We've Made Some Upgrades to Our Website!

 

In response to member feedback, we’ve restructured our content into clearly defined tabs that align directly with each of our products and services.

 

Our updated navigation now includes:

 

• A new “Research & Listings” tab
• A new “Events & Education” tab
• A new “Membership” tab

 

NEW! RESEARCH & LISTINGS

 

You can now find everything related to searching listings; adding new listings; viewing new lease, sales and business opportunities; running reports; and marketing your current listings in one centralized location. All Training & Reference Guides and FAQs related to research and listings are also found in this section.

 

NEW! EDUCATION & EVENTS

 

We’ve added a new section to make it easier to find information about upcoming events and classes, stay up to date with member news, and sign up for online classes through our partnership with the CE Shop.

 

NEW NAME! MEMBER NETWORK

 

Need to contact fellow CBA members or affiliated CRE businesses like appraisers and lenders? We've renamed "Find People" to "Member Network." Click on Member Network and then choose the appropriate member type to search. Your address book is also still found here.

 

NEW! MEMBERSHIP

 

We’ve streamlined our membership information to help those looking to join CBA do so more easily, and to help our current members find forms and information about adding broker, affiliate and appraiser members to your office. If you need to update or change any membership information for your office, be sure to use the current forms conveniently located here.

It’s also the place where you’ll find information about Member Rules, Bylaws, Association Management and Arbitration Services.

 

FEEDBACK

 

As always, our first priority is providing impeccable customer service to our members. If you have any questions or concerns about the upgrades to the website or have feedback about the new design, please click here to share your thoughts or tell us about any additional improvements you’d like to see.

 

 

Congratulations, 2019 SIOR Brokers

of the Year!

 

We’d like to congratulate all of the SIOR Brokers of the Year winners, awarded and announced as part of NAIOP’s Night of the Stars event. A special shout out goes to our winning CBA members: 

 

SIOR 2019 Investment Team of

the Year:

Jason Rosauer, Rob Anderson, Kristyn Krueger Team –

Kidder Mathews
Finalists:

Ross Klinger – Kidder Mathews 

Eli Hanacek – CBRE
 
SIOR 2019 Office Broker of the Year: Jesse Ottele – Newmark

Knight Frank
Finalists:

Greg Inglin – Colliers International 

Michael Dash – CBRE
 
SIOR 2019 Industrial Broker of the Year:

Matt McGregor –

Colliers International
Finalists:

Matt Wood – Kidder Mathews  

Arie Salomon – NAI Puget

Sound Properties

 

To view all of this year's winners,

click here.

 

Lease-commission Process 

 

The lease-commission process can be complicated. As a member-owned association, one of our fundamental missions is to ensure member cooperation and fair compensation. To achieve this, it’s vital that all members follow the proper listing entry process to avoid misunderstandings about commissions.

ALWAYS PROPERLY DETAIL THE LEASE OFFICE COMMISSION ON YOUR CBA LEASE LISTING 

In “GENERAL LISTING INFORMATION,” in the box titled “Leasing Ofc Com*,” the listing broker must enter the amount the procuring broker will receive. It is essential that both sides of the deal publish and understand the correct information. Make sure you always confirm and clarify information as we are not always able to protect your commission.  

LISTING BROKER: 

FILL OUT THE COMMISSION INFORMATION FOR YOUR LISTING AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE. When filling out your commission information, the comment box only allows for 60 characters. Include as much information as possible in the entry field. For example: 

*To review Rule X.1.a regarding Division of Commissions, click here.

 

CLARIFY YOUR TERMS. If your lease commission terms exceed the limits of the commission information field, please use the CBA Member Listing Comments to include full details about the commission.

 

BOTH COOPERATING BROKERS 

 

COMMUNICATE CLEARLY ABOUT YOUR COMMISSIONS WELL BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE DEAL. Remember that you should always follow up with your cooperating broker to confirm your commission information before the deal is signed and executed. It’s important to understand and agree upon what you are getting paid! 

 

 

Keep Your Listing Status Up To Date

 

To maintain an accurate database that helps our members be more productive and successful, it is vital that members do their part to keep the status of their listings up to date. 

 

FIRST: Make Sure You Enter the Correct Listing Status

 

Active: An active status is an On-Market status and should be used when a valid listing exists and no offer (with or without contingencies) has been accepted. 

 

Pending: A pending status means the seller or lessor has accepted an offer from a buyer or lessee, but the deal hasn't closed yet. CBA members must change the status of a property to pending the minute a contract is executed.  

 

THEN: Keep Your Listings Up to Date

 

Once you've submitted your listings, you also must keep those listings up to date. This means promptly removing listings that are no longer active and updating a listing's status as soon as that status changes.

 

Members also must warrant that their listings and any changes to their listings accurately reflect the original listings and any changes to the listings.

Please visit our Member Rules page if you need additional information.

 

 

Use Your CBA Flex Pass By December 31st

 

Fall is here, and that means CBA has more classes available to its members. If you haven’t maxed-out your CBA flex pass, now's the time! Make sure you put your pass to good use and sign up for up to four live classes by December 31, 2019. Choose from any of our class offerings that match your interests and career goals – and earn continuing education credits for your biennial license renewal.

 

Announcing Our New Quick

Search Feature!

 

We listened to your feedback and developed a Quick Search feature to make your listings searches faster and easier than ever before.

 

When you’re on the CBA homepage, simply click the orange “Quick Search” button to enter a streamlined search that lets you filter by asset class, property name, market area, CBA ID, and address. Using the quick search function reduces load time for quicker results.

 

Start a search but need to use the full functionality instead? Just click the “Advanced” button in the top right corner, and you can continue your search with our full data features set. 

 

 

CBA Member Listings Now Receive National Exposure!

 

One of many benefits you receive as a CBA member is national exposure through our partnership with Commercial Exchange (CE), a national commercial real estate marketplace. Commercial Exchange brings together sale and lease availabilities sourced directly from brokers in Catylist’s network of 50+ local commercial real estate platforms in markets across

the country.

 

When you post a listing to the CBA database, your listing is automatically added to CE, at no extra charge. This information, just like on the CBA website, is always verified and up to date.

 

What does this mean for you? If someone in another state or country is looking for a property with criteria that matches yours, they’ll see your listing and can easily access your contact information. And if your client wants to look at properties elsewhere in the nation, you can find up-to-date, verified listings that meet their needs, as well.

 

To visit the CE database, click here.

 

 

Revised Forms 17 and 17C Released July 1st, 2019

 

In response to recent Washington State legislation, CBA has released revised versions of Form 17 and Form 17C. Please note that there were NO changes to Form 17 Commercial.

 

The Seller Disclosure Statement for Improved Property (Form 17) and for Unimproved Property (Form 17C) has been updated to reflect upcoming revisions to the Seller Disclosure Act (RCW 64.06). 

 

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