Missy Caulk pointed out.... Jonathan's post in light of EmMee Hill's post about an odd ad displayed on the REALTOR.com website. EmMee's post is Members Only...

In NAR it's time to make a move on Move Jonathan shared history

History of REALTOR.com (Excerpted from Realtor.org website)
"In November 1996, the Board of Directors of the National Association of REALTORS® approved an agreement between the REALTORS® Information Network (RIN)—NAR’s wholly-owned subsidiary--and RealSelect, Inc. to take over the operations of NAR’s official Internet site, REALTOR.com. At the time, many business models were considered to finance the development of REALTOR.com. NAR’s Leadership Team decided against using dues dollars or asking for a special assessment of the membership to fund REALTOR.com. While Homestore and its investors have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build and operate REALTOR.com, no NAR funds or NAR member dues dollars have ever been used for the creation or operation of the site."

Jonathan... said it was time for NAR to move on Move.com last August. 2008

It's a poll!

Sorting out the "who is who?" is tough for some of us.

NAR is the National Association of REALTORS®

Realtor.com is a website

Move.com (formerly Home Store) operates the Realtor.com site.

Realtor.org (NAR) says of the future for REALTOR.com and NAR (our association):

"The two organizations have continued their relationship essentially unchanged because they both benefit."

Again that is from 2006... ARE we the members benefitting today?

Jonathan wrote: "Realtor.com should be controlled and operated by the National Association of Realtors. It is our namesake, and the internet is too important to Realtors to just outsource."

Edit

A better version of the poll on ColumbusBestBlog.com - if this one gives you trouble NAR move on Move poll... I wanted to use this skin anyway...