6 Million in 2012 to Lobby, and this is not for Consumer Rights, or Real Estate Protection in your Transaction, this is to keep NAR in Business.

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2012&indexType=s

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the National Association of Realtors Sure Spends and Awful Lot of Money for WHAT IS BEST for You ???

NAR Spends Big Money, BIGTIME, Just to Get things to Go Their Way. Do not think for one minute that NAR spends this kind of money on what is of the Real Estate Consumers Best Interest. NO Way. The National Association of Realtors would not be spending this kind of money to Stomp their Feet and Get their Way if they were not Making Billions from the Decisions Your Government makes that is Supposedly in your Best Interest.

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Realtor, NAR is out for what Best Suits the Needs of the National Association of Realtors and what Keeps YOU having to Use them though they pretend it is a choice, while they lobby - lobby and keep forcing their way into your life.

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Everyone knows that you DO NOT need a Realtor
to Sell your Real Estate, but NAR Lobbys Constantly and with your Money
to make sure they stay in your life and that more and more LAWS are enacted to keep you needing them when in TRUTH you simply do not need a Realtor in your Real Estate Transaction. AND in FACT, - YES fact.. Challenge me If you Must.. I know many Of you Cannot Resist, But in Fact ... Using a Realtor can Harm you more then if YOU do Not Use a Realtor. A Realtor can NOT protect you in Your Real Estate Transaction, that is just the way it is. FACT..

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E and O insuarance Makes Sure of That.
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and NAR, on your Behalf of Course... NOT,
well They Push for Mandatory E and O insurance, they sit down at the State - Local and Federal level with the Big Wig from the Big E and O insurance Provider and they set our to sell your Govering Bodies over Real Estate on the LIE that Mandatory E and O insurance is Good for Consumers as well As Realtors, yet tell me a Real Estate Broker Owner that my E and O insurance is NOT intented to protect my clients.

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This Kind of Money at the Link Below is SICK
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000062

STOP Using Realtors, NAR members..
They are Using YOUR Money Against You.
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your Listing is more then Commission for the Local Agent..
It is also Big Content - Big Time on their Billion Dollar Websites
that they use to Sell everything to EVERYBODY..

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You LOSE
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STOP Using Realtors
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Boycot Realtors
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Keep in Mind that the Lobby Money above is Just Part,
NAR also works with insurance companies, banks and
have alot more Lobby Money out there then that.
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NAR is so Nicely Diversified that you will NEVER
Truly know where their Billions go.. and Keep the Real Estate Consumer in the Dark is the Real True Motto of The National Association of Realtors - they are NOT really the VOICE of Real Estate - they are NOT of a Higher Standards and NAR Does not Take Ethics Seriously - it is all to pull the wool over you, the real estate consumers Eyes and most just eat it up.

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Site Quote Below
"The National Association of Realtors represents the nation’s real estate industry. While the bulk of its issues tend to deal with property management and control, the group also lobbies members of Congress and the administration on virtually every issue facing business, including health care reform, bankruptcy legislation and tax cuts. One of its biggest issues in recent years has been a move toward deregulating the financial services industry. For years, real estate agents have successfully warded off attempts by banking interests to delve into the sale and management of property. One of the keys to the group’s success: It supports Democrats and Republicans almost equally."
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Yes Let's Let Realtors, NAR, the National Association of Realtors KEEP on KEEPING keeping Banks out of Real Estate, though the Banker Knows your Business anyway, lends you money to buy and though NAR's Reason which I have listed on OTHER Blogs are complete Nonsense, Bogus and Riddled with Flat Out Lies.
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Yes Let NAR Keep Banks Out of Real Estate (so Realtors can Stay in Business) but at the Same time stand By while the National Association of Realtors starts their Own Credit Union, sneekily, quitely, getting into the Banking Industry, the Lending Industry, and pulling the wool over the Department of Justice Every Day of the Week.

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Shhhhhh.. NAR - Realtors Violate Anti-Trust laws Daily and they Cannot be STOPPED - they have to much of your Money and they, NAR is Seriously Using it Against you.. The Real Estate Consumer.
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Related Link Below

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A

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Check OUT this Link Below on Realtor Association Contributions

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GPEA_en&num=100&q=site%3A%2F%2Fwww.OpenSecrets.org+Realtor&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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Coldwell Banker Lobby Link
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GPEA_en&num=100&q=site%3A%2F%2Fwww.OpenSecrets.org+ColdwellBanker&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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Century 21

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GPEA_en&num=100&q=site%3A%2F%2Fwww.OpenSecrets.org+Century+21&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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Cendant
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GPEA_en&num=100&q=site%3A%2F%2Fwww.OpenSecrets.org+Cendant&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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Real Estate
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GPEA_en&num=100&q=site%3A%2F%2Fwww.OpenSecrets.org+Real+Estate&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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Did lobbyist offer cash for regulator's vote?

A canceled campaign contribution from Idaho's most generous lobbying group is prompting calls to toughen the state bribery law.

A $500 contribution was promised in October to House Republican candidate Joan Cloonan of Garden City. But it was withdrawn hours later after Cloonan, who sits on the Department of Environmental Quality board, voted for a rule on septic systems that was opposed by the Idaho Association of Realtors.

Cloonan is a Ph.D. chemist, lawyer and former environmental officer at J.R. Simplot Co. During a break in the board's Oct. 8 meeting, Realtors lobbyist John Eaton told Cloonan he would give her a check at a fund-raiser later that day hosted by Gov. Butch Otter.

Eaton then testified against the septic rule, saying it would make it more expensive and in some cases impossible to build on some already platted lots. But Cloonan voted for the rule, which passed 6-1. The Realtors are now leading the effort at the Legislature to have the rule overturned on grounds that it is scientifically unfounded and a threat to property rights.

On Election Day, Eaton told Cloonan that her vote was a factor in withholding the $500. She responded in a Nov. 14 letter, writing that she was "disappointed and insulted" by his statement. She also complained to the secretary of state, attorney general and some legislators.

Eaton said he regrets the way he handled the incident but said he never tried trading money for a vote. The Realtors PAC gave more than $490,000 to candidates in 2008, about three times the total contributed by the next largest group.

Eaton is government affairs director for the 9,000-member association. A veteran lobbyist, he represents the Realtors exclusively. Earlier in his career, he lobbied for the Idaho Building Contractors Association. His testimony two weeks ago was part of the record that prompted lawmakers to cut Otter's revenue projection by $101 million last week.

Both the secretary of state and attorney general investigated Cloonan's account but found no legal recourse. "It's a very serious thing because we don't like people trying to buy votes," said Chief Deputy Secretary of State Tim Hurst.

"We regarded it as serious, and we examined the statutes," said Bill von Tagen, who heads the attorney general's intergovernmental law division. "We didn't find an unlawful act."

One of the legislators Cloonan spoke with, Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, wants to change that. He's drafting a bill to expand the bribery statute that makes it a felony to offer a public official a benefit in exchange for an official action.

"I don't see any difference between offering a benefit in exchange for a vote and withdrawing a benefit if you don't get the vote," said Labrador, who commends Cloonan for coming forward. "We have great public officials in the state of Idaho, and I don't think that one person should taint everybody else. I think that's evidenced by the way Joan reacted. She's a person of integrity."

Senate Assistant Minority Leader Kate Kelly, D-Boise, who advocates optional public financing of state campaigns, called Idaho's bribery law "pretty toothless."

Kelly said the Realtors' legislative strategy is typical of groups across the spectrum in a system where lawmakers rely heavily on PAC contributions to fund their campaigns. Trade associations, unions and other interest groups fund candidates that are friendly to their aims and attempt to unseat those who generally don't agree.

"It's ugly, but that's the way our law works," Kelly said. "In my experience, you vote for the Realtors' bill, they give money to your campaign. You vote against the Realtors' bill, they give your opponent money."

What's unusual about the Realtors dealings with Cloonan is that the group directly tied a vote to a contribution at the peak of an election campaign.

In Cloonan's case, the Realtors had already contributed $1,000 for the May primary. She still had the group's endorsement in the November general election but went without the additional $500 in her race against Democrat Grant Burgoyne, which she lost, 56 percent to 44 percent.
Cloonan said she became concerned she was being punished for her vote when she attended the fundraiser at Leku Ona, a Basque restaurant in Boise, after the DEQ board meeting on the evening of Oct. 8. Both Cloonan and Eaton were there, but they didn't speak, and she didn't get a check.

Eaton, however, did report a $500 contribution to Cloonan to the secretary of state, along with 39 other checks to legislative candidates dated Oct. 8. He now calls that a "regrettable accounting oversight on my part." He corrected the error after Cloonan pointed it out.
Eaton said he was not attempting to buy Cloonan's vote. He expected to lose at the DEQ board, but to win in the Legislature, where he has twice helped overturn rules requiring more space for septic drain fields.

On Election Night, as she watched returns at the GOP party at the DoubleTree Riverside, Cloonan confronted Eaton about the missing contribution.

"He says, 'Well, you didn't vote for me,'" Cloonan told the Idaho Statesman. "I didn't vote for him - that's the bottom line. I think it was a little test."

In the Nov. 14 letter to Eaton, Cloonan wrote: "The juxtaposition of the comment that there was a check for me with the vote and the subsequent failure to produce the check and then your barefaced statement that the vote was the reason for withholding the check is disturbing. It suggests there was a quid pro quo expectation tied to contributions. ... If not illegal, that is unethical and contributes to the low reputation of lobbyists in general."

Eaton responded to questions from the Statesman by e-mail. He wrote that he remembers "mentioning the septic issue as a concern" on Election Night. But he added that "there was never any expectation on my part of any kind of quid quo pro ... we do not tie campaign contributions to votes. Obviously, I wish I would have handled this better, and certainly I could have, but I have made every attempt to discuss the issue with Joan, and I have not been afforded that opportunity."

Cloonan said she called Eaton before the election to ask about the missing $500, which she reported as "pledged" on her finance report. Cloonan said Eaton did not reply to her message; Eaton says he didn't get it.

After Cloonan's Nov. 14 letter, she and Eaton corresponded by e-mail. But she refused Eaton's invitation to meet, writing, "Not sure what there is to talk about. I'm not running for office. I'm not looking for contributions. I'm not looking for explanations."

The Statesman contacted the president, past president and legislative committee chairman of the Realtors for comment. Eaton wrote that all three asked him to speak on the association's behalf.

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http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/639063.html

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NAR Lobbying benefits Realtors, benefits those at the top of the NAR food chain.

NAR lobbys for things that are to benefit them... no matter what it may look like. Mandatory E and O insurance is one of those. NAR is NOT a consumer advocate... you folks at Agents Online dot Net.. believe what makes you sleep best at night.. continue your discussion... I won't interfere with your banter, your slams, your attacks on me any more... Go For It.. show the real estate consumers what your made of...

You Know your Truth... and I know Mine...

If you Wish to Continue your Rant, then I have a Thousand more
sites to let the consumers know your agenda on..

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