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When your clients ask you about affordability, or if your sellers want to know what buyers will have to pay for their home, you can use the Purchasing Power Calculator from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.), to answer questions about affordability. This tool, offered by the California Association of Realtors, is regularly updated by the third week of each month with data from the previous month. This clip is of Jordan Levine, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of C.A.R., demonstrating how to use this tool during our latest episode of Statistically Speaking.

In this video, MLSListings Corporate Trainer David Scalora explains how to locate the area number of a listing or on a map search in MLSListings using the layer menu feature.

C.A.R. was recently informed that a REALTOR® in Moreno Valley was physically assaulted during an open house. Fortunately, the REALTOR® was able to fend off the attacker when a family showed up to view the property. As a reminder, C.A.R. advises members to work in pairs during open houses and showings, whenever possible, and has created a safety video for tips on staying safe while showing homes, meeting clients and holding open houses.

You can create your own custom daily Hotsheet using Matrix. This training video will show you how to set a Matrix Hotsheet search to determine the activity of listings in your market. It also offers you instruction on different display options and save search functions.

MLSListings has made several enhancements to support virtual tours during shelter-in-place (SIP) orders. To most effectively help members access up-to-date virtual tour information, SAMCAR is sharing video instructions for how you can look-up listings with virtual tours on-demand using Matrix.

From May 15 through 19, your SAMCAR Leadership were at the National Association of REALTORS® REALTOR® Party Convention & Expo to represent YOU and your clients. In this video, 2017 SAMCAR President Diane Viviani, SAMCAR and NAR Director Ricardo Archila, and committee member Michael Verdone discuss some of the issues of importance to REALTORS® and homebuyers.

Watch SAMCAR Director Ricardo Archila, along with CCAR Director Nick Solis, explain the importance of making your contribution to the REALTOR® Action Fund (RAF) to preserve property rights and protect your business and your clients.

Ricardo Archila (Access Real Estate) explains how you can use the "Find an Affiliate" feature on www.samcar.org to connect with your Affiliate members in a variety of categories!

Thank you to our members who contributed to the C.A.R. Housing Affordability Fund (HAF) this year. Take a look at how important your contributions are at http://bcove.me/5c66urxn. Even if you have not contributed this year, you can still do so at any time at CARHAF.ORG

The National Association of REALTORS® along with Carl Carter, Jr. surviving son of REALTOR® Beverly Carter—who was kidnapped and murdered while showing a vacant house—encourages REALTORS® and Brokers to create a Safety Program in your office.

Meet Julie S., an art teacher in San Mateo who was able to buy her first home with the help of HEART (Housing Endowment and Regional Trust) and Meriwest Mortgage's first time homebuyer program.