Weekly Notices

Friday, April 17, 2015

Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend

NEXT WEEKEND!

Plan to participate in the Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend, April 25th and 26th - you might win a prize valued at more than $500 and your guest may win over $3,000 in gift certificates!

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.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: Greenstone is asking for four or more volunteers to help hand out REALTORŽ balloons, sign riders and contest entry forms to members during the event. If you can help, please contact event chair Marianne Bornhoft.

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 TODAY - 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 TODAY - 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.

The guest winner will receive over $3,000 in gift certificates and be drawn from eligible entries collected from all participating open houses. The listing agent of that open house will win a prize valued at more than $500.

Guest and REALTORŽ winners will be notified soon after the drawing is held on Wednesday, April 29th, and 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 CLOSE-OF-BUSINESS TODAY!

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.

Lunch & Learn - CMAs

NEXT WEEK!

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 - Auctions & Real Estate

Learn the good, the bad and the ugly in real estate sales by auction at your SAR:

Monday, June 8th
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

NEXT WEEK!

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.

Fair Housing Conference

NEXT WEEK!

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.

Take Action!

We are asking you to help us one last time (hopefully) this Legislative Session.

The House is still insisting on new Real Estate taxes and now Governor Inslee has joined them in that request.

We believe that fully funding education is a must in the 2015-2017 budget, but we believe that can be done without harming real estate, which for many REALTORSŽ across the state, is just now getting back to normal levels of activity.

Click the link below to send your legislators an email conveying your concern.

Thank you for your help on this critical issue,

Nathan Gorton

Washington REALTORSŽ

Government Affairs Director

Economic Prognosis

NEW!

Washington REALTORSŽ was fortunate enough to secure a few minutes of Dr. Lawrence Yun's time to talk Washington Housing.

Dr. Lawrence Yun is the Chief Economist & Senior Vice President of Research with the National Association of REALTORSŽ and has some positive things to say about our economy

Watch this new four-minute video online here:

Washington State Economic Prognosis

The Voice for Real Estate

NEW!

The way credit scores are calculated needs to change to reflect shifts in demographics, technology, and lifestyles. At a summit NAR hosted with other groups, credit scoring companies agreed changes are needed and they said they're in the works. HUD Secretary Julian Castro attended the summit as well and said FHA is also looking at change. That's the lead story in The Voice for Real Estate for the week of April 13, 2015. Also covered: a surge in vacation home sales and what's inside the proposed federal rule on drones.

Watch this new seven-minute video online here:

The Voice for Real Estate 20: Credit, Vacation Homes

Happiest U.S. Cities

One Washington city made Gallup's list of the happiest and healthiest places in America in terms of purpose and social, financial, community and physical well-being.

So which is it?

Here's one hint: not Seattle.

See a slideshow of the happiest U.S. cities 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.

NEXT WEEK!

REALTORŽ Safety From a Law Enforcement Perspective:

April 21st at 11 a.m., Spokane time.

Read more about this event and register online here.

ListHub Report for March

NEW!

See the March 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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