Presidential Message

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, As many of you know, last year SAR’s long-time Chief Executive Officer Dave Tanner announced his retirement, set for this summer. After conducting a nationwide executive search with the assistance of consultant Leonard Pfeiffer & Co, I am so excited to share with you that SAR has hired a new […]

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, Forms, forms, forms! You may have noticed logging into your ZipForm account that as of this week C.A.R. has released several new and updated forms. Probably one of the most notable new forms is the Fair Appraisal Act Addendum, aka form FAAA. Form FAAA was born from Assembly Bill 948

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: while mortgage interest rates have been on a steady, upward trajectory all of this first half of 2022, you have probably noticed that there was a rather abrupt increase in interest rates late last week to early this week. To support our

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, This past Saturday, the Sacramento Association of REALTORS® partnered with the Sacramento chapter of the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) to renovate a Rancho Cordova home with the organization Rebuilding Together. I’ll talk about the project in a minute, but first I want to address how wonderful it

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, I love podcasts and listen to them frequently while I am driving, working-out, or folding laundry — and if you have not yet discovered SAR’s podcast you are really missing out. SAR’s podcast “HouseKeys” debuted last year, and is currently hosted by SAR 2022 Affiliate Chair, Cam Villa, and SAR’s

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, I imagine many of you by now have subscribed to SAR’s text message alerts, as our Weekly Docket email for the last several weeks has included a blurb encouraging our members to register for them. Did you know you may also opt into receiving text alerts from C.A.R. and NAR?

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, By now all registered voters should have received a vote-by-mail ballot to participate in the June 7th California Primary Election. If you haven’t received your ballot please contact your County Elections office, Sacramento County or Yolo County. As REALTORS®, we are all part of the REALTOR® Party. A powerful alliance

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, For those of you who were unable to attend our Main Membership meeting on Tuesday, May 3rd, you are in luck because SAR recorded the presentation and it is available for you to view online here. We had an absolutely phenomenal speaker, Shanta Patton-Golar who is a REALTOR and Realtist

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, No one has ever become poor by giving,” is a quote by Anne Frank that often comes to mind when I think about all of our amazing volunteers who give their time and resources to better our profession and to better our greater Sacramento community. I think many of our

Dear SAR REALTOR®and Affiliate Members, Please do not miss your opportunity to attend C.A.R. Legislative Day! Registration is open NOW but closes soon – please be sure to register by Monday, April 18th, 2022 at 4:30pm. Legislative Day is taking place at the Sacramento Convention Center on Wednesday, April 27th from 9am-11am. You will not