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TCAR News & Updates

Did You Know? Hidden MLS Tools That Give You an Edge

Apr 02, 2025
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Your MLS isn’t just a place to input listings. It’s a professional toolkit designed to help you serve clients faster, smarter, and with more strategic insight. Here are three features worth revisiting: 1. Reverse ProspectingThis tool shows which agents have buyers whose saved searches match your listing. It’s a direct line to the agents most…
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The MLS Is More Than Marketing: It’s Your Private Professional Network

Apr 02, 2025
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In today’s real estate environment, where listings often appear instantly on consumer-facing platforms, it’s easy for both clients and professionals to lose sight of what the MLS truly is. At its core, the MLS is not a public advertising site. It is a professional, broker-to-broker network created to support cooperation, trust, and customized strategy. That…
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Unlocking the Power of Membership: Why Your REALTOR® Association Is More Than a Dues Statement

Apr 02, 2025
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As the real estate industry faces rising uncertainty—from affordability strain and policy shifts to changing inventory conditions—there’s one constant agents and brokers can lean on: their local REALTOR® association. After the storm clouds explored in our flagship article, this piece offers the reminder every professional needs. Your local board isn’t just a compliance checkpoint or…
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Homesnap to Launch New Feature - Trusted Providers

Jul 19, 2021
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Homesnap will soon be launching Trusted Providers — an easier way to store, organize, and share real estate referrals! Agents can now add industry contacts directly to Homesnap Pro. They can choose from a pre-selected list of adjectives and phrases like ‘Knowledgeable’ or ‘Responds Quickly’ to describe them, and even add a custom blurb for…
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TCAR's Dave Retter Joins Golfer Lionel Kunka at the U.S. Senior Open

Jul 05, 2021
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When Kennewick’s Lionel Kunka got the phone call last week — the call that told him he was going to play in the U.S. Senior Open — the first person he called was Dave Retter. Then the next person they both thought about was Dan Melior — their golfing buddy who unexpectedly passed away two…
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Updated COVID-19 Real Estate Guidance for Brokers and Firms

Jun 30, 2021
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Effective Wednesday, June 30th, Washington State will lift the majority of restrictions imposed on businesses, including those restrictions affecting the real estate industry. However, certain face covering requirements still apply to real estate firms and sellers may impose their own requirements for those visiting a property. As always, brokers should be respectful of others and…
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August 13, 2021: SPLITS HAPPEN! RPAC Bowling Tournament

Jun 18, 2021
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August 13, 2021 @ 4PM-7PM SPLITS HAPPEN! RPAC Bowling Tournament It’s that time again, finally! Our RPAC Bowling Tournament SPLITS HAPPEN! is ON and IN PERSON for Fri., Aug. 13th at Atomic Bowl. Whether you’ve got a mean hook, are looking to simply avoid gutter balls, or just love the company of your fellow REALTORS®, come on…
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Happy Juneteenth! Here's How You Can Celebrate!

Jun 15, 2021
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Happy Juneteenth! On Thursday, May 13, 2021 Washington State Governor Jay Inslee declared Juneteenth an official state holiday, making June 19 a paid day off for state workers starting in 2022. Juneteenth —also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day— marks the day when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 and informed the…
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DOL Announces Increase in Real Estate Fees

Jun 07, 2021
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As you may recall, in 2019 the Department of Licensing (DOL) proposed a general real estate fee increase to take effect in the fall of 2020. Those increases were delayed in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the DOL is resuming the effort to increase these fees in order to bring the Real Estate Account…
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July 22, 2021: Membership Meeting

Jun 03, 2021
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July 22, 2021 @ 12PM-1:30PM Membership Meeting Lessons Learned from Long Island Divided Would YOU pass the test on fair housing? Pulitzer Prize winner and No. 1 bestselling author Bill Dedman is ready to take you on a guided tour inside Newsday's three-year investigation Long Island Divided and its documentary film Testing the Divide —…
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