INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS

MLS TAX SUITE WEBINAR HOSTED THROUGH SDAR

Real estate professionals: Learn how to access CRS Data’s MLS Tax Suite from your MLS, along with how to navigate within the product.

On Wednesday, February 22, the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR) is hosting a webinar at 12:00 p.m. that will take you through the MLS Tax Suite and cover simple searching skills and key features of the Property Report, while pointing out the many layers of information contained and linked to the report. The CRS instructor will train you on end-user customizations and how you can leverage them.

Contact education@sdar.com for registration assistance. Find this and other SDAR courses being offered in-person and online at www. sdar.com/education or call (858) 715-8000.

FORMS LIBRARY FOR REAL ESTATE COVERED IN SDAR WEBINAR

Real estate professionals: Learn hrealtors are faced with countless contracts throughout the course of their careers. The Greater San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR) provides trainings designed to inform, prepare, and hone an agent’s skills to help them better serve and protect themselves and their clients.

On Thursday, February 23, at 10:00 a.m., Kevin M. Burke, JD, presents a webinar on the “library” of SDAR Risk Management Forms.

Contact education@sdar.com for registration assistance. Find this and other SDAR courses being offered online or in person at www. sdar.com/education or call (858) 715-8000.

PSAR CLASS: REALTORS PROPERTY RESOURCE

The Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors (PSAR) will present a free, live webinar for realtors on the Realtors Property Resource (RPR), a digital property records platform that provides property searches, data and market reports, from 2 to 3 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23, over Zoom. RPR offers comprehensive data, analytics and reports on 160 million properties, including information on schools, historic data and geographical details, such as flood and heat maps. The webinar will cover RPR’S features, including how to conduct a search, techniques for refining searches and how to turn search results into user-friendly trend reports to share with clients to help them make better, informed decisions. For information, call PSAR at (619) 421-7811, or visit www.psar.org.

PSAR SUPPORTS WOMEN’S REALTORS COUNCIL EVENT

The Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors (PSAR) is supporting the Women’s Council of Realtors, San Diego chapter, with its networking luncheon and presentation titled “Managing Industry Minefields and Risk” from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Admiral Baker Golf Course, 2400 Admiral Baker Road, San Diego. Cost to attend is $35 for members, $50 for nonmembers. Featured speaker will be real estate attorney Martha Moser, who will discuss the latest real estate industry trends, along with avoiding ethics complaints and lawsuits, risk mitigation, changes with buyer-agent compensation and new laws resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. For more event information, visit www.psar.org.

PSAR OPPOSING POINT-OF-SALE FEES

The Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors (PSAR) recently submitted a letter to the County of San Diego opposing a proposed point-ofsale (POS) fee on housing transactions. PSAR’S letter from Jason Lopez, 2023 PSAR president, said punishing homebuyers with POS fees for energy audits will achieve very little, long-term environmental benefits. In addition, PSAR said POS fees will add another tax burden and make it more difficult and expensive to buy a home. The letter said, “Why punish the real estate industry with another fee? Aren’t surging mortgage rates and heightened economic uncertainty enough challenges for consumers to overcome to participate in the California housing market?” For more information, visit www.psar.org.