Here is the definative list of reasons why you should sell real estate and not  pay your REALTOR dues.
Buckle Up!

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There's your list. It took me hours, hundreds of hours of research and interviews, to come up with that list. I did not intentionally set out to ask people why they are not REALTORS.

Just thinking about the brokerages and agents who say that they would rather "save their money" and not join the professional association that protects them, their role in the local and national economy, and even their very income absolutely baffles me.

TIMES OF DURESS REVEAL TRUE COLORS AND VALUE

In an expanding market (that was 2002 through 2006), business appears to happen easily, houses seem to sell themselves, deals happen, money flows and the seeds of failure are sown.
True needs seem to be cloaked, met very easily or even disquised as assets.

In a consolidating market (NOW), business appears to slow, clients must be sought out, opportunity is elusive and the seeds of massive success are sown.
Old needs come back and NEW CHALLENGES AND NEEDS RAISE THEIR UGLY HEADS AND REVEAL THEMSELVES.

Your REALTOR association at the local, regional and state level is working nearly 24 hours a day RIGHT NOW on YOUR behalf in regards to the new consumer protection laws that go into effect on June 12 in Washington state. If you cannot afford to contribute to RPAC right now because of the consolidating market...GET CREATIVE! Hold a fund raiser, do something.

Grab that jar of pennies that you were saving for the next family trip and contribute that money AND MORE to RPAC because here's the deal... Without RPAC moving powerfully in the right direction on your behalf in the coming months YOU WON'T HAVE YOUR FAMILY TRIP NEXT YEAR! Period.

Any words to the contrary are the words of a fool. Was that too rough? :-)