Weekly Jolt - 072021 - CCARToday - Contra Costa Association of REALTORS

The NEW California Residential Purchase Agreement
Wed., August 18 | 9:00am – 1:00pm
C.A.R. is revising the RPA Agreement this year. Dozens of changes are being made to this crucial form and you don’t want to be left in the dark! Sign up today to learn about the NEW RPA Agreement directly from C.A.R.’s own Gov Hutchinson! CCAR Members and non-members, receive reduced pricing when taking this class through CCAR!
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LEGISLATIVE CORNER:

Watch this quick video to learn how C.A.R. is tackling the housing affordability crisis in Sacramento by advocating for policies that address the root cause — a lack of supply.

LAPTOPS ON SALE:

Bay Area Counties Recommend Masking Indoors for Everyone
as a Precaution Against Increased Circulation of COVID-19

As of July 14, Contra Costa’s reported new cases are averaging 93 per day and the daily case rate is now 5.7 per 100,000 and rising.

With cases of COVID-19 rising locally and increased circulation of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley recommend that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places to ensure easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked in those settings and as an extra precautionary measure for all…

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CCAR YPN School Supply Drive – Aug. 19: Deadline to Donate

As a part of C.A.R.’s Month-of-Giving, CCAR YPN is hosting a school supply drive in partnership with Moving Forward, a non-profit organization in Richmond, CA.

You may donate 3 ways:
1. Tax-deductible monetary donations
2. Online through an Amazon Wishlist
3. Drop off supplies during business hours

Tax deductible monetary donations will allow Moving Forward to fill in the gaps where supplies are most needed to schools and students in need, in the Richmond Community.

Annual CCAR Charity Golf Tournament – May 22

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 Mon., May 22nd.

A boxed lunch and post-tournament dinner is included for all golfers! Guests may also purchase “Dinner Only” tickets featuring the award ceremony, raffle prizes, and cash bar!

All proceeds benefit the CCAR Scholarship Fund and CCAR Helping Hands.

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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.

Get Quick Answers to Your Questions with C.A.R. Peer-to-Peer Ethics Infoline

Non-legal ethics questions answered in a snap!

C.A.R.’s Ethics Infoline is helping members with all their questions from the tiny technical ones to the urgent “life-savers”. If you would benefit from…

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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.

MLS UPDATE:

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…

Upcoming Paragon Enhancements – Aug. 3

On August 3rd updates will be made to the Paragon 5 MLS system to improve functionality including:
1. The MLS Disclaimer,
2. Embedded Video,
3. “Active – Coming Soon” to “Pending”,
4. “City List”