Weekly Notices

Friday, July 1, 2016

Education Excellence / Quarterly Meeting

Mark your calendar and plan to attend our next Education Excellence and Quarterly Membership Meeting on Thursday, August 11th.

This time, we'll be meeting in the Commons on the Mukogawa Fort Wright campus near Spokane Falls Community College.

The education piece will be a Purchase & Sale Agreement class, which is required for residential brokers to take once in every four-year cycle.

If you have not taken this class since January 1, 2013, you need to take it this year!

See the class flyer (pictured above), online here.

Housing Market Humming

The Spokane-area housing market is the strongest it's been in years, with homes fetching higher prices amid an inventory crunch.

Still, prices in the region remain relatively affordable - especially compared with the torrid market in the Seattle area - and interest rates are low.

Read the rest of the article in Sunday's edition of The Spokesman-Review - with quotes from 2016 SAR President Susie Luby and SAR Executive Vice President Rob Higgins - online here.

Home Prices Soaring

The Seattle Times

It's not just Seattle that's seeing eye-popping housing costs: Across Washington, home prices are rising faster than in any state in the country - the first time that's happened in a quarter-century.

Soaring costs from Bellingham to Spokane have propelled the state to a record for home prices, surpassing its pre-recession peak for the first time. Just in the last few years, Washington has zoomed up the list of priciest states in the nation and now sits in the top five overall.

Read the rest of the article in The Seattle Times online here.

SAR on the Radio

KSPO/KTW photo

2016 Spokane Association of REALTORSŽ President Susie Luby (in center in photo) and association Executive Vice President Rob Higgins (at left in photo) talk local real estate with Producer/Host Tom McArthur (at right in photo) for KSPO-FM & KTW-AM/FM this past weekend, as reported in the previous edition of the Weekly Notices.

The program aired several times on all three radio stations this past Saturday and Sunday. It was a fun and informative discussion on local real estate!

Listen to the half-hour program online here:

REALTORSŽ on the Radio

PSA Addenda

Did you ever wish there was a class to go over all the possible addenda to the Purchase and Sale Agreement?

If so, your wish will come true Thursday, August 18th!

Your SAR proudly presents an all-new, four clock-hour class on Purchase and Sale Agreement addenda, focusing on all the additional forms that can be added to the PSA document - the foundation of the transaction between buyers and sellers of real estate.

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

Watch a personal welcome to this class from instructor Sabrina Jones-Schroeder, online here:

PSA Addenda

REALTOR Ž Safety - Empower Yourself

It's here - by popular demand and professional need - a new clock-hour class for REALTORŽ safety!

Thursday, September 22nd, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
at your SAR

Real estate professionals are in dangerous positions every day, young, old, man or woman. You must equip yourself with basic safety concepts and habits.

Curriculum created and presented by Beale Luebben and Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

You'll be glad you've taken this invaluable training opportunity!

See the class flyer (pictured above), online here.

Watch a personal welcome to the class from instructors Beale Luebben and Sabrina Jones-Schroeder, online here:

REALTORŽ Safety - Empower Yourself

Lunch & Learn: Mistakes & Blunders

Learn from all the common mistakes and blunders other people make on the Purchase and Sale Agreement at the July Lunch and Learn at your SAR:

Monday, July 18th.

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

2016 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.

Purchase & Sale Agreement

Tuesday, July 12 - 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

Code of Ethics - Standards for Success

Thursday, July 14 - 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

Core Curriculum

Friday, July 15 - Core Curriculum - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

Registration: 1:00 p.m.
Class: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the SAR

3.0 clock hours

Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals

Tuesday, July 19 - 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, August 4 - 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

Thursday, August 11 - Education Excellence (Purchase & Sale Agreement / Quarterly Membership Meeting - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

All residential brokers must take this class once every four years. If you have not taken this class since January 1, 2013, you need to take this class!

Registration: 8:15 a.m.

Class: 8:30 a.m. to noon
Luncheon: noon to 1:00 p.m.
Class: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

7.5 clock hours

Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals

Tuesday, August 16 - Code of Ethics for Real Estate Professionals - with Linda Miller Sheets.

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

4.0 clock hours

PSA Addenda

Thursday, August 18 - What else do we need? Purchase and Sale agreement addenda - with Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

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

4.0 clock hours

REALTORŽ Safety - Empower Yourself

Thursday, September 22 - REALTORŽ Safety - Empower Yourself - with Beale Luebben and Sabrina Jones-Schroeder.

ALL NEW CLASS - by popular demand and professional necessity!

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

3.0 clock hours

SAR CALENDAR

Click on the image below to see the current SAR calendar

showing dates and times of classes, committees and events.

SAR Closed Monday

Your SAR will be closed Monday, July 4th, to keep the Independence Day holiday.

VisitSpokane offers a 4th of July Fireworks Guide to find out the many ways you can watch the sky light up in red, white and blue on the 4th of July throughout the Spokane region.

See that guide online here.

Legislative Reception

Our friends at the Spokane Home Builders Association (SHBA) invite all SAR members to attend its 2016 Legislative Reception on Thursday, July 14th.

Registration deadline: Tuesday, July 5th

Join colleagues and friends for a relaxing evening to show appreciation for our hardworking community leaders and public officials! Enjoy appetizers, drinks, live music, and plenty of friendly conversation.

Download the event postcard with more details (pictured above), online here.

zipForm Annual Renewals

TransactionDesk is an integrated transaction management solution provided by the Spokane Association of REALTORSŽ.

Please take advantage of training classes being offered at the SAR office.

The next TransactionDesk Basics class will be offered on Monday, July 11th, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the SAR. To register, just click on the MLS Training button on the home page of Paragon.

You can also click here for TransactionDesk Resources or the TransactionDesk Resources button on Paragon for additional help.

Also, if you have chosen to continue using zipForm, you may need to complete your annual renewal.

There should be no charge to renew your zipForm account, so if you are prompted to renew when you log in to zipForm, you can select renew now and confirm your email address and phone number.

If you need help with your renewal, please contact zipForm at 800-383-9805 or online here.

SpokaneOpen.com Summer Weekend

Your Communication/Member Services Committee has approved a modest Facebook marketing push to promote your listings on SpokaneOpen.com next month - July 9th and 10th.

The SpokaneOpen.com Summer Weekend will be a mini version of our annual Spokane REALTORSŽ Open House Weekend, though there will be no prizes this time.

Please consider listing a property or two for an open house that weekend, to be supported by this social media effort.

Watch the SAR Facebook page for the ad (pictured above), and like/share it with your clients and friends.

We'll be curious to hear how this push supports your business.

Keep Material Correspondence

Your Washington REALTORSŽ in-house counsel, Annie Fitzsimmons, is back with another video in her DOL (Department of Licensing) series.

This time, Annie shares the importance of keeping copies of all of your relevant correspondence in your Transaction File, and what it can mean for you if you aren't prepared.

Watch the six-minute video online here:

Keep Material Correspondence

Parking Meter App

Need to pay a parking meter in Spokane but don't have any quarters? There's an app for that!

The City is currently rolling out a pay by phone option for all of its 3,500 parking meters, whether modern or traditional, which is available for many of the meters now and should be completed over the next several months.

Enjoy these great features with the Pay by cell app:

Pay the meter from your phone
Extend your parking session remotely
Get alerts when your time is about to expire
You don't have to carry coins to park
You don't have to stand out in bad weather trying to pay the meter
Get electronic receipts
And ultimately, get to where you're going FASTER!

Download the Pay by cell app today:

FREE RPR Workshop

RPR is coming to town and offering a free workshop covering exciting technology that is available free for all REALTORSŽ!

Did we mention it's free?

The event will be Monday, August 1st, from 2-4 p.m. at the SAR, hosted by a live and in person RPR representative who knows her stuff and welcomes your questions.

More information is available in the event flyer (pictured above), online here.

If you'd like to know how to get started with RPR but can't attend this workshop, see a live online presentation on Thursday, July 7th at 11 a.m.; Wednesday, August 3rd at 9 a.m.; or Thursday, September 8th, at 10 a.m.

If, for some reason, you register for one of these live online presentations and have to miss it, a copy of the recording will be mailed to you at no charge.

WR Business Symposium

Washington REALTORSŽ invites you to its 2016 Business Symposium, September 29th at Sea-Tac Convention Center.

What you'll take away from the Business Symposium . . .

ˇ         7.5 Clock Hours

ˇ         Create a prospecting program that is effective and adds to your business profitability

ˇ         Understand real estate advertising do's and don'ts

ˇ         Recognize the legal requirements regarding property advertisement

ˇ         Calculate the cost of advertisement and evaluate promotion effectiveness

More details on the Business Symposium and online registration are available here.

2016 SAR Golf Tournament

REGISTRATION OPEN!

The 2016 SAR Golf Tournament will be Thursday, July 21st, at Downriver Golf Course.

Participation is limited to 144 golfing entrants only so register today!