Weekly Notices

Friday, April 24, 2015

Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend

THIS WEEKEND!

Plan to participate in the Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend, April 25th and 26th - you might win first pick of prizes valued at more than $500 and your guest might 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.

Read the Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend news release, sent to local media (pictured above), online here. Makes a great handout at your open house!

Hear the Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend radio ads that are playing right now, online here:

This year's event is sponsored by:

NMLS#2550

Click on the logo above to visit the website now.

This year's public prizes are sponsored by:

Click on the logo above to visit the website now.

HEADQUARTER HOUSE

Photo: Greenstone Homes

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 - with or without helium - during business hours of both days of the event.

Thanks to SAR affiliate members Heritage Home Loans and Fidelity National Home Warranty for staffing our event headquarter house this year!

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).

Here's a short tutorial video on how to list your property on SpokaneOpen.com:

Open House Tutorial for spokaneopen.com

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 - with or without helium - 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:

- a $3,000 gift certificate from Sullivan Homes, good for any home design and/or remodel services
- a $450 gift certificate from HouseMaster, good for a complete home inspection - including radon test

The REALTORŽ winner will receive first choice of one of these prizes, total value more than $500. Additional REALTORSŽ will be drawn until all prizes are claimed (one pick each):

- $250 cash
- $150 gift certificate from the Davenport Hotel
- $50 gas card
- $122 (two tickets) to see Nickelback at the Gorge Amphitheater on June 20th

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.

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 - 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.

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

In This Issue

Spokane REALTORS® Open House Weekend

SAR 2015 Awards Luncheon

Lunch & Learn - Identity Theft

Lunch & Learn - Auctions & Real Estate

Lunch & Learn - Safety

2015 REALTOR® Education

SAR CALENDAR

Open House Safety

Open House Weekend

REALTOR® Party Supports Mayor Condon

Tech Helpline

Marijuana and Real Estate

Women's Council of REALTORS®

ListHub Report for March

Market Activity Report - March

You Be The Judge - March

Member Roster Update

Suggestion Box

SAR CALENDAR

Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar

showing dates and times of classes, committees and events.

Open House Safety

As we head out to open houses for the Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend, let's remind each other about REALTORŽ safety.

Just this week, police in Arizona arrested a man for suspicion of kidnapping and sexual assault of a REALTORŽ during an open house a few weeks ago.

REALTORŽ magazine offers a list of open house safety tips, including this one:

When showing the house, always walk behind the prospect. Direct them; don't lead them. Say, for example, "The kitchen is on your left," and gesture for them to go ahead of you.

See the complete list, online here.

Open House Weekend

It's springtime in Spokane by many measures.

Take keyboxes, for example.

We opened more than 20,000 keyboxes last month - a nearly three-fold increase over the cold, short days of Devember 2012 when we opened only about 8,000 keyboxes.

People are house shopping again in Spokane as we hold the 2015 Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend.

Read President Kestell's guest editorial from Sunday's real estate section of The Spokesman-Review, online here.

REALTORŽ Party Supports Mayor Condon

SAR photo

Spokane Mayor David Condon stopped by the SAR to receive a campaign contribution and visit with SAR leadership this week.

Photo above, left to right: Michael Baker, SAR Secretary and Governmental Affairs Chair; Jack Kestell, 2015 SAR President; David Condon, Spokane Mayor; Tom LaLone, SAR Treasurer; Rob Higgins, SAR Executive Officer.

Tech Helpline

Your Washington REALTORSŽ membership qualifies you for FREE unlimited technical support from real people who understand the programs and equipment that REALTORSŽ use every day.

There are three ways to connect:

Go to http://www.warealtor.org and download the Tech Helpline Widget where you can chat directly with a technician.

Call 1-866-610-8939 and talk with a technician on the phone.

E-mail support@techhelpline.com when you have a question or problem and an answer will be waiting for you when you have time to work on it.

Learn more in this two-minute video:

WR Member Benefit - Free Tech Support

Marijuana and Real Estate

Our colleagues at the Tricity Association of REALTORSŽ invite us to a new class, "Marijuana and the Practice of Real Estate," Thursday, May 7th, in Kennewick.

This 4.0 credit hour class will go over the seller disclosure form regarding the cultivation of marijuana, talk about banking and lending concerns, cover consent and liability issues if your client is high - and other important topics in this new area of practice.

See the class flyer (pictured above), online here.

NOTE: Your SAR offers this information as a courtesy to its members only and is not responsible for any product or service offered by an outside party.

Women's Council of REALTORSŽ

The local Women's Council of REALTORSŽ invites you to its May program: Don't let Homeowner's Insurance Delay your Deal!

Tuesday, May 5th, at the WSU Extension Office

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

ListHub Report for March

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.

Suggestion Box