Weekly Notices

Friday, December 11, 2015

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Installation of Officers Luncheon at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park, Skyline Ballroom.

More information to follow in next Friday's edition of the Weekly Notices.

Audio Invitation - Become Involved!

Your association runs on the time and effort of many members who step up to serve on a committee.

There are both general and event-specific committees with varying degrees of commitment - something sure to fit in your busy schedule.

2016 SAR President Susie Luby (pictured at left) offers a Become Involved flyer (pictured above), which details the committees available under her administration and provides a vehicle through which you can sign up.

Listen to a one-minute audio podcast from Susie who encourages you to join her in serving our association, online here:

Download the committee sign-up sheet here (pictured above) - and thank you for supporting your association!

TransactionDesk Training and Resources

The SAR has scheduled multiple hands-on training sessions for TransactionDesk.

You can register for these sessions from the MLS Dashboard using the Education link or by clicking here.

We also have a Resources web page which includes how to export documents from zipForm and import them into TransactionDesk.

Those guides and other resources can be found here.

Counter Services Ending

The Washington State Department of Licensing, Real Estate Programs, shares word that it will stop counter services at its Olympia office effective January 1, 2016.

You must now renew your broker or managing broker licenses online here.

or by regular mail here:

Real Estate Licensing
Department of Licensing
PO Box 3917
Seattle, WA 98124-3917

For questions, please call: (360) 664-6500

or email RealEstate@dol.wa.gov

Legal Hotline Mailbag

Washington REALTORSŽ Legal Hotline attorney Annie Fitzsimmons returns this week with another dip into the mailbag to answer your questions.

In Annie's Mailbag series, Annie answers questions submitted from real estate brokers. In the format of this video, Annie offers you a moment to hit pause and discuss the question in your brokerage setting before moving on to listen to the answer.

In today's Mailbag, Annie talks about what happens if a Seller doesn't complete their inspection items (repairs, appliances and such) and also what the Buyer can do with respect to Agency Law.

See the five-minute video online here:

Legal Hotline Mailbag

Call for Action Victory!

VICTORY!

REALTORSŽ saw a Call for Action victory, last week, when Congress approved a $305 billion transportation bill that did not include funding from an extension of mortgage guarantee fees.

2015 SAR President Jack Kestell (pictured at left) thanks all members who responded and reports that Spokane had the highest response rate among large associations in Washington state, about 25%.

More than a fifth of REALTORSŽ across the country, or about 197,000 members, participated in a Call for Action that NAR launched in October to prevent Congress from using g-fees at the expense of future home owners.

Some 600,000 letters in all were sent in what was REALTORSŽ' most forceful response to a Call for Action.

Read more in REALTORŽ magazine, 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 and 2016.

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.

2016

Statewide Purchase and Sale Agreement

Tuesday, January 12 - 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

Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate

Thursday, January 14 - Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

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

3.0 clock hours

The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals

Thursday, January 21 - The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with Linda Miller Sheets.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR

4.0 clock hours

Code of Ethics: Standards for Success

Thursday, January 28 - Code of Ethics: Standards for Success - with Linda Miller Sheets.

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

Tuesday, February 9 - 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

Home Inspections for REALTORSŽ and Appraisers

Thursday, February 11 - Home Inspections for REALTORSŽ and Appraisers - with Matthew Pederson.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals

Friday, February 12 - The Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with Linda Miller Sheets.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the SAR

4.0 clock hours

Code of Ethics: Standards for Success

Tuesday, February 16 - Code of Ethics: Standards for Success - with Linda Miller Sheets.

Registration: 8:15 a.m.
Class: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

7.5 clock hours

In This Issue

Audio Invitation - Become Involved!

TransactionDesk Training and Resources

Counter Services Ending

Legal Hotline Mailbag

Call for Action Victory!

2015 REALTOR® Education

SAR CALENDAR

2016 SAR Dues Due

2016 First Quarter MLS Fees Due

REALTOR® Ring Day - Thank you!

Member 2 Member

REALTOR® Team Store

ListHub Report - October

Market Activity Report - November

You Be The Judge - December

Member Roster Update - NEW!

Suggestion Box

SAR CALENDAR

Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar

showing dates and times of classes, committees and events.

2016 SAR Dues Due

Your 2016 SAR annual dues are due January 1st, 2016.

You should have received an email, sent November 19th, which contained payment instructions. If you did not receive this email, please call the SAR at 326-9222 or continue with the online payment process here.

To pay your 2016 SAR annual dues online, click on the graphic below, which will bring up the login screen for the SAR member portal:

Once online, use the Review and Pay Balance section to make your payment online. Alternately, you may retrieve an invoice while online to pay by mail or you may pay in person at the SAR, 1924 North Ash Street.

Thank you for your continuing membership in your SAR!

2016 First Quarter MLS Fees Due

2016 First Quarter MLS fees have been posted to the SAR member portal. Click on the button above to pay yours now. This is due by December 30th.

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

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

REALTORŽ Ring Day - Thank you!

Thank You to all SAR members and friends who participated in the Salvation Army REALTORŽ Ring Day last week - it was a ringing success!

Photos from SAR Facebook page

Pictured above at the South Hill ShopKo: Suzy Dix (left), Marianne Bornhoft (middle), and Lauren Cockerton (right), Windermere Manito.

REALTORŽ Ring Day, at red kettles across the country, is one of the top fundraising days for the Salvation Army during the Christmas season.

If you missed your opportunity to donate to this cause, you may visit the online red kettle online here.

Member 2 Member

Hurry, less than a month left to get big incentives for Hayden Homes' newest community, Taylor Cottages. Call community manager Anton Nentchev at 655-0994 for details.

See the informational 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

REALTORŽ Team Store

Remember to use your special discount code - SAR - to receive 5% off the cost of your order!

ListHub Report for October

See the October ListHub report, online here.

Market Activity Report - November - NEW!

The SAR Market Activity Report for November is now online.

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

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

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

You Be The Judge - December - NEW!

Here is You Be The Judge for December:

Case #16-16: Buyer Agent's Demand that Listing Agent Reduce Commission.

Read the case and submit your judgement online here.

Winner to be announced next month.

Congratulations, Juli Evans, RE/MAX of Spokane, our November Starbucks card winner!

NOVEMBER ANSWER

The Hearing Panel concluded that REALTORŽ A had engaged in misrepresentation in omitting from the prospectus information which he reasonably should have known to be relevant and significant and that the disclaimer did not, in any respect, avoid his obligation of full disclosure. REALTORŽ A was found in violation of Article 2.