 & Thursday 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, 10/4 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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New!
Current Issues in WA Residential Real Estate with Sabrina Jones Schroeder
Thursday, 10/20 9-Noon
You can sign up to take this class in-person at the SAR or you can zoom in.
3.0 clock hours
The Washington State Real Estate Commission and Department of Licensing requires the completion of this three clock-hour class.
The three mandatory clock hours must be included in the 30 clock-hours required for active licensees.
"Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate 2022-2023" is required by DOL.
Remember, you must take this class every two years for your license renewal. We are now in the 2022-2023 two-year cycle.
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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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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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August 2022
Home Sales Report
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August 2022
Year-to-Date Home Sales Report
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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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