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Is NAR Really Working for its Members?
Even the most avid NAR backer will admit over 90% of its membership couldn’t articulate a single benefit.    After numerous decades, how is that even possible?  This leaves many to the opinion NAR, the non-profit trade group chartered with representing its members, may actually be more concerned about representing its own self-interest.  Again, no one has to dig too deep to find countless articles highlighting NAR’s dubious track record.  But, if you ever really thought NAR was representing its agent members, consider the following.
It wasn’t many years ago the United States had dozens of car manufactures, hundreds of cable companies, thousands of Internet Service Providers, tens of thousands of hardware stores, bookstores and theaters.  Time, technology and changing economic conditions always create industry consolidation.    And, for the most part, because of the competitive nature of capitalism, the consolidation most always benefits the consumer in the long run.
Yet, by some reports, there are still over 800 local Association/Boards in the United States.  It is inconceivable that mere happenstance is the only reason the real estate industry somehow escaped what every other industry couldn’t.  The real estate industry is fractured into a thousand territories that by design are not supposed to communicate.  This mushroom-in-the-cave development ... more

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