San Mateo County Association of REALTORS

Register today for NAR’s Center for REALTOR Financial Wellness Tax Summit and learn new tips for filing your quarterly taxes to avoid audits and owing unexpected, and oftentimes overwhelming, amounts back to the IRS. https://www.nar.realtor/center-for-/financial-wellness-live

Thursday, January 14 Don't let the NEW 2021 Tax DEDUCTIONS pass you by! The SAMCAR Professional Development Committee invites you to attend a free Bradford Tax Solutions Tax Reduction Strategies Seminar (Online) with instructor Maine Shafer. Spaces are Limited. Learn more & register online at https://www.samcar.org/bradford-20210114/

The Commercial Brokers Association (CBA) Education Bundle (1-year membership + 15 classes) continues on January 20 with "Introduction to Commercial Real Estate" at 10 AM followed by "Commercial Real Estate Basics" at 12:30 PM. Learn more at https://www.samcar.org/cbabundle/

Next Thursday, January 14 at 3 PM join AREAA SF Peninsula Chapter for a 2021 Economic Forecast by speaker Oscar Wei live on Zoom learn more at https://areaasfpen.org/event-4119610

Tuesday, January 5 the first virtual Marketing Meetings of the New Year! SAMCAR Meeting @ 8:30 AM with Neil Kalin, Assistant General Counsel CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS: " C.A.R. zipForms" Half Moon Bay Meeting @ 9 AM Pacifica Meeting @ 9:30 AM... Zoom links at https://www.samcar.org/marketingmeetings/

Tuesday, January 12 virtual Marketing Meetings: 8:30 AM | SAMCAR Meeting | Edward Nattenberg (Property Entry Now): "Streamling the Showing Process" 9 AM | Half Moon Bay Meeting 9:30 AM | Pacifica Meeting... Zoom registration info at https://www.samcar.org/marketingmeetings/

We wish the whole SAMCAR family a very Happy New Year! (The SAMCAR Staff remote team will be offline on Friday, January 1, 2021)

Great news! As an exclusive member benefit, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS has added all 40+ REimagine! Virtual Conference sessions on car.org. Watch anytime, anywhere, for free. Start binge-watching now: car.org/meetings/reimagine/2020 #REimagine2020 #CArealtors #RealEstate #VirtualLearning #RealtorLife #REALTOR #CaliforniaAssociationOfRealtors #realestatemarketing #realestatetips

San Mateo County home sales infographic (data provided by MLSListings) and reports for Q4 2020 are now available at www.samcar.org/2020Q4 #SAMCARstats + links to more home sales data from CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS & Aculist

Next week! November 12 & 13 | The California Department of Insurance (CDI) invites REALTORS and Affiliates to attend the 2020 Virtual Insurance Diversity Summit. Learn more & register at http://tinyurl.com/2020VIDS

The Commercial Brokers Association (CBA) Education Bundle continues on January 7 with "Introduction to Commercial Leasing Part A" at 10 AM followed by "Introduction to Commercial Leasing Part B" at 12:30 PM. Learn more at https://www.samcar.org/cbabundle/

Get a sneak peek of the upcoming launch of the NorCal MLS Alliance data share collaborative on the next episode of MLSListings Live. Click this link on Thur 1/14 at 1pm to join the webcast: https://mlslistings.zoom.us/j/95940692209

Election Update: Several key local contests that SAMCAR is following are still too close to call. We'll continue to share updates on the SAMCAR website at https://www.samcar.org/posts/election-november-2020/ where you can also find links to view results updates at the San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer and California Secretary of State websites. Thank you to all of our volunteers for working to get out the vote and support our endorsed candidates in this election!

REMEMBER TO #VOTE TODAY! San Mateo County Vote Center Locations & Hours: https://www.smcacre.org/post/vote-center-locations-hours

REALTORS are now able to apply to California’s relief grant program for small businesses. The program, which provides grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, is... in support of businesses affected by COVID-19. Applications are being accepted Dec. 30, 2020, through Jan. 8, 2021. Learn more about eligibility requirements and how to apply in the link below: https://bit.ly/3o4uNf6

A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped support the San Mateo County Association of Realtors Foundation this year with our first-ever online fundraising campaign #SAMCARGivesBack With your support we far exceeded our $15,000 fundraising goal by raising over $26,000 online, which added to voluntary contributions with member dues, helped the SAMCAR Foundation award numerous grants to housing charities in San Mateo County as well as provide the means for an urgent member-driven initiative to support wildfire relief this summer. Read more at https://www.samcar.org/givesback2020-thankyou/

Tuesday, November 3 SAMCAR virtual Marketing Meetings: 8:30 AM | SAMCAR Meeting: Steve Cresci (Cresci Insurance) & Steve Parker (Farmers Insurance): " Insurance Updates" 9 AM | Half Moon Bay Meeting: TBA 9:30 AM | Pacifica Meeting: TBA... Registration links at https://www.samcar.org/marketingmeetings/ ...and please remember to VOTE!

In an important #GOTV email today, SAMCAR Government Affairs Director, Gina Zari, reminds us that "This is the final 4 days of the campaign season also known as G.O.T.V. (Get Out The Vote) Weekend. This is the most critical period in every race the time when races are won or lost." Please remember to return your ballot ASAP! Check out SAMCAR's 2020 Voter Guide for endorsed city council candidates, proposition recommendations and more at https://www.samcar.org/vote2020/

Today at 4 PM don't miss our Virtual Halloween Happy Hour! (Costumes encouraged, but not required). REGISTER ONLINE https://samcar-org.zoom.us//tJcocu-sqj8oHtCgEm-Q96DpH9w3MJ We'll be drawing a bunch of lucky raffle winners from among everyone who has donated to the #SAMCARGivesBack fundraiser!

This update is the result of all of us following the rules to keep everyone in our communities safe. It does NOT change rules regarding the status of Broker Tour/Open House showings at this time. Questions? CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS Legal Hotline (213) 739-8282 C.A.R. FAQ: Industry Guidance on Showings: https://www.carcovidupdates.org/faq-showings

Election day is in 1 week! Remember to return your vote-by-mail ballot ASAP! San Mateo County ballot drop box locations: https://www.smcacre.org/post/ballot-drop-box-locations-0 SAMCAR Voter Guide: https://www.samcar.org/vote2020/

Tuesday, October 27 SAMCAR Marketing Meetings. Register for the virtual meetings on Zoom at www.samcar.org/marketingmeetings 8:30 AM SAMCAR Meeting 9 AM Half Moon Bay Meeting 9:30 AM Pacifica Meeting

This Thursday! Join your Special Events Committee for a Virtual Halloween Happy Hour & Raffle Drawing for #SAMCARGivesBack Registration / Details at https://www.samcar.org/halloween2020/

ReveiReal Estate Video Educational Institute, Inc.offers online training seminars on topics including: Residential Purchase Agreement, Residential Listing Agreement, LoneWolf ZipForms, 41 Standard Disclosures, and License Renewal. View the schedule of upcoming seminars at https://www.samcar.org/revei-2020/

#SanMateo County had an all-time high median sale price point in August how did it fare in September? Get the answer here: https://youtu.be/2mkiZCGYx3U #ConnectingCalifornia San Mateo County Association of REALTORS

TOMORROW join us for a presentation with Richard Rothstein, author of "The Color of Law" at Speaker Series: How REALTORS Can Stop Housing Inequity 11 AM on Zoom. Register at https://carorg.zoom.us/w/register/WN_zKcybrZKSw-2aqRtgD7b7w