Presidential Message

Have You Hugged Your Affiliate Today?

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

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If Not You, Then Who?

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

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MetroList® MLS Rule 7.13

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

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The End of an Era

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

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Dedicated to Advocacy on Your Behalf

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,

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Staying Connected and Staying Safe

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

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