I’m so glad that the NAR\u00a0leaders\u00a0took the time to present the Town Hall meeting. It\u00a0was\u00a0both informative and educational and\u00a0I learned quite a bit about the NAR, how they really function as an organization,\u00a0and what they hope to accomplish with the Realtor Party. Ya know, the NAR leaders who took the time to prepare and present this Town Hall seem like really nice folks who truly believe in what they are saying, and I believe them when they say it\u00a0really is about survival, but their solutions are based on what they’ve done in the past, and what they’ve done in the past is look at taxpayers, politicians, and members, as dinner.<\/p>\n
Some of my favorite quotes:<\/p>\n
“It’s the few of us who are pulling everybody else along. A few of us are making and allowing people to stay in business because of our RPAC donations. It’s time that everybody gives… We need to make this fair for everybody and everybody needs to share in what we do at NAR.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In other words, “we need your blood in order to survive”. Something doesn’t quite follow, though. If\u00a0I’m forced to join the NAR in order\u00a0to be a member of the MLS, how am I being unfair to the NAR because I’m not a willing participant in their\u00a0RPAC\u00a0political blood-sucking<\/span> initiatives<\/a>?<\/p>\n
Speaking of those political initiatives…<\/p>\n
“(The NAR has) over a million members… about 900,000 of them don’t stand up and charge when we say charge.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Oh. Well. I do beg your pardon. And yet,\u00a0even with such a lamentably small number of\u00a0 foot soldiers willing to do their bidding, (Dear NAR- instead of looking at us as sheeple, perhaps you should consider upping your own UVP) the NAR proudly proclaims all the fine work\u00a0it did in pushing for the cannibalizing Home Buyer Tax Credit. That was good for the temporary survival of Realtors, not so good for home buyers who may have paid more for their homes than they otherwise would have if the market had been allowed to work itself out and, especially not so good for taxpayers who have just flushed more than half a billion dollars down the commode <\/a>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So now the NAR is looking at its own members and licking its lips, and after the Town Hall meeting, I think I might understand the thought process at work here. After all, if all you have are fangs, everything looks like an artery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251,15,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-big-mother","7":"category-carnival-of-real-estate","8":"category-supplanting-the-nar","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8913,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8913\/darwin-and-the-notorious-nar\/","url_meta":{"origin":14450,"position":0},"title":"Darwin and the Notorious NAR","author":"Thomas Hall","date":"June 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the most powerful outcomes of attending an REBarcamp isn't necessarily attending the many great discussions during the day, but the great conversations and discussions which take place over a beer after the meeting is over.\u00a0 I also believe that REBC - now after experiencing yesterday's REBCCHI - is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Disintermediation"","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9116,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9116\/san-diego-dogs-when-bloodhoundblog-unchained-comes-to-san-diego-during-the-nar-convention-will-you-be-ready-to-stand-up-and-howl\/","url_meta":{"origin":14450,"position":1},"title":"San Diego dogs: When BloodhoundBlog Unchained comes to San Diego during the NAR Convention, will you be ready to stand up and howl?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"July 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"When we wrapped up BloodhoundBlog Unchained in Phoenix, Brian Brady and I were already talking about doing an event in San Diego during the National Association of Realtors Convention. 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