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Open Message to NAR

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Realty 179530

I've long said that I consider the requirement to belong to NAR a form of forced unionization. This message to NAR is BRILLIANT. Every Realtor® should watch this and spread this message. Maybe NAR will begin to listen.

Original content by Lyn Sims

 

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Comments (20)

Sham Reddy CRS
Howard Hanna RE Services, Dayton, OH - Dayton, OH
CRS

We all shuold be fighting I-buyers, Zillow and other for profit entities who just care about their bottom line. Yes, NAR should be doing more to combat these idiots & let public know who we really R, and that we have strict code of conduct, and ethics to live by

Sep 24, 2019 04:14 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Sham Reddy CRS hi Sham... I've been very disappointed by the NAR for many years now and each year when I pay my dues I ask myself what am I really getting for them. The problem is that when we belong to organizations when they stop working for us we can stop. With NAR we have no choice.

Sep 24, 2019 04:19 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thank you very much, Nina, for sharing this video.

One of the benefits of retirement is that I am no longer paying the NAR dues.

Sep 24, 2019 04:53 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Roy Kelley hi Roy... unfortunately, I'm not quite ready to retire. My husband has a broker's license... as he doesn't sell, he's terminating his membership with NAR for the upcoming year.

Sep 24, 2019 04:56 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Nina I am thankful we do not have the equivalent of NAR on the lending side of the business.  If we did I would certainly be demanding more than what I see Realtors getting for their membership fees.

Sep 24, 2019 07:57 AM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

Thank you for sharing this message through your reblog Nina Hollander 

Sep 24, 2019 07:57 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

George Souto hi George... because we are a bit of a captive audience in being required to belong to have MLS access, they get away with an awful lot of things that annoys much of the membership.

Sep 24, 2019 08:07 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS hi Paul... think back fondly on my days in NYC real estate where we had no MLS and were not obligated to pay to join an organization. And guess what, no one in NYC cared whether or not we were Realtors.

Sep 24, 2019 08:08 AM
Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543
Realty ONE Group Advocates 484-237-2055 - Downingtown, PA
Selling the Main Line & Chester County

That is definitely a man filled with passion. Yes, I agree until our MLS's and brokers stop forcing us all to belong to NAR there really won't be much change. The only thing you can do is step up and make your voice heard at each and every level of the organization.

Sep 24, 2019 08:45 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Nina and Lyn,  I will be reblogging this one also as it is so important to get the word out.

 

Sep 24, 2019 08:52 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543 we should all express that passion as did this man on the video, Nick. Many of us have thought what he so eloquently said.

Sep 24, 2019 08:58 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Will Hamm hi Will... since many of us read different posts by different members, the more exposure this post has the better.

Sep 24, 2019 08:58 AM
Will Hamm

I agree.


 

Sep 24, 2019 09:04 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Bravo Nina,

For giving this post more exposure!  This message needs to be heard by everyone!  Happy Tuesday...A

Sep 24, 2019 09:29 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Ron and Alexandra Seigel thanks, Alexandra... such an important issue and I'm happy to do my part and even happier to see how many other people in the Rain also reblogged this video.

Sep 24, 2019 09:33 AM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
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Good afternoon Nina Hollander - to be forced to pay for an organization that really doesn't represent you deserves all of this outrage from everyone.

Sep 24, 2019 11:30 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Grant Schneider it does, indeed, Grant. And yet we are hostages to the system. The organizations we'd need to "take down" will do what they have to to retain their jobs and salaries.

Sep 24, 2019 11:33 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Bravo - that was powerful stuff... what is NAR doing?

Sep 28, 2019 07:45 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089 hi Georgie, if you ask me, NAR is not doing enough of the right things for its members... the ones many of us really care about.

Sep 29, 2019 12:49 AM