{"id":2148,"date":"2007-11-01T13:48:02","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2007-11-01T13:49:06","modified_gmt":"2007-11-01T20:49:06","slug":"pmar-oar-nar-david-barry-and-the-essential-elements-of-non-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2148\/pmar-oar-nar-david-barry-and-the-essential-elements-of-non-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"PMAR, OAR, NAR, David Barry and the Essential Elements of non-Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

The confluence of events:<\/p>\n

Last week I received a lead from our lead generation system.\u00a0 I had only a name and email address: \u00a0she wanted info on three listings, then two more, then the next day seven more, each emailed separately.\u00a0 There was no contact number, only her email address, and it turned out she wasn\u2019t really in the market to buy, just curious.\u00a0 And: all she wanted were the addresses, was more than a little annoyed \u2013 so was I \u2013 she had to jump through hoops to get them.\u00a0 Damned REALTORS\u00ae!<\/p>\n

Monday I was in a meeting to introduce our new company web site, including a new property search engine.\u00a0 The mock up included maps, street view and\u2026 addresses!<\/em>\u00a0 Transparency; terrific!\u00a0 But, no, sorry, that\u2019s not a real fixture.\u00a0 Apparently that\u2019s against the bylaws of one of the five MLSs we deal with; \u201cBesides, we want to give a reason for the phone to ring!\u201d\u00a0 See above.<\/p>\n

Then last night – after fifty plus sugared up munchkins – I opened my annual Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors bill, which includes dues for PMAR, OAR, and NAR. Last year it was $343, and this year: $459. For those who dabble in percentages, that\u2019s a 34% increase.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The stated reason:\u00a0 A $100 \u2018special assessment\u2019 to OAR:<\/p>\n

The Public Awareness Campaign is an integrated program designed to address multiple issues facing the real estate industry in Oregon as a result of extreme changes in the real estate market including the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the threat of an initiative petition to give unfair advantage to a new MLS provider<\/strong> and the ongoing threat of a real estate transfer tax.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Public Awareness Campaign special assessment will accomplish two goals \u2013 it will fund the specific campaign to raise the profile and enhance the image of our Members [sic] in the eyes of the public, and it will make available the necessary funds to educate the public regarding initiative petition issues<\/strong> that impact the real estate industry and consumers in Oregon.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So that\u2019s a $2 million confiscation, not to study and\/or implement ways to make agents more efficient, to make us Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The confluence of events: Last week I received a lead from our lead generation system.\u00a0 I had only a name and email address: \u00a0she wanted info on three listings, then two more, then the next day seven more, each emailed separately.\u00a0 There was no contact number, only her email address, and it turned out she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"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":[4,5,30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-disintermediation","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-supplanting-the-nar","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9078,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9078\/nar-responds-to-cap-and-trade-concerns\/","url_meta":{"origin":2148,"position":0},"title":"NAR Responds To Cap and Trade Concerns","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"July 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Since Greg's post last week stirred up some good discussion of what NAR should be doing about the crazy energy bill, I thought I'd pass along the official word from NAR.\u00a0 Personally, I think the Senate is going to kill or \"fix\" the bill - after all, they will actually\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Real Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10364,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10364\/google-places-is-a-national-real-estate-search-engine-not-so-much\/","url_meta":{"origin":2148,"position":1},"title":"“Google Places” is a “National Real Estate Search Engine”? 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