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 Judy Wegener  Tuesday, September 13th, 2011  Former Major League Baseball second baseman Steve Sax inspired SAR Members at the September Main Meeting. Sax’s presentation was a reflection of his book, “SHIFT – Change your Mindset and You Change your World,” in which he states that success is a choice based on your thinking, hard work and perseverance.
Sax grew up in a lower middle class family with his parents and four siblings in West Sacramento. He had never been on a plane until he signed with the LA Dodgers. As a boy, he would watch Dodgers/Giants games with his dad and tell him he hated the Dodgers, that “even if they paid me a million dollars, I wouldn’t play for them. A lot changed in a decade. Sax was an LA Dodger for seven years and earned two World Series rings during his time with the team.
From Sax’s experience, success is a matter of a positive mindset, endurance, effort and humility. He recounted his grueling schedule as a minor league player. Since he had no car, Sax walked an hour to practice. Practice was from 9:00am – 12noon; games from 1:00 – 4:00pm, followed by sessions with a defensive coach from 4:00 – 6:00pm. After walking back home, he would eat a bologna sandwich every night and do it all over again the next day.
Continue reading: Steve Sax Encourages a Change in Thinking
Nelson Janes Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
 The “Main” Membership Meeting happens on the first Tuesday of the month at 9:00 a.m. in the Mack Powell Auditorium. Terrific speakers bringing information that you need, Starbucks coffee, Ettore’s pasteries all free.
If you missed Carole Rodoni’s economic forecast at the February Meeting, you missed a dynamic and highly entertaining presentation. Ms. Rodoni, who has headed several major real estate firms, peppers her economics with biting humor
Rodoni prefaced her 2011 forecast with a brief overview of what brought us to this economy. Following the dot.com bust in the early 2000s the federal government wanted to stimulate the economy by having homeownership grow from 56 to 70 percent. As a result, the market grew from five to seven million homes sold annually – one half of those to investors.
Homes were appreciating 50 to 100 percent a year as compared with the normal seven percent average appreciation. The sellers’ market, which usually lasts about 18 months, lasted for five years and the deepest downturn in real estate history resulted.
Subprime loans in the marketplace moved from 7 to 25 percent and then were bundled and sold abroad. For example, New Century which was publicly traded on the NYSE had a $50 billion portfolio of subprime loans. At the same time, one in four Countrywide loans was subprime.
Rodoni reported that we are now technically out of the great recession with a 2.5% growth rate in 2010. However, an economy the size of the U.S. needs to expand by five to six percent annually to show signs of strong recovery.
Continue reading: Carole Rodoni Gives Dynamic Presentation on the Economy
Daniel Allen Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
An excerpt from CAR Economist, Robert Kleinheinz Ph.D., speaking about the “Housing Market Forecast and the Current California Real Estate Trends” at the Sacramento Association of REALTORS® Main Meeting on November 2, 2010.
PowerPoint is available for download at this link: Economic and Market Outlook [...]
Daniel Allen Monday, November 1st, 2010
 Cultural Diversity Day followed the informative legal update by C.A.R.’s Gov Hutchinson at the October Main Meeting. With the financial support of a NAR grant, the SAR Equal Opportunity/Cultural Diversity Committee hosted an event featuring great speakers, interesting entertainment and a catered lunch for all the attendees – and more.
With the help of [...]
Deborah Grinnell Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
So much is changing in the areas of risk management and litigation, [...]
Caylyn Brown Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
The Sacramento Association of REALTORS® had the pleasure of Mayor Kevin Johnson speaking at the August Main Meeting. He spoke on a variety of interesting topics, and is clearly in tune to what our city needs to succeed.
This week the City of Sacramento police department received over $9.5 million in federal stimulus money, allowing 35 officers to be hired. The Mayor has traveled to Washington DC lobbying on behalf of Sacramento nearly every month since he has been in office, and attributes this money to those efforts. He discussed the importance of good schools and safe neighborhoods, to create a city that people want to move to, and buy homes in, and the roll the police department has in that.
 Kevin Johnson at the August 2009 Main Meeting Continue reading: Kevin Johnson Speaks at SAR
Daniel Allen Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
C.A.R. Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young gives her “2009 California Real Estate Market Forecast” to an audience of REALTORS at the “Sacramento Association of REALTORS®” monthly Main Meeting.PowerPoint is available at: http://www.sacrealtor.org/documents/events/03-03-09sacto.ppt (12.5 MB)
March 3rd, 2009 | Tags: C.A.R., Leslie Appleton-Young, Main Meeting, Video | Category: Events, Main Meeting |
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