Weekly Notices

Friday, November 6, 2015

TransactionDesk Training

JUST APPROVED
CLOCK HOUR TRAINING!

(November 19th classes only at this time)

Thursday, November 19th - before and after lunch and your SAR Quarterly Membership Meeting. Make a good day of everything!

8:30 a.m. - 11:30 - TransactionDesk Basic - 3.0 clock hours

Noon - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch and Quarterly Membership Meeting at which your 2016 SAR Leadership will be announced

1:00 p.m. - 4 p.m. - TransactionDesk Advanced - 3.0 clock hours

This is a bring your own device (laptop or tablet) training.

Click here to register for this special event.

Also . . .

Friday, November 20th, the SAR has a new schedule of instructor led Basic and Advanced classes, plus Super User training to set your office up to be paperless (or closer to it)!

Find these classes and register for them here.

Watch the Weekly Notices, Education Bulletin, and Paragon for more information about TransactionDesk support, manuals, and webinars.

2016 SAR Leadership Vote

VOTING OPEN NOW!

Voting opened this past Monday, November 2nd, for your 2016 SAR leadership. Here is the final slate of candidates:

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Ken Sax, Keller Williams Spokane - Main

Jennifer Valerien, RE/MAX Inland Empire

TREASURER

Chris Bornhoft, Windermere Manito
Doug Hagood, Hagood Real Estate and Mortgage

SECRETARY

Tom LaLone, John L. Scott Spokane, Inc.

DIRECTORS

Michael Baker,

Century 21 Beutler & Associates Spokane

Bart Cloninger, Windermere Manito

Eric Etzel, Choice Realty

Ken Garceau, Windermere Manito

Steve Hagen, Keller Williams Spokane - Main

Wendy Kennedy, Windermere North

Linda Knaggs, RE/MAX Inland Empire
Karene Garlich-Loman, Keller Williams Spokane

Ron McIntire, Choice Realty

Gina Mosey, John L. Scott Spokane, Inc.

You received an email invitation to vote on Monday, November 2nd. When you click on the link for the ballot, it will take you to the SAR Member Portal. You will need to sign in with your user name and password and then it will take you to the ballot where you can either vote electronically or request a printable ballot on which to vote.

Deadline to fill out ballots will be Wednesday, November 18th, at 4:30 p.m.

Our new leaders will be announced at our Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, November 19th at CenterPlace.

See a printable list of our 2016 candidates (pictured above) online here.

2016 SAR Leadership Voter Guide

Your SAR has prepared a Voter Guide so that you may come to better know the candidates who are standing for your vote.

In it, you will find a photo and short statement from each candidate.

Download your copy (pictured above), online here.

Stop in at the SAR if you wish a hard copy printed for you.

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.

This week's featured segments:

Why g-fees must stay in real estate
How to make condo loans easier to get
Home sales on 5.5-milion pace
85% says owning is good investment

See the five-minute video online here:

Apps & Tools for Real Estate

Washington REALTORS� is always on the lookout for helpful apps, programs and tools.

Check out these resources in the WR weekly video.

See the two-minute video online here:

4 Apps & Tools for Real Estate Brokers

Conference Live

SAR members Marianne Bornhoft and Tom Hormel (both pictured at left) are your roving reporters at the National Association of REALTORS� 2015 Conference & Expo, next month, in San Diego.

Follow them on Conference Live to share their behind-the-scenes look at the largest real estate event of the year!

Conference Live will be active November 13-16, 2015.

Visit Conference Live online here.

Going to the convention? "NAR Annual" is the official event mobile app and the fastest way to navigate the REALTORS� Conference & Expo from your mobile device.

Use it to access sessions, meeting schedules, exhibitor lists and other info during your visit to San Diego.

Learn more online here.

Lunch & Learn: Tax Mistakes

NEXT WEEK!

Learn the single most expensive tax mistake of all.

How to slash your audit risk (Fly under the IRS radar!).

Powerful strategies for property "flippers."

Tax-advantaged retirement savings strategies.

How to make the most of meals, entertainment, and gifts.

The "mileage allowance" mistakes that cost thousands.

Schedule yourself to attend our November Lunch & Learn on Monday, November 9th!

See the event flyer, pictured above, online here.

2015 REALTOR� 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.

Core Curriculum

NEXT WEEK!

Tuesday, November 10 - Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

You must take this class once every two years for your license 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 - Standards for Success

Thursday, December 3 - 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 ends December 31, 2016. If you have not taken an ethics class since January 1, 2013, you need to take this class to stay current!

Registration: 8:15 a.m.

Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

Statewide Purchase and Sale Agreement

Friday, December 4 - Statewide Purchase and 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

In This Issue

TransactionDesk Training

2016 SAR Leadership Vote

2016 SAR Leadership Voter Guide

The Voice for Real Estate

Apps & Tools for Real Estate

Conference Live

Lunch & Learn: Tax Mistakes

2015 REALTOR® Education

SAR CALENDAR

Revised SAR-SA

What You Didn't Learn in Real Estate Class

SAR Christmas Party

ListHub Report - October - NEW!

Market Activity Report - October - NEW!

You Be The Judge - November - NEW!

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.

Revised SAR-SA

The SAR-SA has undergone significant changes.

First and foremost, the insurance provisions are no longer included in this form. Therefore, practitioners should start using the Forms 22VV - Insurance Contingency Addendum - along with the SAR-SA.

Secondly, the prior SAR-SA mold provisions have been significantly reduced, but the form has expanded to include many additional environmental concerns that should be brought to the buyers and sellers attention. Resources for additional information about these environmental concerns, etc. are noted on the form.

Buyers and sellers are no longer required to initial a release of liability, but rather should initial the bottom of each page.

It would be appropriate to execute the SAR-SA with listing documents and load into the associated documents along with the Exhibit A, Seller Disclosure Statement, Lead Based Paint Addendum, Form 22K - Identification of Utilities Addendum, etc.

This revised form is available on ZipForm.

Download the new form (pictured above), online here.

What You Didn't Learn in Real Estate Class

Once you've obtained your real estate license and you're actually in the field, you'll probably have many moments when you say to yourself, "Why didn't I learn that in class before I started?"

You got the basics of the business down in introductory courses, but situations involving clients, contracts, or how to manage your time always arise that require deeper knowledge and skill to solve.

For new agents, you'll want to be better prepared for these situations from the start.

So we asked a few real estate professionals - ranging from those with as little as a year's experience to as much as 30 years - what they wish they learned when getting their license and how they handled the situations when they popped up.

See what they have to say in:

"5 Things You Didn't Learn in Real Estate Class."

SAR Christmas Party

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!

Save the date and plan to join your colleagues for the Spokane Association of REALTORS� Annual Christmas Party!

This year, the event will be held on Wednesday, December 9th, at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park.

Register at:

http://2015sarchristmasparty.eventbrite.com

or the SAR website, or in person at the SAR.

See the event flyer (pictured above), suitable for posting in your office and sharing with your colleagues, online here.

ListHub Report for October

NEW!

See the October ListHub report, online here.

Market Activity Report - October

NEW!

The SAR Market Activity Report for October is now online.

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

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

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

You Be The Judge - November

NEW!

Here is You Be The Judge for November:

Case #2-8: Misrepresentation

Read the case and submit your judgement online here.

Winner to be announced next month.

Congratulations, Beverly Lee, Top Gold Realty, our September/October Starbucks card winner!

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER ANSWER:

The Hearing Panel concluded that REALTOR� B's conduct had violated Article 1 of the Code of Ethics, which requires REALTORS� to protect and promote their clients' interests. The panel also found that since REALTOR� B honestly felt the original listing price of $156,900 was the fair market value at the time he listed it, REALTOR� B had not violated the Code of Ethics by suggesting that the price be lowered. However, since REALTOR� B later concluded the property was overpriced, he should have immediately notified Client A of his conclusion and not waited for Client A to call him six weeks later.

Case #1-10: Obligations Under Exclusive Listing

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

Member Roster Update