NAR proposes new Code of Excellence

Nothing will help Richard.  Code of ethics is a load of bull anyway. 

You know that I think NAR and even GAR are about business at this point and not about serving their members.  I think this just drives home that it will continue to move in that direction.  You'll get no rebuttal from me on this issue at all.

Hi Richard - My standard response to NAR is a deep yawn. They lost the plot a long time ago and have little relevance to the real issues their members face on a daily basis.

I couldn't sidagree with you more and as a member of the Board of Directors of NAR I strongly supoorted it, in fact I thought it had been watered down to much. I did a lengthly comment on another post but I believe that if we cannot set minimum standards for what it means to be a REALTOR® and the proper way to evaluate a REALTOR® then we will become what Zillow, Trulia, and others wants us to be and that is a commodity. It is time that being a REALTOR® again means something to the public because this decision by the leadership and ratified by the Board has nothing to do with lobbyists. Richard, I have a lot of respect for you and it is REALTORS® like you I don't worry about. FYI, I would be happy with a NAR membership of 250,000 if that meant that you not only have to obey the Code of Ethics but also a standard of excellence. If 1 million want to raise that bar then that is good too.

Code of Ethics, Code of Excellence should be renamed "Justify our Existence".  NAR is a typical trade organization that holds little sway over public policy, member behavior, etc.  Realtors, brokers, agents etc. would improve their public standing by doing a better job of client service, marketing, contract management and negotiations.  Slapping the brand of REALTOR on someone does not mean that they are proficient, good at their jobs or, by default, ethical.  I'm not trying to offend anyone and feel free to delete the comment should you feel so inclined.

     NAR is talking about data protection?  Kind of late, isn't it?   Seeing how NAR sold the domain name Realtor dot com, and many NAR-affiliated local Boards syndicate MLS data to ZTR and other portals.  

Thank you, Richard.  I was so disappointed in my NAR membership that when I finally decided not to renew, I truly felt like I lost a friend.  We all want to be a "part" of our professional organization but it just became constant check writing with no perceptible benefit.  Even the REALTOR designation was lost on the public.

Richard...as long as we allow 3rd party sites access to our  listings to be misrepresented by thiese sites we can never have excellence.

They will buy their way in and we are left in the cold again.

I'm confused!  If they told you that that the term REALTOR(R) was generic for any broker, then why do we pay extra to become NAR members?  Every agent in the State of Indiana is now a Broker, but many do not pay NAR Dues. Maybe they should give us our money back for misrepresentation, if that's the case.

I talked with my 'Ex' Broker, William Feela...He agrees with you.

WE have enouugh rules, let's just get them enforced.