Weekly Jolt - 070621 - CCARToday - Contra Costa Association of REALTORS

The NEW California Residential Purchase Agreement
Wed., August 18 | 9:00am – 1:00pm
Join C.A.R. Assistant General Counsel, Gov Hutchinson, as he takes you on a deep dive through the most widely used and trusted purchase agreement in the state of California. Gov will teach you everything you need to know about the NEWLY Updated RPA.

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It’s Back! CCAR Charity Golf Tournament – Aug. 2

Dust Off Your Callaways and TaylorMades for our Charity Golf Tournament! This year’s event will be held at the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo on Monday, August 2nd. All golfers will receive a boxed lunch and post-tournament BBQ dinner with raffles and cash bar.

All proceeds benefit the CCAR Scholarship Fund and CCAR Helping Hands. There are also lots of great sponsorship opportunities! Sign up now!

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CCAR Walnut Creek Offices Now Open

This week CCAR’s Walnut Creek Office opened to members! Regular pre-Covid hours will resume Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.

CCAR’s Richmond Office is closed indefinitely.

All individuals must wear a face covering inside the premises if they are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. By entering the premises without a mask, you are attesting that you are vaccinated or have a legal exemption…

Make Your Home Fire-Safe: New 2021 Laws

Every year, fires threaten homes and properties as a result of unnecessary combustible debris and vegetation. It is every property owner’s responsibility to eliminate these fire hazards on their property that may endanger their neighbors and the community at large. Read more to learn about two new laws that went into effect this year.

Defensible Space Law: effective July 1, 2021

Home Hardening Disclosure Law: effective January 1, 2021

George Irvin Celebration of Life – July 17

A Celebration of Life service will be held in honor of CCAR Past President George Irvin, Jr., “Big George” (Executive Brokers) on Saturday, July 17 from 2:00 – 5:30 pm at the Elks Lodge, 1475 Creekside Drive in Walnut Creek.

Please visit George’s Memorial Website here to RSVP and learn more.

Donations may be made in George’s honor to the CCAR Scholarship Foundation.

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Call for Applications: CCAR Affiliate Liaison to BOD

CCAR is calling for applications from qualified Affiliate members who are interested in serving a two-year term as a non-voting Affiliate Liaison to the 2024 Board of Directors.

This person will act as liaison between the Board of Directors and the Affiliate membership, conveying their concerns to the Board and communicating back to the Affiliate membership. The non-voting liaison must have been a CCAR Affiliate Member for two years immediately preceding appointment.

Click here for the Affiliate Liaison Application, due by Aug. 14th at 5pm.

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RatePlug: Pre-Approval Link on MLS Listings
Housing demand is high, mortgage rates are low. In a competitive housing market, buyers should do all they can to stand out in a sea of borrowers. Getting pre-approved shows how serious someone is about buying. Give your buyers access to pre-approval on every listing you send them.

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Paragon Connect – Full Listing Edit: Launching July 19th

CCAR and Black Knight are excited to introduce full listing edit via Paragon Connect. With full listing edit, you will have the ability to access and edit any of your listing data from just about any device. You will get full access to all fields, lookups, geographical data and more! In addition, all of your configurations, business rules, and data checks will also be in place…

Privy: Launching Aug. 2

Privy is a powerful real estate investing software platform that is powered by real time MLS data.

Privy was built by a group of investor focused real estate agents to scale their own business. Instead of being able to work with a handful of investors effectively they used data, software and automation to work with dozens of…