ArcadiaREALTOR®The Official Publication of the Arcadia Association of REALTORS®

VOL. 18, NO. 10WWW.THEAAR.COMOCTOBER 2014

PROUDLY SERVING THE REALTORS® OF ARCADIA, BRADBURY, DUARTE, MONROVIA AND SIERRA MADRE

“Scott BurtzMemorialCharity Golf ClassicTournament”

See pages 8 & 11

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Arcadia Association of REALTORS®601 South First Avenue

Arcadia, California 91006626.446.2115

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2014 ASSOCIATION OFFICERSMike Vachani {President}

Joe Pacilio {President-Elect}Roy Blume {Vice-President}

Sylvia Ramos {Secretary/Treasurer}

2014 ASSOCIATION DIRECTORSMicah Adams

Ryan AsaoAndy Bencosme

Kelvin ChangMargaret Garemore

John LeeMark Ramos

Dave ScarminachIrene Yamagata -Bermudez

2014 C.A.R. DIRECTORSRyan Asao

Andy BencosmeRoy Blume

Margaret GaremoreJoe Pacilio

Randall TrawMike VachaniKelvin Wong

ARCADIA ASSOCIATION STAFF

Robin Allen Ext. 307 Director of Finance / Office Manager Robin@TheAAR.com

Michael Beltran Ext. 302 IT Director / Webmaster Michael@TheAAR.com Brenda Faltes Ext. 304 Director of MLS Data Integrity, Supra & Social Media Brenda@TheAAR.com Jamie Hu Ext. 309 Administration Jamie.Hu@TheAAR.com

Jane Shriver Ext. 301 Director of Association Services Jane@TheAAR.com

Andrew Cooper Ext. 308 Chief Executive Officer Andrew@TheAAR.com

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REGULAR FEATURES

4 Events Calendar

4 From the CEO’s Desk Andrew Cooper, Chief Executive Officer

5 Attorney Comments Dave Freeman, AAR Legal Counsel

6 Market Matters

10 Through the Lens A Look at What’s Happening Around the AAR

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ON THE COVER5 NAR’s Green Designation The AAR recently offered a 3-Day NAR Green Designation trainings. A total of 34 attendees are now green real estate leaders in our community.

8 & 11 Scott Burtz Memorial Charity Golf Classic Tournament Get the scoop on the recent annual charity golf tournament held at the lovely Glendora Country Club.

ADDITIONAL CONTENT3 AAR New Members The AAR welcomes its newest REALTOR® Members.

9 YPN Diamonds & Pearls: REALTOR® Fashion Show A recap of the recent YPN Fashion Show.

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AAR New MembersThe Arcadia Association of REALTORS® would like to formally welcome our newest REALTOR® members!

AAR new members with Membership Committee Vice-Chairman, Cindy Shiao; Committee Chairman, Alma Aguilar and 2014 President, Mike Vachani are (in no particular order): Catherine Alfaro-Ramirez, Keller Williams West Foothills; Leticia Calderon, Paramount Prop. Realty; Garrett Chan, Re/Max Elite Realty; Grace Chang, Coldwell Banker Dynasty T.C.; Joseph Chang, Grand Valley Real Estate; William Chang, William Chang; Yuemei Cheng, Coldwell Banker George; Lauren Chiang, Keller Williams West Foothills; Jimmy Chu, IRN Realty; Christine Diep, Kingston Realty; Robert Diep, IRN Realty; Hoang Do, Dolby Realty; Erin Fang, Treeline Realty & Investment; William Flannigan, Zip Realty, Inc.; Yufen Fu, Highland Real Estate; Sheng Gao, IRN Realty; Liqin Guo, Highland Real Estate; Gabriel Hall, Allison Realtors®; Dongni Heng, Coldwell Banker Arcadia; Nancy Huang, IRN Realty; Victor Huang, TNG Real Estate Consultants; Xian Huang, Coldwell Banker George; Yun Yan Huang, IRN Realty; Kirsten Jardino, Century 21 Adams & Barnes; Wei Ji, Highland Real Estate; Zhiman Jia, Skyway Investment Corp.; Dong Jiang, Coldwell Banker Dynasty Arcadia; Liu Jiang, Coldwell Banker Dynasty Arcadia; Sean Klave, Highland Real Estate; Sue Kok, Coldwell Banker George; Christopher Jung, Kingston Realty; James Larsh, Keller Williams West Foothills; Jason Lee, Coldwell Banker George; Michelle Lee, Keller Williams West Foothills; Weijie Li, Treeline Realty & Investment; Adam Lin, Keller Williams West Foothills; Jack Lin, Paul Shih Realty; Tze-Jung Lin, A & C Intl. Investment Inc.; Derek Liu, Keller Williams Realty; Guillermo Lopez, Teles Properties Pasadena; Rebecca Martin, Podley Properties; David Milton, David Milton; Tory Moon, Keller Williams West Foothills; Thomas Oushin, Podley Properties; Vivian Ouyang, IRN Realty; Michelle Palmer, ENM Realty; Andrew Picasso, MCAB Holdings, Inc.; Carol Poh, Pacific Reliance; Shaoqi Qiu, Treeline Realty & Investment; Laura Shen, Coldwell Banker George; Calvin Shih, Long Dragon Realty Group, Inc.; Jia Shimauchi, Keller Williams West Foothills; Christian Siegel, Podley Properties; Mingshu Song, Highland Real Estate; John Swanson, Evergreen Prop. Services, Inc.; Ernest Tang, Century 21 West Coast Brokers; Gongmei Tang, Re/Max Advanced Realty; Judith Tanke, Lotus Property Services, Inc.; Julianne Tokushige, Century 21 West Coast Brokers; Janet Tsay, Coldwell Banker George; Tim Vuong, Keller Williams West Foothills; Ronnie Wan, Highland Real Estate; Fei Wang, IRN Realty; Heng Laurie Wang, Coldwell Banker Dynasty Arcadia; Edward Wu, Long Dragon Realty Group, Inc.; Jianying Wu, Royal Construction & Architect; Wei Wu, Supreme Investment Corp.; Yijing Wu, Highland Real Estate; Tianling Xu, Long Dragon Realty Group, Inc.; Weimin Xu, Skyway Investment Corp.; Yingjie Xu, Kingston Realty; Shiu-Hwa Yu, Highland Real Estate; Sing Yu, Coldwell Banker Dynasty Arcadia; Wei Yu, IRN Realty; Hong Zhang, Long Dragon Realty Group, Inc. and Huabiao Zhang, Treeline Realty & Investment.

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Join us to learn how you can get in on this ever-growing business! In these courses, you will learn how to work with people from various cultures of the world and learn what their buying habits are.

VENUE:Arcadia Association of REALTORS®

601 S First Ave.Arcadia, California 91006

NAR Global Instructors:

May Wan CIPS, TRC, SRES, CDPE

Fanny Chu CIPS, TRC, SRES, SFR

Nov. 17 Global Real Estate: Local MarketsNov. 18 Global Real Estate: Transaction ToolsNov. 19 Europe & International Real EstateNov. 20* Asia/Pacific & International Real EstateNov. 21 The Americas & International Real Estate

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(Note: Thursday, November 20, A Special Hosted CIPS Reception will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Monrovia from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; 924 W Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016)

Register online at www.TheAAR.com by clicking the event name under “Upcoming Events.” For questions, call the AAR at (626) 446-2115.

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FROM THE CEO’S DESK

4th Quarter Fortunes or Foibles?

Hold on to your Halloween hats ladies and gentlemen - October marks the beginning of the 4th and final quarter of

2014. As we work through this 4th quarter, let’s be clear that our efforts now and until the end of the year (or our lack of efforts) will have a direct and lasting impact on our start for 2015. The AAR takes our members’ success very seriously and even though we’ve already provided a record-breaking number of classes and events this year we’ll be offering even more classes and events with a focus on legal and technology classes. The AAR is doing this in an ongoing effort to help you finish the year strongly and to help you prepare for 2015. So please read our weekly eCommunication emails now sent on Saturday mornings, this publication, our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts and also our events calendar at www.TheAAR.com to remain aware of what we are offering.

To close out this month’s article, I’d like to share an interesting story I read in a book aptly titled “Goals” written by Brian Tracey: In a Harvard University experiment, a graduating class from the university was asked about their goals they had for their life upon graduation. 10 years later, when the professors followed up with the same students, they discovered that those students who had only thought of their goals in their heads were earning twice as much as the students who had no goals after graduation. Further, it was determined that those students who had clearly defined and written goals upon graduation were earning 10 times as much as the other two groups combined. I leave you with this as a factual illustration on how important it is for us to create our goals. Let’s establish those goals starting now - If we wait until January it’s too late.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of the Arcadia Association of REALTORS®, we wish you strength and perseverance as you finish the rest of this year and prepare for next year.

M 3 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - CRMLS Training

W 5 8:30 a.m. - MLS Caravan 9:30 a.m. - Events 4 Charity Auxiliary Mtg.

Th 6 9:30 a.m. - Commercial / Investment Committee Mtg. 11:00 a.m. - Commercial Education & Networking Session 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - “The Code of Ethics - How to Apply it to the Daily Business of Real Estate”

F 7 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - “The New Revisions to the Residential Purchase Agreement” 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - AAR Speech Masters

S 8 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - “California BRE Real Estate Exam Prep Course for Brokers & Sales Associates”

M 10 11:00 a.m. - Global Real Estate Committee Mtg.

T 11 AAR Office Closed in Observance of Veteran’s Day

W 12 8:30 a.m. - MLS Caravan 8:45 a.m. - Affiliate Committee Mtg. 9:30 a.m. - MLS Committee Mtg.

Th 13 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - “N.A.R.® e-Pro Designation”

F 14 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - “Planning a Commercial Purchase”

M 17 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) Designation Courses (Nov. 17-21)

T 18 1:30 p.m. - Budget and Finance Committee Mtg. 2:00 p.m. - Education Committee Mtg.

W 19 8:30 a.m. - MLS Caravan 9:30 a.m. - Equal / Housing Opportunity & Public Relations Committee Mtg. 1:30 p.m. - Local Governmental Relations Committee Mtg.

Th 20 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - AAR Broker Luncheon

M 24 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Lunch & Learn

W 26 No MLS Caravan

Th 27 AAR Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday

F 28 AAR Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday

October 2014

November Events

Andrew CooperChief Executive Officer

AttorneyComments

By Dave Freeman, Association Counsel

October 2014

SWIMMING POOLS - LANDLORD’S DUTY OF CARE: In a stunning decision, the Appellate court recently ruled that a landlord was responsible for protecting from the possible danger to a four year old child, who was a guest of the tenant of a rented house. The mother of the child, who was not present when the child drowned, sued the real estate agent and the landlord, but not the relatives of the child, including the father and grandmother, who were present.

The court, reasoned that the landlord should have foreseen that the tenants would have guests with children and that the protection was inadequate. (There was a six-foot fence around the pool, a sliding glass door from the house and an exterior security gate, without a self-locking device). There is another case that ruled the Homeowner had no such liability, but the solution is obvious: Do what you can to prevent the danger; install a self-latching device where there may be children around a pool.

ONE BITE AT THE APPLE: Another case that appears to exhibit the court’s prejudice against landlords ruled that a landlord could not sue two of the three tenants who breached a lease, although all three tenants signed the lease making them each liable for the whole rent, up to the amount owed ( no doubling of the collection). One tenant originally sued the landlord, and the landlord cross-complained against all three, but did not serve two of them. The landlord won a large judgment vs. the one tenant (commercial lease, long term, breach), then sued the other two.

The court ruled you must sue all at the same time if: - The earlier case involved the same claim. - The earlier case went to a final decision. - The (Landlord in this case) was a party in the first case.Solution: Be sure to include all possible parties that you may later want to include, at the start of the case. This is why lawsuits often include

seemingly irrelevant parties.

BUYING YOUR OWN LISTING: This will get the courts on you every time, no matter how fair the deal is, if the seller later gets seller’s remorse. Don’t do it. It will appear that you took advantage of the client, didn’t properly advise of the true value and didn’t properly advertise the property. The agent lost every such case I have seen or read of, even if the client came to you and stated the price desired.

The better solution is to not list the property, don’t show that you are reducing the price by the commission, and do suggest the seller consult with an unrelated (different brokerage) agent and/ or attorney. It is possible to negotiate a lower price, if there is no agent involved. But don’t make yourself the seller’s agent (with fiduciary responsibility) by showing any wording reflecting a commission.

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The Arcadia Association of REALTORS® had the honor of recently offering N.A.R’s Green Designation. The National Association of REALTORS® created NAR’s Green Designation to provide ongoing education, resources and tools so that real estate practitioners can successfully seek out, understand, and market properties with green features.

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MarketMatters

Market Statistics for the San Gabriel ValleySingle Family Homes Condominiums SFR Only

City Zip Code

Sales of Single Family

HomesPrice Median SFR ($1,000)

Price % Chg from

Sept. 2013

Sales Count

Condos

Price Median Condo

($1,000)

Price & Chg from

Sept. 2013

Median Home Price/

Sq. Ft.Alhambra 91801 11 $602 6.6% 14 $417 2.8% $392Alhambra 91803 11 $490 -15.5% 4 $460 -20.3% $396Altadena 91001 33 $615 11.8% n/a n/a n/a $430Arcadia 91006 33 $1,063 -1.2% 6 $590 -17.4% $555Arcadia 91007 12 $1,405 -4.7% 11 $575 15.0% $564Azusa 91702 29 $349 -3.5% 16 $310 -2.2% $282Duarte 91010 9 $407 19.0% 4 $323 -14.6% $293El Monte 91731 6 $395 0.0% 1 $520 55.2% $349El Monte 91732 5 $410 2.8% 9 $450 45.2% $294El Monte - South 91733 7 $415 38.3% 3 $421 23.3% $298Glendora 91740 12 $436 1.3% 7 $375 13.6% $342Glendora 91741 20 $560 -3.9% 5 $448 29.9% $367La Cañada Flintridge 91011 15 $1,468 24.4% n/a n/a n/a $610La Verne 91750 27 $659 31.8% 5 $302 18.9% $302Monrovia 91016 27 $638 9.4% 5 $411 17.4% $414Pasadena 91101 n/a n/a n/a 15 $520 38.7% n/aPasadena 91103 11 $740 68.2% 4 $555 27.1% $464Pasadena 91104 17 $650 0.8% 2 $380 -21.6% $500Pasadena 91105 11 $998 -25.0% 7 $670 -1.5% $585Pasadena 91106 7 $1,735 62.1% 26 $473 -9.6% $612Pasadena 91107 21 $798 11.1% 4 $515 8.9% $507Rosemead 91770 20 $485 7.2% 3 $377 10.7% $388San Gabriel 91775 29 $712 -3.7% 1 $388 -25.4% $459San Gabriel 91776 8 $544 2.1% 5 $392 -10.6% $462San Marino 91108 13 $2,380 15.2% n/a n/a n/a $857Sierra Madre 91024 16 $744 -17.9% 2 $623 29.0% $480Temple City 91780 24 $663 0.5% 6 $615 10.9% $468

Source: DQNews.com

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Scott Burtz Memorial Charity Golf Classic

TournamentThe Arcadia Association of REALTORS Events 4 Charity Auxiliary recently hosted the AAR’s Annual Scott Burtz Memorial Charity Golf Classic Tournament. The event was again held at the Glendora Country Club in Glendora. The tournament was an amazing success in raising money which will be distributed during the holidays to many needy local charities. In addition to the money raised, all who attended had a great time!

Sincere appreciation to our outstanding and hard working golf tournament Chairpersons, Stephanie LaPorte, Old Republic Home Protection and Lysette Freeman, Premium Escrow, Inc. and all the many Affiliate Members who are always there to lend a helping hand.

A special thank you to the generous individuals and companies who helped to sponsor this year’s event. Our Tournament & Emcee Sponsor this year was Premium Escrow. The Beverage Cart Sponsor was Bowden Development. Hole Sponsors were First American Home Buyers Protection Corporation, Real Estate Heaven, Blume Truong Real Estate Group and LaRocca Inspection Associates. Helicopter Ball Drop Sponsor was Old Republic Home Protection and Robert Brkich Construction Corp.. We also wish to thank the many other drink sponsors and tee sponsors.

Tournament ChairpersonsStephanie LaPorte

and Lysette Freeman

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FASHION SHOW

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORKREALTOR® DIAMONDS & PEARLS

Last month, the AAR YPN Committee held its REALTOR® Diamonds & Pearls Fashion Show at the DoubleTree Hotel in Monrovia on Friday, September 26, 2014. This event was widely attended and was successful in raising funds and awareness for the REALTOR® Political Party. We would like to offer a special thank you to Event Chairman, Ryan Asao, Podley Properties who worked ardently to ensure this event was a success. We also would like to thank those who attended to help with the show!

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A Look at What’s Happening Around the AARthroughthe lens

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Global Mixer

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Monrovia Business Showcase

Feng Shui for

REALTORS

Commercial Mixer

2014Taste of Arcadia

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lunch & learn series

The AAR Education Committee presents

“The Code of Ethics - How to Apply it to the Daily Business of Real Estate”

Presented by: Margaret Garemore,AAR Grievance Committee Chairperson

Thursday, November 6, 20141:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Cost: FREE**If you register for this course and do not attend, or cancel beforehand, a $10 “No Show” charge will apply.

Arcadia Association of REALTORS®601 S. First Ave., Arcadia, California 91006

To register, please visit www.TheAAR.com and click under the event title under “Upcoming Events”

A free educational seriesbring your lunch and learn!

www.TheAAR.com ~ 601 S. First Ave. Arcadia, CA 91006 ~ 626-446-2115 ~ Fx. 626-446-4072

Join us for an overview on the REALTOR® Code of Ethics - A brief history of the inception of the Code of Ethics. - An easy & comprehensive review of the Articles that are the Code of Ethics. - A review of what to do and not do with regard to each article, including real life stories of how agents got into trouble or avoided problems. - An open discussion Q and A session.