Presidential Message

Dear SAR REALTOR® and Affiliate Members, Often when I mention SAR’s Regional Meetings, my colleagues have no idea what I’m even talking about. It seems that our weekly regional meetings are one of the best kept secrets of the association. I love the Regional Meetings because they allow SAR to engage at a micro-level. We […]

Dear Members, March 31, 2022 is the deadline for students to submit applications for an SAR Scholarship, but did you know the SAR Scholarship Trustees, Scholarship Fundraising Committee, and SAR staff work tirelessly on the Scholarship program year-round? Fun fact: our SAR Scholarship program provides more than double the scholarship funds to local students than

Dear Members, Have you hugged your Affiliate today? As of February 2022, SAR had 205 individual Affiliate members spanning numerous related professions — loan officers, title and escrow, home warranty, insurance, home inspectors, contractors, appraisers, photographers, stagers, pest control…the list goes on and on. Affiliate members pay dues to SAR, and add immeasurable value to

Dear Members, If not you, then who? I had the opportunity to attend an event last week where three of our region’s female city mayors spoke: Bobbie Singh-Allen of Elk Grove, Porsche Middleton of Citrus Heights, and Martha Guerrero of West Sacramento. When asked about why they chose to step into these roles, they spoke

Dear Members, By now you all should have noticed that Metrolist’s new MLS Rule 7.13 has gone into effect. I have received a few calls asking why it is necessary for the “offer of compensation” to be a public field. First — I want to make sure everyone reading this understands that SAR and Metrolist

Dear Members, After nearly a decade as SAR CEO, Dave Tanner is retiring this summer. Our association is grateful to Dave for his service and we have big shoes to fill. The SAR Board of Directors recently formed a CEO Search Committee, chaired by our Immediate Past President Kellie Swayne, and Vice Chaired by SAR

Dear Members, Have you ever considered running to serve on the SAR Board of Directors? Applications to run for a 2-year term in 2023-2024 are now available. And coming up on Tuesday, March 1st at 1pm we are hosting our first ever Interested Candidates Informational Session via zoom. Whether or not you intend to run

Dear Members, Have you ever wondered what our association does? Like really? SAR does a lot more than sell lockboxes and REALTOR-branded swag. SAR constantly works behind the scenes on your behalf to help you thrive in your businesses. Want to unlock the mystery and have a little fun too? I’d strongly encourage you to

Dear members, Did you know that our local, state, and national associations advocate on our behalf every day? Did you know that in any given state of California legislative session there are literally hundreds of bills that have an effect in one way or another on housing, land use, private property rights, real property transfer,

Dear Members, A few weeks ago when SAR staff and leadership made the difficult decision to revert back to conducting association meetings virtually, I received lots of communication from our members both to thank us for taking that step, and to express frustration. For those who thanked us, that gratitude came from a place of