Thursday, October 5th
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

SFAR TOWN HALL

You ask. We answer!

Join SFAR CTO Jay Pepper Martens, SFAR MLS & Systems Director Hud Bixler and SFAR President Damon Knox for a deep dive explaining the Rapattoni cyber-attack in August and the disruption to SFARMLS, what SFAR did to assist during the service disruption, what our plans are for the future and how it affects YOU.

Moderated by President-Elect Vanessa Gamp with a special appearance by SFAR CEO Walt Baczkowski, this session is aimed at providing full transparency and answers. We encourage you to submit your questions in advance HERE.

KEYNOTE
Thursday, October 5th
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Big Picture Market Trends & California’s Foreign Buyer Opportunity

Join us to hear the latest research and market insights from the NAR Research Group. Matt Christopherson will share the latest big-picture market data as well as buyer and seller trends that contribute to the larger shifts. With California being the #2 destination for foreign buyers, he will also share information on this market segment.

Friday, October 6th
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Condo Conversion is Coming Back!

The condo conversion moratorium is ending in 2024. We will cover:
* What to do with your tenants and how not wreck your chances
* How to fast track through the process
* How the rules have changed in 2024

KEYNOTE
Friday, October 6th
2:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Advancing Fair Housing in the Bay Area

What is the difference between fair housing and affordable housing? What is the role of realtors in achieving a vision of fair housing?  What does the latest research on racial residential segregation say about the San Francisco Bay Area?  Join UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute Assistant Director Stephen Menendian as he shares his research and the history of fair housing in the Bay Area. 

Thursday, October 12th
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Buying & Selling Tenant Occupied Property Post COVID

Updates on Landlord-Tenant law

Attorneys Jeff Woo and Adrian Sarcharski will be updating you on the landlord-tenant laws and issues that most impact Realtors and their clients.   Those issues include an brief primer and update on post COVID tenant buyouts, a county by county recap of post- COVID eviction Moratorium rules, Statewide evict control rules, and recent changes to the Ellis Act.  We will have plenty of time for your questions.

Friday, October 13th
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

SFARMLS Upate 

Get the inside scoop on all things MLS, with a focus on data security and cyber attacks and how to use best practices to secure yourself online.

Thursday, October 19th
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The Role of Women’s Leadership in Real Estate

Join California Real Estate Leaders for this informative panel discussion covering:

• How to be a leader in your office
• Fiscal steps to owning your own brand and/or your own company
• The pitfalls of silence
• Impacting the direction of organized real estate
• Creating opportunities for other women to take the lead in their own busines
• How business adversity leads to new opportunities.

Panelists include:
Nancy Robinson, Christie’s International Real Estate
Hilary Saunders, Side
Sabrina Brown, Brown and Brown Real Estate
Vanessa Bergmark, Red Oak Realty

Moderated by: Vanessa Gamp, Willowmar Real Estate