Weekly Notices

Friday, August 14, 2015

New Forms Software Coming Soon!

The SAR leadership has approved moving our electronic form solution from zipForm to Instanet. Instanet's Transaction Desk form solution provides not only form access, but also document storage, transaction management, and digital signatures!

The new solution is expected to be available to members in November and will feature direct integration within Paragon (auto-populate from listings), as well as Single Sign On. (When logged in to the MLS, members won't need to log in to Instanet with a separate username and password!)

See the one-page FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) document for Brokers online here.

See a brief (two-minute) product demo online here:

https://vimeo.com/user18881949/review/135982857/90d76ba373

All members are encouraged to attend our Quarterly Membership Meeting and Education Excellence event (see details below) where an expanded demo will be presented.

Look for further communications in future editions of the Weekly Notices!

Quarterly Meeting/Education Excellence

Mark your calendar now and plan to attend your SAR third quarter membership meeting and Education Excellence (three clock hours).

Thursday, August 27th at Center Place in Spokane Valley (pictured above).

8:30 a.m.

Education Excellence: R.I.P. HUD-1 with instructor Angie DeArth. See class/event flyer (pictured above), online here.

11:30 a.m.

Luncheon and Quarterly Membership Meeting

SPECIAL FEATURE: see a demonstration of our coming forms software - Instanet Transaction Desk!

We will be selecting three REALTORŽ members who would like to serve on the SAR's Nominating Committee for our 2016 leadership elections.

We will also be voting on proposed association bylaw revisions.

Your leadership has just approved moving our electronic forms solution from ZipForm to

Instanet Transaction Desk. You will not only have electronic forms but much more, including a digital signature platform.

All this - class, lunch, and meeting with software demo - is only $25! Register online for class with lunch now:

Yes, you may attend just the luncheon. The cost for that alone is $20. Contact Debbie at the SAR to reserve your seat: 326-9222 or by email here.

Statewide Forms Revisions Video Series

The Statewide Forms and the NWMLS Forms changed last month.

To help you get acquainted with the new forms, your Washington REALTORŽ Legal Hotline Attorney Annie Fitzsimmons presents a series of videos to explain the impact of the changes on your business.

In her fifth video, Annie discusses the changes in forms 22D, 65 and 68.

See the eight-minute video online here:

Statewide Forms Revisions - Video #5

NOTE: Washington REALTORSŽ offers seven videos in this series. We are up to video #5 this week in the Weekly Notices.

If you would like to watch the remaining videos now, or see the earlier videos in this series, please visit the WR YouTube page directly, online here.

CRS Courses in Tri Cities

The Tri Cities Association of REALTORSŽ invites SAR members to participate with its members in two CRS classes on Monday, August 31.

"It's a Price War to the Door" and "Negotiations: The Games People Play," with Jackie Leavenworth.

See class details and registration information in the event flyer (pictured above), online here.

Lunch & Learn: TRID-TILA-RESPA

OK, so we have a little more time (October 3rd) now, but the TRID - TILA RESPA Integrated Disclosures - are still on the track and they're coming our way!

Join us Tuesday, September 8th, at your SAR for a Lunch & Learn that will share what every REALTORŽ needs to know about TRID.

See the event flyer, pictured above, online here.

Lunch & Learn: Renovation Loans

Come and find out why renovation loans are so important on homes needing a little TLC.

Join us Monday, September 21st, to learn about this product that allows your clients to finance both the purchase price and any required repairs/upgrades on a property so they can move in with financing in place for their chosen improvements.

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.

Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate

Thursday, September 3 - Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

Registration: 1:15 p.m.
Class: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

3.0 clock hours

Code of Ethics: Standards for Success

Tuesday, September 15 - Code of Ethics: Standards for Success - with Linda Miller Sheets.

You are required by NAR to complete a Code of Ethics
class once in every four-year cycle. The current cycle began January 1, 2013, and will end December 31, 2016.

Registration: 8:!5 a.m.

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

at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

Mortgage Awareness for REALTORSŽ

Thursday, September 17 - Mortgage Awareness for REALTORSŽ - with Cristi Zacherle.

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

3.0 clock hours

Statewide Purchase & Sale Agreement

Tuesday, October 13 - Statewide Purchase & 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

Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals

Wednesday, October 14 - The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with Linda Miller Sheets.

A Code of Ethics course is required as a condition of retaining REALTORŽ membership with NAR & must be repeated every four years. January 1, 2013 thru Dec. 31, 2016 is the current cycle. Don't delay, sign up today!

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

4.0 clock hours

In This Issue

New Forms Software Coming Soon!

Quarterly Meeting/Education Excellence

Statewide Forms Revisions Video

CRS Courses in Tri Cities

Lunch & Learn: TRID-RESPA-TILA

Lunch & Learn: Renovation Loans

2015 REALTOR® Education

SAR CALENDAR

Condolences

Pack the Pantry - Volunteer Now!

Member 2 Member

NAR Broker Summits

2015 WR Fall Business Conference

ListHub Report for July - NEW!

Market Activity Report - July

You Be The Judge - July/August

Member Roster Update - NEW!

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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.

Condolences

The SAR extends its condolences to member Suzette McGoldrick, Key Properties.

Suzette's son, James Patrick McGoldrick, suddenly passed away this month.

We keep Suzette in our thoughts.

Pack the Pantry - Volunteer Now!

Our 2015 SAR Pack the Pantry Food Drive is just around the corner!

Mark your calendar now for Thursday and Friday, September 10th and 11th, to participate in this valuable and heartwarming community event.

Our partner again, this year, will be Albertsons. Collection events will be held at all eight local stores.

Contact the store captain of the location nearest you to sign up for a two hour volunteer shift. The shift is easy - all you need to do is collect donations of food and/or money that are brought to the event table, and represent your SAR!

See the list of stores and store captains (pictured above), online here.

We're trying something new this year - Crowdrise!

With Crowdrise, anyone can donate through the SAR Food Drive directly to 2nd Harvest.

What's especially exciting, your office can set up its own account on the SAR Crowdrise page so that donations through your office can be tracked as they come in and sub-totaled when the event ends.

To set up your office on the SAR Pack the Pantry Crowdrise page, see the instruction flyer (pictured above), online here.

Member 2 Member

Inland Professional Title invites all SAR members to its fourth annual Tailgate Party, Wednesday, September 9th.

The event will be held at Inland Professional Title main office, 501 S. Bernard 1st Floor.

See the event flyer, pictured above, online here.

The SAR is pleased to welcome new affiliate member, Stearns Home Loans.

The new office introduces Mary Payne, Chris Hendrickson and Sarah Craner to the Spokane real estate community. See the announcement flyer (pictured above), online here.

Member 2 Member is a member benefit of the SAR. It is intended to announce a new product, service, location or affiliate event. If you are a member who wishes to share a message with your fellow members, please email it to Debbie at the SAR:

debbie@spokanerealtor.com

NAR Broker Summit

NEXT WEEK!

NAR Broker Summit

August 17 & 18th in Seattle.

NAR Broker - TECH EDGE - Summit

August 18 & 19th in Seattle.

2015 WR Fall Business Conference

The Washington REALTORSŽ 2015 Fall Business Conference will be in Wenatchee, Washington, this year, at the Wenatchee Conference Center, September 16-18, 2015.

Visit the event website, with the latest conference information and online registration, online here.

ListHub Report for July

NEW!

See the July ListHub report, online here.

Market Activity Report - July

The SAR Market Activity Report for July is now online.

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

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

See the 2015 year-to-date summary report (pictured above) online here.

You Be The Judge - July/August

Here is You Be The Judge for July/August:

Case #1-25: Disclosure of Latent Defects.

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 to Cathy Elmore, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson North, our June Starbucks card winner!

JUNE ANSWER

The Hearing Panel concluded that REALTORŽ B had adequately respected the agency of REALTORŽ A as interpreted by Standard of Practice 16-4. The panel's decision indicated that a listing broker should recognize that his refusal to disclose the type and expiration date of a listing to an inquiring broker frees the inquiring broker to contact the seller directly. If the contact with the seller is made under the provisions of Standard of Practice 16-4, the REALTORŽ is also able to discuss the terms of a future listing on the property or may enter into a listing to become effective upon the expiration of the current listing. The panel found REALTORŽ B not in violation of Article 16.

From case #16-7: REALTORŽ's Refusal to Disclose Nature and Current Status of Listing to Another REALTORŽ.

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

Member Roster Update

NEW!

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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