Weekly Notices

Friday, April 10, 2015

Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend

IN TWO WEEKS!

Plan to participate in the Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend, April 25th and 26th - you might win $500 and your guest may win $1,000!

This is the fifth annual countywide event to draw attention and visitors to your business as a REALTORŽ. Spokane REALTORSŽ offered more than 300 homes in this event last year.

Promote the event, and your participation in it, with the official Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend logo (pictured above), online here.

This year's event is sponsored by:

Click on the logo above to visit the website now.

This year's event headquarter house (pictured above) is located in Kendall Yards - 2015 West Centennial Alley (off Summit west of Elm). Here, you will find supplies of SpokaneOpen.com sign riders and blue REALTORŽ balloons during business hours of both days of the event.

The event headquarter house is sponsored by:

Click on the logo above to visit the website now.

REALTORŽ Event Checklist:

THINGS TO DO NOW:

list your open house(s) on SpokaneOpen.com. Electronic versions of this logo (pictured above) are available online here. (NOTE: All participating houses must be listed on SpokaneOpen.com in order to qualify for the grand prize drawing).

promote your open houses in The Spokesman-Review and on SpokesmanHomes.com (this is optional). See the flyer from our event partner, The Spokesman-Review (pictured above), online here. Deadline to participate in this offer is Friday, April 17th.

promote your open houses in the Pacific Northwest Inlander (this is optional). See the flyer from our event partner, The Inlander (pictured above), online here. Deadline to participate in this offer is Friday, April 17th.

pick up SpokaneOpen.com sign riders and blue REALTORŽ balloons at the SAR to promote your participation in the event

THINGS TO DO DAYS-OF EVENT:

pick up SpokaneOpen.com sign riders and blue REALTORŽ balloons at the event headquarter house (if you didn't do this before the event or need more during the event)

host your open house(s) and invite your visitors to complete a contest entry form (pictured above), online here.

submit your completed contest entry forms to the SAR by close-of-business on April 28th.

$1000 guest winner will be drawn from eligible entries collected from all participating open houses. Listing agent of that house will win $500.

Guest and REALTORŽ winners will be announced here in the Weekly Notices on Friday, May 1st.

2015 SAR Award Nominations

It's time to nominate your choices for the 2015 SAR REALTORŽ Award winners: REALTORŽ of the Year, Steve Flinn REALTORŽ Achievement, REALTORŽ Community Service, Affiliate of the Year, Media of the Year, and Citizen of the Year!

DEADLINE NEXT WEEK: Friday, April 17th

The winners will be announced at our 2015 Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 7th, at Red Lion River Inn (see below for details).

Download the nominating flyer (pictured above), online here.

SAR 2015 Awards Luncheon

It's soon time to celebrate our 2015 SAR REALTORŽ Award winners: REALTORŽ of the Year, Steve Flinn REALTORŽ Achievement, REALTORŽ Community Service, Affiliate of the Year, Media of the Year, and Citizen of the Year - and the winners of this year's SAR 3rd Grade Essay/Poster Contest!

Thursday, May 7th, at Red Lion River Inn.

See the event flyer (pictured above, suitable for posting in your office), with more information, online here.

2015 WR Spring Business Conference

NEXT WEEK!

Washington REALTORSŽ invites you to its 2015 Spring Business Conference in Vancouver, Washington, April 15-17th.

For program details and registration information, click here.

Lunch & Learn - CMAs

Learn how to write your best Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) at your SAR's April Lunch & Learn.

"Mr Seller, You Want to List Your Home at What Price?

Monday, April 20th
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
at your SAR

See the event flyer, pictured above, online here.

Lunch & Learn - Identity Theft

Learn how to defend yourself against identity theft at your SAR's May Lunch & Learn:

Monday, May 18th
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
at your SAR

See the event flyer, pictured above, online here.

Lunch & Learn - Safety

Learn how to reduce opportunities that make you a target - from a retired deputy sheriff - at this valuable, new Lunch & Learn at your SAR:

Monday, June 15th
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
at your SAR

See the event flyer, pictured above, online here.

2015 REALTORŽ Education

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 2015.

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.

Jim Palmer - Spokane Association of REALTORS(R)

Land & Acreage 101

Tuesday, April 21 - Land & Acreage 101 - with Jim Palmer, Jr.

Registration: Noon
Class: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

4.0 clock hours

Code of Ethics: Standards for Success

Thursday, May 14 - Code of Ethics: Standards for Success- with Linda Miller.

This class is required for our new members within 90 days of joining the SAR. Members past their first license renewal may also take it or they may take a 4.0 clock hour Code of Ethics class.

A Code of Ethics class must be taken once every four years. This four year cycle started January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.

Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.

at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

Core Curriculum:
Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate

Tuesday, May 19 - Core Curriculum: Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

You must take this class every two years for your renewal.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at the SAR

3.0 clock hours

Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals

Code of Ethics for the Real Estate Professional

Tuesday, May 19 - Code of Ethics for the Real Estate Professional - with Linda Miller.

This Code of Ethics class is for you if you are past your first license renewal. You are required to take a Code of Ethics class once between January 2013 and December 2016.

Registration: Noon
Class: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

4.0 clock hours

Thursday, May 28 - The Nekkid Truth: Six Principles of Building a Real Estate Business - with Linda Miller.

By popular demand - this all-new class is especially helpful for those just getting their real estate license and asking the question, "What now?"

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR

4.0 clock hours

SAR CALENDAR

Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar

showing dates and times of classes, committees and events.

Premier Home Improvement Show

THIS WEEKEND!

Our friends at the Spokane Home Builders Association are presenting the Premier Home Improvement Show this weekend at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center.

Check out what's going to be happening - and download a coupon worth $2 off general admission - online here.

Fair Housing Conference

Mark your calendar now and plan to attend the 2015 Inland Northwest Fair Housing Conference:

Thursday, April 23rd

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Spokane Convention Center

This year's keynote speaker is Gloria Ochoa, City of Spokane Local Government & Multi-Cultural

Affairs Director.

See the event flyer (pictured above) online here.

April is Fair Housing month.

Download the National Association of REALTORSŽ' 2015 Fair Housing poster (pictured above), online here.

Suitable for posting in your office or sharing on your website and social media channels.

Visit the NAR Fair Housing Month web page for more information and resources to help you support and share the message of fair housing, online here.

Washington REALTORSŽ Legislative Update

The Washington State House and the Senate have each released their initial budget offers.

Like all budgets, there are aspects we like and aspects we don't like in both.

The House Budget is much worse for the real estate community however.

Read more from Nathan Gorton, our Washington REALTORSŽ Government Affairs Director, online here.

Resourceful Research Tools

NEW!

Washington REALTORSŽ Director of Communications and Marketing, Steve Klaniecki, shares some surprising statistics, market research, and trend reports to keep you in the know in this week's WR video.

Watch Steve's three-minute video online here:

Resourceful Research Tools

HUD Secretary Visits NAR

2015 NAR President Chris Polychron (left)
and HUD Secretary Julian Castro (right)
meet at NAR headquarters in Washington, DC.

The way companies calculate people's credit scores needs to change to reflect how people live their lives today, otherwise millions of people will continue to fall outside traditional calculation models and not be able to become home owners.

That was the consensus view of a dozen real estate and mortgage industry experts who met April 1, 2015, at NAR headquarters in Washington to look at the state of credit scoring and what can be done to improve what's become a key part of the mortgage finance process.

Also at the meeting, which NAR President Chris Polychron opened, was Julian Castro, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, who said his agency is looking at the credit scoring issue as part of its effort to improve credit access to Americans.

Read more about this recent meeting online here.

Mobile Alerts

Get REALTORŽ Party Mobile Alerts wherever you are, whenever news breaks!

Enter your mobile phone number and your name to start receiving REALTORŽ Party Mobile alerts.

NAR will send you short text messages when we need you to take action on important real estate issues (usually only three to five times per year).

Subscribe now, online here.

FREE Bus Tour to HUD & REO Homes

NEXT WEEK!

See current HUD and REO homes on a FREE bus tour:

April 13th at 10:00 a.m.

Meet at the SAR (1924 North Ash Street)

See the event flyer with more details (pictured above), online here.

Free REALTORŽ Safety Webinar

As a REALTORŽ, it's important to develop and maintain a personal safety protocol for your business.

In this free safety webinar from NAR, you'll learn to look at safety from the perspective of a law enforcement professional.

REALTORŽ Safety From a Law Enforcement Perspective:

April 21st at noon, Spokane time.

Read more about this event and register online here.

ListHub Report for February

See the February ListHub report, online here.

Market Activity Report - March

The SAR Market Activity Report for March is now online.

See the latest report - and archived reports - online here.

See the March 2015 summary report (pictured above) online here.

See the 2014 year-to-date summary report (pictured above) online here.

You Be The Judge - April

Here is You Be The Judge for April:

Case #1-15: Obligation to Advise Client on Market Value.

Read the case and submit your judgement online here.

Those who decide correctly will be entered in a drawing for a Starbucks coffee card!

Winner to be announced next month.

Congratulations Jessica Side, EvoReal, our March Starbucks card winner!

MARCH ANSWER
The Hearing Panel concluded that REALTORŽ B had deceitfully used the guise of rendering professional service to a client in acting as a speculator; that he had been unfaithful to the most basic principles of agency and allegiance to his client's interest; and that he had violated Articles 1 and 4 of the Code of Ethics.

From Case #1-4: Fidelity to Client.

See the full text of last month's case, online here.

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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