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 SAR has negotiated a discount to Sprint on behalf of its Members.
The Sprint Phone Program will require the following: 1. All requests will be emailed to david.mccoy@sprint.com (preferred) or faxed to (916) 568-4477 2. All new to Sprint REALTOR® accounts will receive an 8% minimum discount. (qualification as a business is [...]  SAR makes real estate education affordable with our Broker Tuition Card. Designed to assist our Broker Members in providing quality training to their agents, this tuition card costs $200 and entitles holders to 12 months of classes (a $1500 value)*. There are a few ways to use this card. An SAR Broker can purchase [...] This past Friday night, SAR let its hair down and partied into the night with the Indus Valley American Chamber of Commerce. A joint-chamber affair, this dinner/dance attracted nearly 250 local business owners and professionals from all over the region. Front and center at the event was SAR Leadership, including SAR President Barbara Harsch [...] The Board of Directors is pleased to present the following Officers/Directors Slate approved at their May 27, 2010 meeting: 2011 Officers – One Position per Office for 2011 President Doug Covill President-Elect Kathy Fox Patrick Lieuw Secretary-Treasurer Ed Anderson Chris Little Six (6) Director Positions for [...] SAR had a great turnout for Rebuilding Together at the Spring Work Day, April 24 Rebuilding Together Sacramento (www.rebuildingtogethersacramento.org) is a not-for-profit organization that helps homeowners, particularly low-income seniors, live independently in comfort and safety in their own homes. They accomplish their mission through home repairs and modifications [...] Ensuring that your company provides equal service standards and encouraging salespeople to keep careful records demonstrating that those standards were implemented equally to all prospects provides a strong defense against charges of fair housing violations. Develop a standardized list of questions salespeople can use to qualify all prospective sellers; develop [...] Written by Kenneth R. Harney HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan made it official last week: Applicants for FHA insured mortgages in the coming months are going to be hit with higher costs and tougher credit standards. In congressional testimony, Donovan said some of the changes are likely to include the following: Number one: Higher downpayments. The current minimum is 3.5 percent. Donovan didn’t say how much higher the agency might push it, but congressional critics want to see at least a five percent minimum. Number two: Look for FHA’s generous “seller concessions” to be cut in half — from the current six percent to three percent of the loan amount — and maybe even lower. Continue reading: Washington Report: Higher Costs, Tougher Standard Will 2010 be a year of recovery or double-dip recession? What’s on the horizon that may change the way you do business next year? Here are the developments and personalities we’ll be watching.
1. FHA Under New Command A bad economy has not slammed the door on the Sacramento Association of Realtors’ dedication to philanthropy, even as many individual members’ incomes drop. The association expects to give $58,000 this year to charitable organizations, which doesn’t include volunteer hours or the $44,500 for college scholarships or the $65,000 to the Salvation Army. SAR ranked No. 14 this year on the Business Journal’s list of largest corporate givers, ranked by 2008 cash contributions to local charities. The association gave $90,322 in cash and $15,291 in in-kind contributions. SAR gives almost 3 percent of its gross revenue to charitable groups. Some of the recipients of the association’s giving include Rebuilding Together, WIND Youth Services and The Salvation Army Del Oro Division. Continue reading: Realtors Donate Money, Time to Help Rebuild the Community October 4th – October 10th is National Fire Prevention Week. Please take this reminder to prepare your home and family for a fire or other natural disasters. In the last couple of months, thousands of firefighters have converged on a series of fire storms that have devastated California. In the “mega fires” of 2003, over 2,600 homes were destroyed and 750,000 acres of valuable property went up in smoke. Losses will continue to grow as more people move into semi-rural areas. Stopping these fires is not just about saving lives and property today but for tomorrow as well. Fire storms and other natural disasters can devastate communities and lives, burning hundreds of homes at a time. They are very difficult to stop once started; and they are very costly to homeowners, local communities and state/federal agencies. Although we would like to believe “a disaster will never happen to me,” it could! And people continue to report, “I wasn’t prepared.” According to Joe Kerr, President Orange County Firefighters, “The time to protect your home and valuables is before a fire starts, once the fire has started – it’s time to evacuate and save your life. In the event of a fire, our jobs are to protect/preserve life then property.” Continue reading: National Fire Prevention Week – Are You Prepared? |
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
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