{"id":14708,"date":"2011-06-29T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T19:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14708"},"modified":"2011-06-29T23:02:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T06:02:24","slug":"lay-down-with-dogs-and-you-wake-up-with-fleas-worse-if-you-decide-to-rape-the-taxpayers-via-nars-rapac-scam-you-get-plague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14708\/lay-down-with-dogs-and-you-wake-up-with-fleas-worse-if-you-decide-to-rape-the-taxpayers-via-nars-rapac-scam-you-get-plague\/","title":{"rendered":"Lay down with dogs and you wake up with fleas? Worse. If you decide to rape the taxpayers via NAR&#8217;s RAPAC scam you get&#8230; <em>plague!<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paronline.com\/forum_archives\/JulyAugust2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Phoenix Realtor Forum<\/em><\/a>, the monthly newsletter of the Phoenix Association of Realtors:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/PlaguePlaque.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alas, the plague is a swarm of vampire-like locust Realtors. These are RAPAC&#8217;s objectives, according to the article, with interstitial commentary by me <strong>in bold text<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mortgage Interest Deduction: NAR opposes any changes that would limit or undermine current law.\n<p><strong>That is, people who <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> buy homes on credit, including people who own their homes outright, people who rent and working poor people living in mom&#8217;s basement or in their cars, should subsidize the incomes of very wealthy people. If this doesn&#8217;t make you sick, you&#8217;re much too sick already.<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Capital Gains Exemption: NAR opposes any changes to the capital gains exemption on the sale of a home.\n<p><strong>How much does the NAR hate real property? Why isn&#8217;t its position to eliminate <em>all<\/em> taxes, or at least all taxes on real estate?<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Depreciation\/Tenant Improvements: NAR supports efforts to establish a permanent rule that more accurately reflects the depreciable lives of buildings and to conform amortization periods for tenant improvements more closely to the term of the lease.\n<p><strong>More tax subsidies for the rich, rather than getting rid of taxes altogether.<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Government-Sponsored Enterprises: NAR is recommending that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be converted into government-chartered, non-shareholder owned authorities.\n<p><strong>Because it&#8217;s harder to hide the corruption if the SEC is pretending to pay attention to FannieMae and FreddieMac.<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Mortgage Loan Limits: NAR supports making the current higher loan limits and formula permanent.\n<p><strong>Rich people need more subsidies!<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>FHA\/Federal Housing Administration Programs: NAR is a strong supporter of FHA&#8217;s single- and multi-family programs.\n<p><strong>Poor people need subsidies, too!<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>NAR Credit Policy: NAR is calling on the credit and lending industries and regulators to reassess the entire mortgage lending policy structure and look for ways to increase the availability of credit.\n<p><strong>Because not enough unqualified buyers were rooked into buying homes they couldn&#8217;t pay for the last time we pulled these stunts.<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Short Sales: NAR continues to push the lending industry to expedite short sales.\n<p><strong>Criminal penalties if they don&#8217;t? Don&#8217;t laugh. Government is nothing but force. If we are doing anything other than negotiating by means of the persuasions of the free market, one party is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14708\/lay-down-with-dogs-and-you-wake-up-with-fleas-worse-if-you-decide-to-rape-the-taxpayers-via-nars-rapac-scam-you-get-plague\/#more-14708\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Phoenix Realtor Forum, the monthly newsletter of the Phoenix Association of Realtors: Alas, the plague is a swarm of vampire-like locust Realtors. These are RAPAC&#8217;s objectives, according to the article, with interstitial commentary by me in bold text. Mortgage Interest Deduction: NAR opposes any changes that would limit or undermine current law. That [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[251,29,5,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-big-mother","7":"category-group-therapy","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-supplanting-the-nar","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19291,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/19291\/attn-national-association-of-realtors-you-cannot-go-to-hell-fast-enough-for-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":14708,"position":0},"title":"Attn. National Association of Realtors: You cannot go to hell fast enough for me.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"December 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cBaby, now that I've found you, I can't let you go. I'll build my world around you. I need you so, baby, even though you don't need me. You don't need me...\u201d If you follow the news, you may think of the National Association of Realtors as being a hotbed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAR-no-more.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAR-no-more.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAR-no-more.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAR-no-more.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NAR-no-more.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":832,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/832\/nar-dead-pool\/","url_meta":{"origin":14708,"position":1},"title":"NAR dead pool . . . ?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things Cathy did yesterday between finishing her real estate work and popping the cork on the champagne (she makes me do that, of course), was paying our dues. Not figuratively -- literally. Yesterday was the deadline to pay the following creditors:Phoenix Association of RealtorsArizona Association of RealtorsNational\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marketing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14354,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14354\/whats-the-best-thing-the-national-association-of-realtors-can-do-for-the-american-economy-it-could-drop-dead-but-it-wont-so-heres-how-you-can-kill-it-instead\/","url_meta":{"origin":14708,"position":2},"title":"What&#8217;s the best thing the National Association of Realtors can do for the American economy? It could drop dead &#8212; but it won&#8217;t &#8212; so here&#8217;s how you can kill it, instead.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"March 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey there, toothy-grinned, glad-handing Realtor: How's the world treating you? Business is not so good? Your house is worth less than half of what you paid for it? Your kid has three degrees but can't get a job? Are you looking for someone to blame for your troubles? Guess what?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3820,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3820\/theres-more-to-the-mortgage-relief-bill-than-just-mortgage-relief\/","url_meta":{"origin":14708,"position":3},"title":"There&#8217;s more to the mortgage relief bill than just mortgage relief","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my column for this week from the Arizona Republic (permanent link). Notes for insiders: The legislative thumbprint of the National Association of Realtors is churn. The NAR is not necessarily for or against any legislation. Instead, their lobbyists will look for ways to introduce short-term incentives to churn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Investment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Investment","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/investment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17492,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17492\/making-the-case-for-my-manumission-and-yours-from-the-nar\/","url_meta":{"origin":14708,"position":4},"title":"Making the case for my manumission \u2013 and yours? \u2013 from the\u00a0#NAR.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As mentioned, I am striving to extricate myself from the National Association of Realtors. It's the speech code that's put me off the reservation. Until lately the NAR has been a nuisance to me, but now it is an active menace. I would abhor thought police even if they were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Egoism in Action&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Egoism in Action","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/egoism-in-action\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/junior-moran-hrEJYRtBDrk-unsplash-1-320x480.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15293,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/15293\/hey-ron-phipps-i-say-the-national-association-of-realtors-is-a-rent-seeking-rotarian-socialist-conspiracy-against-the-american-consumer-can-you-offer-even-one-argument-to-refute-that-claim\/","url_meta":{"origin":14708,"position":5},"title":"Hey, Ron Phipps: I say the National Association of Realtors is a rent-seeking Rotarian Socialist conspiracy against the American consumer. Can you offer even one argument to refute that claim?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"My friend and partner, the ever-more-Unchained Brian Brady, posted a Facebook link to a Wall Street Journal article on the current push by the National Association of Realtors for extended loan subsidies for the rich:To understand why 90% of U.S. mortgages are still underwritten by taxpayers, look no further than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14715,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708\/revisions\/14715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}