Weekly Notices

Friday, September 4, 2015

The SAR will be closed Monday, September 7th, to keep the Labor Day holiday.

Director Nominations 2016-2017

Your SAR is seeking a few good men and women - five, to be exact - to serve as directors for the association.

There are five, two-year terms available on the board. Nominees for directorships must be REALTORŽ members who have served on a minimum of two (2) standing committees within the past seven (7) years or on one (1) standing committee within the past three (3) years. If a candidate has served on only one (1) standing committee within the past three (3) years that candidate must also attend two (2) Board of Directors meetings within the twelve (12) months prior to running for Director. Beginning in 2015, candidate committee attendance must be at a minimum of 80%, inclusive of excused absences, in order for service on said committee to be used to meet eligibility requirements.

To place your name in nomination with the Nominating Committee, please complete the application (pictured above), online here.

You may FAX your completed form to the SAR at 324-8650 or mail to: SAR, 1924 North Ash Street, Spokane, WA 99205 by Friday, September 25th.

If you have questions, please contact Sharon Houston at 326-9222 or Jack Kestell at 838-2002.

Thank you for participating in the leadership of your association!

Safety Webinar Summit

NEXT WEEK!

September is REALTORŽ Safety Month.

NAR will be offering an all-day Safety Webinar Summit on Wednesday, September 9th.

The online event will feature four REALTORŽ safety content packages:

Don't Get in the Pen With the Bull - and Other Safety Tips for Rural Land Professionals (9 a.m. local time)

REALTORŽ Safety: Everyday Actions That May Compromise Safety (10 a.m. local time)

Discover REALTORŽ Safety Through Technology and Change Management (11 a.m. local time)

Online Thievery: What to Do If You Experience a Data Breach (12 p.m. local time)

Join one, several or all - registration is free and unlimited. Register now to reserve your place and learn valuable tips to keep you safe in your job.

See the full list of the day's safety webinars and registration information for each/all, online here.

Statewide Forms Revisions

Washington REALTORSŽ Legal Hotline lawyer Annie Fitzsimmons is back with another video to explain our recent statewide forms revisions.

This time, Annie discusses changes to forms 1A and 1B (the elimination of the blank space for the List Price) and how they are affected by Agency Law.

Watch the eight-minute video online here:

Statewide Forms Revisions - Forms 1A and 1B

The Voice for Real Estate

NAR Director of Broadcasting Stephen Gasque returns this week with a new edition of his bi-weekly video update, The Voice for Real Estate.

Featured segments:

Rural Housing Service Direct Loan Program has funds available through Sept. 30
Community lenders return to commercial lending for small deals
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offers online guide to coming closing process changes

See the five-minute video online here:

The Voice for Real Estate #29

TRID Client Handout

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released a useful handout to share with your clients, "Will the new mortgage disclosures delay my closing?"

The answer is no for just about everybody. This handout may help you generate some peace of mind in your buying clients who will be closing during the transition to the new rules on October 3rd.

The handout (pictured above) is available for your download, online here.

Lunch & Learn: TRID-TILA-RESPA

NEXT WEEK!

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 to discuss further how to best integrate these new rules into your real estate business.

We will discuss teamwork, managing expectations, timelines (as they directly relate to your closings), and more!

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.

RPR Mobile Webinar

REALTORSŽ Property Resource (RPR) is offering a webinar to get you started using its new RPR Mobile application:

Jumpstart RPR Mobile on your Tablet
Monday, September 14
12 noon Spokane time

Maximize your on-the-go access to property data, market trends and client-friendly reporting with RPR Mobile for your Apple or Android tablet.

Register for the webinar online here.

The registration page features links to get the application on both our Apple and Android device.

Even if you can't make it, sign up anyway. RPR will send you a recording of the webinar to view at your convenience after the event concludes.

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.

WR Tech Symposium

The Washington REALTORSŽ Tech Symposium is an education event for REALTORSŽ and real estate licensees.

Technology is integrated into almost every facet of real estate today. Learn from the experts what's expected of you from your clients, how to best utilize the tools available, and how to choose what technology is right for you.

September 30, 2015 | 8:30am-5:00pm

Confluence Technology Center
285 Technology Center Way
Wenatchee, WA 98801

REALTORSŽ Conference and Expo

NAR has just released a colorful, information-packed booklet on the upcoming REALTORSŽ Conference and Expo (pictured above), to be held November 13-16 in San Diego.

Take it from an attendee - SAR member Marianne Bornhoft - this career-changing event is the place to be!

"If you're a new agent, you should go. If you're an agent who has been in the business a long time, you should still go," Bornhoft says. "Everything happens at the conference."

See the entire booklet - and Marianne's complete remarks inside the front cover - 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

CLASS FULL!

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

The 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

SAR CALENDAR

Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar

showing dates and times of classes, committees and events.

NEXT WEEK!

SAR Third Quarter Membership Meeting and

Education Excellence coming

Thursday, August 27th

Condolences

The SAR extends its condolences to 2015 SAR President Jack Kestell and his wife Denise Kestell for the loss of both of Denise's parents this summer.

Del Hayes passed away in July and Lorraine Gilbert passed away in August.

Denise and the entire Kestell family are in our prayers.

Free Concerts this Holiday Weekend

Join the Spokane Symphony with two free outdoor concerts this Labor Day Weekend!

This Saturday, September 5th, at 6pm, the Spokane Symphony will perform at Liberty Lake's Pavillion Park, for the 15th Annual Ludlow Kramer Memorial Concert that is the finale of The Friends of Pavillion Park's Summer Festival.

And, on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th, the Spokane Symphony will perform once again at Comstock Park on Spokane's South Hill, celebrating 30 years of Labor Day concerts. The music begins at 6pm. In addition, the concert will be preceded by an Instrument Petting Zoo that gives kids a chance to try out their favorite instrument, while parents can enjoy displays from different arts organizations in the Fall Arts Preview.

Visit the Spokane Symphony website for more information on these two concerts, online here.

Fourth Quarter MLS Fees Due

Fourth quarter MLS fees have been posted to the SAR member portal. They are due by September 30th.

Click on the button above to pay now. (Click on the MY ORDERS tab once in the portal).

If you have signed up for the recurring payment plan, your debit/credit card will be charged on or around September 10th.

Please email Brenda, SAR bookkeeper and membership administrator, if you have a question about your fees or dues by email here or by phone at 326-9222.

Thank you for your prompt payment and for being a valued member of your SAR!

Pack the Pantry - Volunteer Now!

NEXT WEEK!

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.

Call for Action - Thank You!

President Jack would like to thank all those who responded to the NAR Call for Action on Patent Trolls over the past few months.

Spokane currently has a 23.64% response rate (highest among the larger associations in the state) and Washington REALTORSŽ has a 21.98% response rate.

It is not too late to act on the Call for Action. If you haven't done so already, join your peers and make your Call for Action now!

2015 SAR Christmas Party - Save the Date!

December 9th

Download an electronic copy of this postcard (pictured above), online here.

Member 2 Member

NEXT WEEK!

Inland Professional Title LLC invites SAR members to its Tail gate Party on Wednesday, September 9th.

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

Spokane County Title invites SAR members to its Fall Fiesta on Wednesday, September 23rd.

See the event flyer with more details (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

ListHub Report for August

NEW!

See the August ListHub report, now featuring data from Zillow and Trulia, online here.

Market Activity Report - August

NEW!

The SAR Market Activity Report for August is now online.

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

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

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

You Be The Judge - September

NEW!

Here is You Be The Judge for September:

Case #1-10: Obligations Under Exclusive Listing

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 Mary Guderjohn, Exit Real Estate North, our July/August Starbucks card winner!

JULY/AUGUST ANSWER:

The Hearing Panel disagreed with Seller S's contentions. It noted that while REALTORSŽ do, in fact, have an obligation to preserve confidential information gained in the course of any relationship with the client, Standard of Practice 1-9 specifically provides that latent material defects are not considered "confidential information" under the Code of Ethics. Consequently, REALTORŽ A's disclosure did not violate Article 1 of the Code of Ethics.

From Case #1-25: Disclosure of Latent Defects

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

Member Roster Update