The new Member Engagement System is live! Members, look out for an email with a link and instructions on how to update your password to access the website and Member Dashboard. Please be patient with us during this major transition.

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Bay East has launched the new Member Engagement System! 

The new system will enhance data security and technical support, allow members to create and maintain a personal Member Dashboard, increase collaboration amongst members, and make it easier to pay bills and access receipts. Our current system is over 30 years old, and we are excited to improve members’ online experience with a new, user-friendly system that is easy to navigate. 

Your customizable Member Dashboard will provide access to the following:  

·         Member Profile: upload a picture, change contact information, add a website or social media links  

·         Pay bills  

·         View or download receipts  

·         Access committee information and documents 

Members will receive an email with a link directing to the Bay East website that will instruct them to type in their email and click “Forgot Password”. Members will then receive an automatic “Reset Your Password” email to the email address entered, which will allow them to reset their password to create the account. All members will be required to go through this process to update their password.

(Note: MLS Subscribers, this will not affect your Paragon password.)  

We will be communicating additional information about the new Member Engagement System in the coming weeks.

Please be patient with us during this major transition.

If you have general questions about the new Member Engagement System please email info@bayeast.org.   

Paragon will be performing updates during the downtime maintenance window and will be unavailable from Tuesday, May 17 at 10pm to Wednesday May 18 at 4am.

Voting will begin on June 10, 2022 for the election of the 2023 Officers, 2023/2024 Directors and two important Bylaw changes. Voting closes at 2 p.m. on June 24, 2022. We will announce the new Board of Directors and Officers after all of the candidates have been notified of the results. 

Every vote counts. If you cast your online vote before midnight on June 14, you can enter a drawing to win a year of FREE local dues for the 2022/2023 billing period. If you have already paid your dues and win the drawing, your account will be credited. 

All REALTOR® members in good standing (defined as having all Association and MLS fees paid) are eligible to vote for Officers, At-Large Directors, Affiliate Directors and Directors representing their districts. There is no vacancy for Affiliate Director.

The following is a breakdown of the cities / areas within each district. 

North County: Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland and all cities to the North and to the East of these cities. Represented by one Director (no vacancy).

Central County: Hayward, Castro Valley, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and all cities to the West of Hayward. Represented by one Director (one vacancy).

Tri-Cities: Fremont, Newark, Union City, and all cities South of Fremont. Represented by three Directors (two vacancies).

Tri-Valley: Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, Sunol, and all cities to the North of Dublin and East of Livermore. Represented by four Directors (two vacancies).

At-Large: All Districts/All Areas (three vacancies).

Learn more about the election and Bylaw amendments here.

Learn more about the candidates here.

Lease Rental listings: If you answered “No” in the RentSpree Online Application field on your Lease Rental Listings, a pop-up message will appear after hitting the save button. The pop-up message will show information on what the service is and give you an opportunity to change your answer to “Yes” if you’d like to. Whether you update your answer or not, please make sure to hit the “Save” button again on your listing to activate.
Associated Documents:  Due to requests from our members, the number of associated documents will be increased from 12 to 20 for each listing. 
Required Financial Fields:  Residential Income and Commercial Multi-Unit 5+ property classes have required financial fields, effective May 24, these fields will still be available however they will no longer be required.  

REALTORS may have received an email from “Contactnarmember <contactnar.member@gmail.com>” about being qualified for a federal compensation program. This is a scam and do not reply or click on any links.  Questions about the legitimacy of any request from NAR may be answered at 800-874-6500, or via live chat or email.

Bay East has learned that a scammer is targeting vacant listings. An agent was contacted by someone posing as a PG&E employee who asked the agent to tell their client they were delinquent in paying their utility bill and gave bogus instructions on how to pay. Please be cautious if you are contacted by anyone claiming that a client has a delinquent utility bill that must be paid. PG&E has provided more information here.

Effective Tuesday, August 3, real estate professionals and their clients are required to wear face coverings, regardless of vaccination status, during Broker Tours, open house tours, in real estate offices, and other activities that occur indoors in Alameda County.  Additionally, face coverings are required for property showings in Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Sonoma counties.  More counties may be added to this list as additional information is received.

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The COVID-19 DRE deadline extensions expire June 30, 2021.  DRE alerts licensees and examinees to take action now to beat the upcoming deadline.  Read all the details from the DRE here.