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Report Your Closed Sales
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DEADLINE: JANUARY 5TH
All of your 2015 closed sales must be reported to the MLS by noon Tuesday, January 5th, 2016.
If you need an MLS Status Change Form (pictured above), that document is available online here.
Completed MLS Status Change Forms can be emailed to angie@spokanerealtor.com or faxed to (509) 326-1544.
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2016 Installation Luncheon
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NEXT WEEK!
Welcome to your 2016 SAR Leadership Installation and first Quarterly Member meeting of the new year:
Thursday, January 7th, 2016 at Red Lion Hotel at the Park (pictured above).
RSVP DEADLINE: JANUARY 4th
See the event flyer with details and registration information (pictured above)
online here.
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TransactionDesk Advanced Class
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The SAR will have NWMLS trainer,
Debra Wuts, at the Association in January to offer two TransactionDesk Advanced classes.
This course focuses on strategies for staying organized, how to use the advanced menu features such as the markup tools and the PDF slicer feature for secondary signings and counteroffers, how to create and use templates and checklists, and how to use the advanced features in Authentisign.
Completion of TransactionDesk basic is highly recommended before this class.
You can
see the schedule and register here or click on the SAR Education link on your MLS Dashboard.
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Legal Hotline Letters
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Your Washington REALTORS® Legal Hotline attorney Annie Fitzsimmons is back with Episode #8 of her answers to your questions from the Legal Hotline Mailbag.
Here, Annie responds to a Legal Hotline letter regarding the termination of an Agreement (by the Seller) in response to the Buyer's Inspection Contingency.
Watch the five-minute video online here:
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2016 Education Requirements
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Both NAR and SAR require you to take certain classes in four year cycles.
The current four year cycle ends December 31, 2016.
You you must take an ethics class (NAR) and a Purchase & Sale Agreement class (SAR) before the end of next year.
If you have taken both of these once since January 1, 2013, you're done for this cycle!
Additionally, the Washington State Department of Licensing requires you to take the Core Curriculum class once during every two-year renewal cycle.
See a handy guide to WA-DOL, NAR and SAR education requirements (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.
2016
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Statewide Purchase and Sale Agreement
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CLASS FULL!
Tuesday, January 12 -
Statewide Purchase and Sale Agreement - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
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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Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate
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Thursday, January 14 -
Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at the SAR
3.0 clock hours
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The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals
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Thursday, January 21 -
The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
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Code of Ethics: Standards for Success
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Thursday, January 28 -
Code of Ethics: Standards for Success - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
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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Statewide Purchase and Sale Agreement
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Tuesday, February 9 -
Statewide Purchase and Sale Agreement - with
Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.
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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Home Inspections for REALTORS® and Appraisers
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Thursday, February 11 -
Home Inspections for REALTORS® and Appraisers - with
Matthew Pederson.
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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Friday, February 12 -
The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR
4.0 clock hours
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Code of Ethics: Standards for Success
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Tuesday, February 16 -
Code of Ethics: Standards for Success - with
Linda Miller Sheets.
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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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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2016 SAR Dues Due
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Your 2016 SAR annual dues are
due today,
January 1st, 2016.
You should have received an email, sent November 19th, which contained payment instructions. If you did not receive this email, please call the SAR at 326-9222 or continue with the online payment process here.
To pay your 2016 SAR annual dues online, click on the graphic below, which will bring up the login screen for the SAR member portal:
Once online, use the Review and Pay Balance section to make your payment online. Alternately, you may retrieve an invoice while online to pay by mail or you may pay in person at the SAR, 1924 North Ash Street.
Thank you for your continuing membership in your SAR!
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Code of Ethics - Are You Current?
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If you have not taken a Code of Ethics class since
January 1, 2013, then you need to take a Code of Ethics class before the end of the year!
Check the SAR's class schedule and register for a class via the Member Portal:
Starting January 1, 2017, you must complete a Code of Ethics class once every two years. This two year cycle will begin January 1, 2017, and end December 31, 2018.
Help us spread the word. Announce this in your sales meetings.
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Tech Helpline
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If you received a piece of new technology for Christmas this week and find yourself scratching your head trying to figure out how it works, remember you have free technical support waiting for you on your Washington REALTORS® Tech Helpline!
The Tech Helpline is a member benefit offering support for hardware, software, networking, and digital devices.
The best part is that you have the choice of contacting their friendly and knowledgeable analysts via phone, fax, email, or online chat.
They troubleshoot problems and offer solutions, often by remotely into your computer.
They will advise you on hardware and software purchasing and most importantly, they understand your needs as a REALTOR®.
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Best Business Tips
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NAR reports the sales and marketing stories that drew the most traffic, shares, likes, and comments on its online channels, this year, mostly centered around how members can better communicate, negotiate, and maintain relationships with clients.
That's a testament to where you see your biggest value in the transaction: being an in-the-flesh guide and advocate for buyers and sellers. That's something that technology will never replace.
Take a look at our most popular tips of 2015, and see how you can apply them to your business,
online here.
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SpokaneOpen Advertising
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SAR Affiliate Members: SpokaneOpen.com - the official open house website of the Spokane Association of REALTORS® - now offers an exciting, first-ever, consumer-facing advertising opportunity (see sample above).
Every open house scheduled through the Spokane MLS appears on this site. Now your message can too!
See the official announcement letter (pictured above) with details on this new advertising opportunity - open exclusively to SAR affiliate members -
online here.
Visit the SpokaneOpen.com website now and imagine
your message here.
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Open House Weekend - SAVE THE DATE!
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Save the date for the
2016 Spokane REALTORS® Open House Weekend!
April 23 - 24, 2016
More details coming soon here
in the Weekly Notices.
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| ListHub Report for November |
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| Market Activity Report - November |
The SAR Market Activity Report for
November is now online.
See the latest report - and archived reports -
online here.
See the November 2015 summary report (pictured above) online here.
See the 2015 year-to-date summary report (pictured above) online here.
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You Be The Judge - December
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Here is
You Be The Judge for
December
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Case #16-16: Buyer Agent's Demand that Listing Agent Reduce Commission.
Winner to be announced next month.
Congratulations, Juli Evans, RE/MAX of Spokane, our November Starbucks card winner!
NOVEMBER ANSWER
The Hearing Panel concluded that REALTOR® A had engaged in misrepresentation in omitting from the prospectus information which he reasonably should have known to be relevant and significant and that the disclaimer did not, in any respect, avoid his obligation of full disclosure. REALTOR® A was found in violation of Article 2.
From Case #2-8: Misrepresentation.
See the full text of last month's case,
online here.
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| Member Roster Update |
Click here to view the latest
Roster Update - listing new and resigned members and companies.
Click here to view the latest list of
MLS Subscription Waivers approved by the SAR Board of Directors.
Send a message to Angie at the SAR with any changes.
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2016 Officers & Directors
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Susie Luby
2016 SAR President
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868-9468
SECRETARY:
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