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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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Go to Libsyn | Listen on Spotify We had the chance to sit down with SAR Director of the Board Randall Hom and chat about his beginnings in real estate, where he sees the Association going in the near future, and some of the other SAR leaders he admires. Thanks for a great talk, Randall!
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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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Go to Libsyn | Listen on Spotify For this episode we chat with Immediate Past President Kellie Swayne. Kellie leads us down the path that guided her towards real estate and explains how she is a 3rd generation REALTOR. She is also the 3rd Swayne family member to serve as SAR President! Don’t forget Kellie’s
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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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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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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
