Weekly Notices

Friday, January 8, 2016

2016 SAR Leadership Installed

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Your 2016 Spokane Association of REALTORSŽ Leadership was installed this week (January 7th), during the association's first quarterly membership meeting of the year at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park (photo above).

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Jennifer Lind, John L. Scott (above, right), installs 2016 SAR President Susie Luby (above, left).

Listen to President Luby's inaugural address online here:

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Jennifer Lind, John L. Scott (above, far right), installs the new members of the leadership team.

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Your 2016 SAR Leadership Team members (above, not all pictured): President, Susie Luby, John L. Scott; 2016 SAR President-elect, Jennifer Valerien, RE/MAX Inland Empire; 2016 SAR Immediate-past-president, Jack Kestell, Kestell Company; Secretary, Tom LaLone, John L. Scott Spokane; Treasurer, Doug Hagood, Hagood Real Estate and Mortgage; Director, Eric Etzel, Choice Realty; Director, Steve Hagen, Keller Williams Spokane - Main; Director, Wendy Kennedy, Windermere North; Director, Linda Knaggs, RE/MAX Inland Empire; Director, Gina Mosey, John L. Scott Spokane; Director, Patti Boyd, Century 21 Beutler & Associates Spokane; Director, Jodie Carpine, OurHouse; Director, Mike Crowley, Spokane Home Buyers; Director, Bill Richard, Keller Williams Spokane - Branch; Director, Ken Sax, Kaller Williams Spokane - Main; Director, Patti Boyd, Century 21 Beutler & Associates; Director, Mike Crowley, Spokane Home Buyers.

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Gina Mosey (above, right) installs 2016 Women's Council of REALTORSŽ leadership (above): President, Dianne Cromwell, Keller Williams Spokane; President-Elect, Azley Thorpe, Exit Real Estate Professionals; Secretary, Judy Flemmer, Exit Real Estate Professionals; Treasurer, Linda Freeman, HomeSmart Advisors.

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Keith Riddle (above, right) installs 2016 Young Professionals Network President Taylor Ward, Synergy Properties (above, left).

Congratulations and all good wishes for a successful year to our 2016 SAR leadership team!

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Also at the meeting, your generosity at the 2015 SAR Christmas Party was manifest in a donation to Spokane Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP). Immediate-past-president Jack Kestell (above, second from left) presented a check for $4,081.94 to SNAP Director Loretta Cael (above, left). Event chairs Deidre Arnold (above, second from right) and Kristi Hamby (above, far right), lead the applause for the presentation.

TransactionDesk Advanced Class

The SAR will have NWMLS trainer, Debra Wuts, at the Association in January to offer two TransactionDesk Advanced classes.

This course focuses on strategies for staying organized, how to use the advanced menu features such as the markup tools and the PDF slicer feature for secondary signings and counteroffers, how to create and use templates and checklists, and how to use the advanced features in Authentisign.

Completion of TransactionDesk basic is highly recommended before this class.

You can see the schedule and register here or click on the SAR Education link on your MLS Dashboard.

Annual Tech Checkup

Washington REALTORŽ Sam DeBord has a good article in the January issue of RE magazine, "Sam's Top 5 for your Annual Tech Checkup." In it, Sam provides some great tips to help you wrangle-in the technology you use every day, to make things more consistent and professional.

Washington REALTORSŽ liked Sam's article so much, it created a video version of it.

You can see the three minute video online here:

Annual Tech Checkup

2016 Education Requirements

Both NAR and SAR require you to take certain classes in four year cycles.

The current four year cycle ends December 31, 2016.

You you must take an ethics class (NAR) and a Purchase & Sale Agreement class (SAR) before the end of next year.

If you have taken both of these once since January 1, 2013, you're done for this cycle!

Additionally, the Washington State Department of Licensing requires you to take the Core Curriculum class once during every two-year renewal cycle.

See a handy guide to WA-DOL, NAR and SAR education requirements (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 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

NEXT WEEK - CLASS FULL!

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

NEXT WEEK!

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

2016 SAR Leadership Installed

TransactionDesk Advanced Class

Annual Tech Checkup

2016 Education Requirements

2015 REALTOR® Education

SAR CALENDAR

Code of Ethics - Are you current?

TRID Slows Sales

SpokaneOpen Advertising

Tech that'll Change how you Work

Washington 211

ListHub Report - November

Market Activity Report - November

You Be The Judge - December

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.

Code of Ethics - Are you current?

If you have not taken a Code of Ethics class since

January 1, 2013, then you need to take a Code of Ethics class before the end of the year!

Check the SAR's class schedule and register for a class via the Member Portal:

Starting January 1, 2017, you must complete a Code of Ethics class once every two years. This two year cycle will begin January 1, 2017, and end December 31, 2018.

Help us spread the word. Announce this in your sales meetings.

Email Debbie at the SAR, or call her at 326-9222, with questions.

TRID Slows Sales

NAR reports sales of existing homes, nationally, dipped significantly (>10%) in November - the slowest in 19 months - due mostly to the new TRID regulations.

The "know before you owe" rule requires lenders to provide borrowers with a new combined Closing Disclosure that lists all the charges, fees, and line items three days prior to closing.

To help ease the slowdown, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a letter, dated December 29th, that said small paperwork errors and typos in key sections of the new disclosure rules would not likely lead to lender lawsuits or regulatory punishments from federal agencies that buy the loans.

Read more in REALTOR magazine, online here.

SpokaneOpen Advertising

SAR Affiliate Members: SpokaneOpen.com - the official open house website of the Spokane Association of REALTORSŽ - now offers an exciting, first-ever, consumer-facing advertising opportunity (see sample above).

Every open house scheduled through the Spokane MLS appears on this site. Now your message can too!

See the official announcement letter (pictured above) with details on this new advertising opportunity - open exclusively to SAR affiliate members - online here.

Visit the SpokaneOpen.com website now and imagine your message here.

Tech that'll Change how you Work

CES 2016 - the world's largest consumer electronics trade show - was held this week in Las Vegas.

The annual event offers a look at the future that is already here.

Imagine a new way to transport your out-of-town buyers to the living room of a home for sale without them ever having to leave their desk. Or how about ways to show the expanse of a property from above rooftops? Maybe you dare to dream of a easier way to move smoothly from property to property as you work with your clients.

Technology has the potential to shake up the real estate business and overhaul how you conduct showings in the future.

REALTORŽ magazine shares four big tech trends coming out of CES2016 and how they could affect you, online here.

Washington 211

You know to dial 911 in an emergency.

Do you know what to dial if you need help, but it's not quite an emergency?

That number is 2-1-1. Your clients may appreciate you sharing this with them.

Washington 211 is a centralized, regional number for non-emergency community assistance, providing callers with information about food, clothing, shelter and other social services - if not for you, then perhaps for someone you know.

It's open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visit the Washington 211 website for more information, online here.

Washington Information Network 211 got a workout during the recent windstorm.

The Spokane 211 center fielded calls about power outages, information on warming shelters, where to find firewood and fuel for generators, and requests for welfare checks on vulnerable adults.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at Spokane 2-1-1 from an article this week in The Spokesman-Review, online here.

ListHub Report for November

See the November ListHub report, online here.

Market Activity Report - November

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

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.