NAR Propaganda and LIES Posted By Charles McMillan - Crystal Cox Broker Owner Says Look Deeper - NAR does NOT want to Hear from you...

"Give Credit Where It’s Due, Posted By Charles

According to NAR research, the percentage of first-time homebuyers has risen from roughly one-third of all buyers in January to just under half in March and April. Why the sudden jump??
The answer is simple: those buyers have an $8,000 incentive, in the form of a tax credit, to buy now.

We’ve heard from a lot of members lately who would like to see the tax credit expanded.
I recently asked our Chief Economist Lawrence Yun what the impact on the market would be if Congress extended the credit through 2010 and offered it to all homebuyers. According to Lawrence, those changes could result in 800,000 additional home sales this year, raising the total from 5.4 million to 6.2 million. That would certainly take a big bite out of inventory and help stabilize prices.

And, that’s not all…
When you consider that for each home sold in the United States $62,000 is pumped into the national economy, the resulting impact of expanding the credit could be nearly $50 billion. That’s what I call a true economic stimulus!

NAR is working with members of Congress
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that would expand and extend the credit. We will keep you posted on those efforts in the months ahead.

In the meantime, we would love to hear your stories about how the tax credit is helping consumers in your local markets. Post your experiences right here on the Voices of Real Estate blog, and we’ll share them with lawmakers. Help us tell Congress to give credit where it is due – to ALL homebuyers. – Charles McMillan, 2009 NAR President "

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http://narblog1.realtors.org/mvtype/president/charles_mcmillan/

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What Do you Consumers Think?

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Do you think that this $8000 Credit for first time homeowners is a big deal? Well it sure did bump up SALES, according to Charles McMillan, so it MUST be good. Sure is a GOOD thing that NAR lobbyed / advises ... blah .. blah ... blah.. to get this one in to "stimulate the economy". Translation $8000 is NOTHING, seriously NOTHING, if a mortgage broker is involved that will barely pay the Lending and Mortgage Broker fees of a no money down loan. But that s the point right, just enough to get them in, to pay those PROFESSIONALS and too stimulate the Economy.
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$8000 will not make a down payment, but who cares it gets you in... then the Seller can pay the Realtors 6% so say around $18,000 on a $300,000 Home. Yee Haw, the Realtor gets a big fat pay check. The BUYER gets into another Greedy Grubbing Bad Loan where almost one hundred percent of their monthly mortgage payment goest toward interest and is money to the banker, to the mortgage broker, to the lender and this HUGE debt is an ASSET on the BOOKS of the lender and they can actually use this asset to trade, to get loans, to juggle really BIG money on your DIME... and for decades or until SORRY you lose your HOME.
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Don't let anyone kid you, Realtors want this CRAZY incentive to get them back in the full swing of Selling You Real Estate. You know as well as I do that $8000 won't get you far, but it sure does get a Cha - Ching for a Realtor somewhere.
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This is ONLY to benefit Realtors and buyers may feel great at first, wheeee WE got a home but that will wear off and you will have to sell and the Handy Dandy Realtor will be there to MAKE MONEY again and again off you SITUATION... they GOT YOU IN...
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The Cycle Continues.. this Year Charles McMillan at the Helm...
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NAR working with Congress to CREATE Legislations... Worry Folks, Real Estate Consumers Rise up and Tell NAR to get OUT of your Business. NAR "works" with Congress on what is Good for NAR not for you... unless you just happen to benefit from something they do, it is NOT the PRIMARY goal.... they are Realtors, they are an ASSOCIATION, me as a Real Estate Broker supposedly get to CHOOSE whether I am a Realtor or NOT ... yet NAR - gets to be the Voice Of Real Estate Lobbying, Working with, Advising your Government on what is best for you...

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mean while NAR has no accountability for the agents in your town who Fail to Disclose Known Defects, who committ deliberate and obvious fraud, who violate the Ethics and Standards that NAR so BRAGS about, NAR Fails to police MLS data for QUALITY, NAR does not listen to Honest Law Abiding Broker Owners who try and Really change the real estate industry for the better, NAR does NOT, Cannot or Will NOT do what they promise to do in ANY way, and yet their AGENDA is to "Work with Congress" to supposedly make things BETTER for Consumers ?????

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Consumers NEED to "Work with Congress" and Get Realtors out of the Middle of Their Real Etsate Transaction.
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If NAR cannot even uphold the bylaws, member rules, codes, ethics, standard of practices and other Lying Promises they make to us as Realtors and we in turn Make to Real Estate Consumers then Fire NAR... don't let them work with congress on your behalf.
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Is Congress foolish, did they not see the mass NAR "Agenda" of Buy - Buy - Buy all the while media everywhere talked of an ecoonmy collapse, talked of the secondary market and how bad it really was and yet Realtors said to BUY.. now they are involved with, WORKING WITH CONGRESS, to see what else they can take from the Real Estate Consumer.... who Will STOP NAR ? My guess is no one.
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And you will continue to SUFFER every day for the NAR's lack of holding Realtors accountable for what they do that Takes Your Life as You know it Away Forever while they get to keep on making money at real estate, get away with fraud - lies and deception years on end and NO one is watching. Guess NAR is too busy WORKING WITH CONGRESS to give a Rats Patoot about what is Going on in the Real World of Real Estate that Really affects YOUR LIFE... whatever as long as NAR stays in Business and I mean VERY - very BIG Business.

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Real Estate Industry Whistleblower
Crystal L. Cox
Broker Owner
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Joel Blackwell - Realtor RPAC information - Realtor Politics, Lobbying, NAR Politics, and other Tidbits..

The Association of Realtors Does Not Exist to Protect You.

Just Like any Publicly Traded Company REALTOR and all their associated Companies, Websites and Associates - are about making money, volumes and volumes of money. This is based on a whole lot of people and and a whole lot of income streams, however, the National Association of Realtors needs you to Keep on Using Realtors at the Local Level or the Whole Illusion Breaks Down. Realtors Use the Laws meant to Protect you against you.

Realtors lobby in large numbers, send mass amounts of letter and emails to to Government agencies such as the Department of Justice to STOP you from Selling by Owner Effectively, they Stop other Realtors from giving you discounts and helping you to win for a change, they lobby to keep banks out of real estate and for any little thing that will keep them in business and Will NOT benefit you or any REALTOR - ex-Realtor - Real Estate Broker or Real Estate Marketing Company.

The Folks, that try and help you to get a better deal with less drama are shut out, boycotted or getting policies and laws put into place by NAR and their troops that stop them.

When a Legislative Issue Comes Up that May Hurt Realtors but Benefit the Real Estate Consumer, they - the National Association of Realtors, the Local and State Association of Realtors put out the Call to Get all the REALTOR, NAR members to Fight for whatever it is that NAR wants, oftentimes NAR does this in the Name of what is Best for the Real Estate Consumer, however this NOT likely to Be True.

The Only Reason a Multi-Billion Dollar Company like NAR would Put out a Call would be to Save their Billion Dollar Income Stream from Shrinking.

rIf it was in the Best interst of the Consumer and this was Really What NAR was Fighing for the Real Estate Consumer then they would spend these millions that they spend on Lobbying on TV ads, Newspaper Ads and ways to Reach the Consumer and have them Stand up - Write Letters and emails with the Realtors, but that is NOT what the Call to Action is About... it is About NAR Staying in Control of You, and the Realtors on the Ground in Your Town want to Keep their jobs so they Stand Up and Do what NAR tells them to do.

How do They "Put out a Call" they send ALL Realtors Emails - Newletters - Association tell all the Members they have access to - they even give you form letters to email or send ( talk about anti-trust issues) and they Stand United to KNOCK you DOWN.

I have gotten emails that explain how the local association proudly went to Washington DC to fight to keep banks out of real estate, they fight to keep the MLS Data exclusively yours even though it is Your Data - it is Public Data Controlled by the Realtors... they lobby to keep it this way.

They sent us emails to fight against buyers rebates, and then newletters to scare us into NOT giving rebates and then they pushed for laws in our STATE to make Buyers Rebates even more legal then they were with the Previous Laws. And then a few months later when NAR loses its battle with the Department of Justice our State Laws Change and WOW Now all of the Sudden it is Legal for Me to DO what I want with my Paycheck.

Funny all these years they Kept Realtors from helping the Real Estate Consumer but Could not, or did not put a whole lot - if any effort into Checking MLS data for Quality Control, Stopping Mortgage Brokers from getting and giving kick back, stopping appraisers from having a copy of a signed by sell before their unbiased appraisal, Stoping Realtors from control markets - entering false data - stop fake sales .. so much goes on that they WILL not look at because NAR needs Realtors..

Why Not Lobby to Change the Laws that Are in Place that Really Do hurt the Consumer? Well There is No Money in that, STOP using Realtors.

Common Sense tells us that REALTORS are Advocates for their own industry, however, who has got your back in all this? Not Politicians.. I mean Realtors make BIG money. I sell One Large Ranch I make well over $100,000 dollars, I can afford - a REALTOR can afford to keep you in your place, and they use your own legislation and system of laws to do it.

They Know the Laws and Loopholes to get their way, they take classes on this stuff. They know the Protocol and they Know Just What to do in Order To get Things done to benefit them and their agenda which is making sure you believe that you need a Realtor when you Do Not.

They have meetings and trainings to teach REALTORS, and local association directors how to better Fight for What they want within the United States Justice System that is suppose to be there to protect you the Real Estate Consumer.

You are Not Taught how to protect yourself from the Realtors activities, there are no Consumer Classes to Train you on how to get things done on your own behalf.

Training Realtors to Fight - to Lobby to Stand
against Consumer Rights SHOULD be an Anti-Trust Violation.

I mean they all get together and conspire, they plan letters together - get their story strait - is this NOT violating public trust. Do you Know that the Realtors Unite against you like this, one issue over a million Realtors and You..

NAR and the Realtors in your Town Have more Political Power than you or ANY consumer rights advocate group could ever have and they are getting stronger. Realtors, some are quitting - New ones will join and through it all REALTOR will get bigger with online sites, stocks, Internet Marketing and Ad Revenue - selling books and classes - selling useless accreditations and making more money from YOU..
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Check out the Following Link and Resources http://www.joelblackwell.com/Lobbying_RPAC_Realtor_Advocacy_Form.html

Search Terms for you to Learn More about All This
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Personal Political Power, Realtor Association Executive Directors, Motivate Real Estate Agents to Write Letters, a Realtors Call to Action, Consulting Training Political Action Realtor, REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC), RPAC Trustees: Provides political education training and fundraising programs for political action, Political Education Realtor, Political Fundraising Realtor, RPAC fundraising efforts, RPAC lobbyist
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Search for more on these Topics and find out what REALTORS do to actively change laws and policies to work against you. Realtors work hard
every day to Keep you Out of the Loop but Paying their Bills.

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The NAR is a HUGE Corporation and they have
a Constant Political Agenda to Keep REALTORS
in Business and to Keep you Down.

What Should You Do About this ?

STOP using Realtors, Complain to your Local Political Figure Heads, Email The Department of Justice, Email your Governor, Demand that there be More Protection in Real Estate for You, the People Who Matter Most in the Real Estate Transaction - The Real Estate Consumer.

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When NAR Lobbys - You, the real estate Consumer, You lose

April 29, 2009

" The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has dramatically increased its lobbying expenditures (and influence) in Washington in the wake of the bursting of the housing bubble. The first chart shows the lobbying expenditures of the NAR over the past five quarters. As you can see the NAR has greatly ramped up its lobbying expenditures in the past couple of quarters. The Q1′09 expenditures represent an increase of more than 82% over Q1′08 expenditures. In the past two quarters the NAR has spent $12.25 million on lobbying in Washington."

http://ChartingTheEconomy.com/?p=839

The purpose of the next two charts is to give you some perspective on the amount of money that NAR / the National Association of Realtors is spending on lobbying. The second chart shows how much that NAR spent per business day on lobbying during each of the past five quarters. During the past couple of quarters on average the NAR has spent roughly $100,000 per business day on lobbying expenditures. This is a mind numbing number.

$100,000 A Day ~ Anti-Consumer Lobbying in My Opinion.

This is YOUR money, you the Realtors in the Field - you the Real Estate Consumer and I am Highly Doubtful that it is really in ANY best interest of the Public.

So NAR can Seemingly justify their expenditures by saying it was (is) necessary to help educate public officals on the complex issues facing the nation during the housing crisis.

This is a ridiculous argument. Having educational meetings with policy makers is important, but it doesn’t need to be an expensive process. How do I know this? Because I was a corporate lobbyist in Washington years ago.

I had many meetings on Capitol Hill, and it just doesn’t cost much. How much does it cost to meet over a cup of coffee and exchange some ideas? My expenses were always small (a few bucks). As a former lobbyist it blows my mind to think of spending $100,000 every business day on expenses. It would be work just trying to spend the money.

As far as having the NAR educating our public officals, that scares me too. The forth chart (below) shows what the NAR was saying about housing during the past few years as the housing market was collapsing. I took the quotes directly from the titles of NAR press releases. Is this the organization that we want educating our public officals on how to fix the housing crisis?
.... it serves an important part in the American political process. The problem is the excessive amounts of money that have become commonplace in Washington lobbying circles. Excessive levels of lobbying expenditures serve to distort politics and not to advance the political process.

On a positive note the disclosure and reporting on lobbying has become better. The next step is to put controls in place on lobbying expenditures.

Note: The lobbying expenditures covered in this report are from U.S. Congress disclosures (and cover just the federal government). It should be noted that there are many state and local realtor associations in the U.S. that also lobby state and local officals. Those expenditures are not included in this report.

Data Source: U.S. Congress
Various National Association of Realtors Press Releases

Link to Source: Check It Out
http://chartingtheeconomy.com/?p=839

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This is VERY, Very bad for the Real Estate Consumer. Realtors, NAR - lobbying your government why ? Sure must be on behalf of the Realtor. Why Not Just Get Back to Buyers Buying and Sellers Selling and Get Rid of all the Mumbo Jumbo.
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Lobbying is a way to FORCE Realtors into Consumers lives on as many levels as they can. Money Talks, the Realtors Lobby about an Issue that you, the Real Estate Consumer don't even know about. So you don't get a vote, but you get to Pay for It... for the Realtors, and for the Politicians they lobby and "Contribute" to. In the Real World of Real Estate, you, the Real Estate Consumer - You Lose.
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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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Why don't the Realtors just Stop Reading my Blog and Watching my Videos

It is so funny that the Realtors Keep watching my videos and reading my blogs just to rant on me. Instead of just dismissing my information as wrong or out there, they keep coming back to take a look, then they go to their members only area and rag on me. People email me and ask if Realtors "gang up" per say on consumers over certain issues. They certainly do, you can see in the Members only area at ActiveRain.com .. for you to be a member you just have to say yes to one of the many professiions that they allow in the "Members Only" area. They don't check your license status, so really anyone can join the ActiveRain's secret members area and see what the "Realtors" are talking about in those area of chat, forum and blogs that they "think" are secret from YOU.
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This site is my Rant, it is my blog and come on it is a "sucks" website, if I can't vent my frustration on the Realtors here then where. Some suggest that I just quit and stop giving the Realtor Association my money and to quietly slip away.
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You, the Real Estate Consumer might wonder what those "Realtors" are saying about you in their members only areas. It is your money and it is Their MLS, their secret forums to plan their attack on you. Again, are all Realtors bad, No Way, but the system that governs them and that will NOT hold Bad Realtors accountable makes it Impossible for Good Realtors to Protect You. By attack, do I mean some sort of secret conspiring, NO.. just slamming you. If they slam me for my dress and the way I talk, just imagine what they say about you behind the closed doors of your real estate transaction.
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Realtor.org should not have Private Area, what are they hiding really?

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Realtor do plan attacks on Washington D.C. - some even call it that, as they gear up in huge groups to head to the capitol to march and stomp their feet supposedly on your behalf.
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the Real Estate Consumer does not have the luxury to take a day off and fly to D.C. in order to protest for laws to keep their jobs relevant. The Realtors do have the money and the time and they are well organized, the laws the push and create are NOT in your best interest. Do your Homework, they pretend that these laws are in your best interest and they are not.
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The Real Estate Consumer gets No Voice in all this, the Realtor push their way on lawmakers and they even boldly call themselves the Voice of Real Estate, another words they Speak for You. So Sit Down and Shut Up and oh yeah, Sign Here... this is all just standard paperwork.. NOT.
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Use a Realtor if you Like, you get Freedom of Choice, however, know what you are getting into, really understand those contracts that basically say the Realtor can do no wrong, know that the Realtors have insurance that can keep you in court for years, and know that buyers are looking for you online and you do not need a Realtor to sell your real estate.
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On the Side of the Realtor, NAR Member - You Lose

The National Association of Realtors will stop at nothing to make sure that you have to use a member of the National Association of Realtor, hence a “Realtor” in your real estate transaction.

Realtors Lobby in Washington D.C. constantly to keep you down, to make sure they are needed and to ensure that laws are passed that “are in your best interest” only these laws are directly against the real estate consumer for the benefit of the Realtor. They push for laws to make sure they keep their hands in your real estate transaction. They control your data, your sale, have their hands in your mortgage laws and more.

If Realtors, Even Real Estate Agents want to cut real estate costs and to use the power of the Internet to market and sell real estate in a way that makes it cheaper and safer for you, the National Association of Realtors will squeeze them out. Those giving you better service for cheaper money online, and emailing often to keep you involved - the State Boards want them to go away. The Realtors, convince these boards that it is your best interest or force them to change the State Laws by pressure, money and political power.

The National Association of Realtors has convinced the State Lawmakers to make your “Real Estate Brokerage” have an office to be ready to write a contract. With the Internet this is ridiculous but State Law makers such as a letter I just got from the Idaho Real Estate Commission, they are making it Mandatory to be Available in person, ridiculous when the buyers are on the Internet.

But it is simply a way to keep the Big Boys, the Franchise and the National Association of Realtors in business a bit longer until the Real Estate Consumer wakes up and realizes that they have once again been duped.

I Don’t understand how the National Association of Realtors can convince lawmaker to make laws that are no where near “legal” or based on your constitutional rights, but oh well the National Association of Realtors owns your real estate transaction and as long as you use a Realtor, you keep them in business. This stuff affects you and you are left way out of the loop.

Using your State and Federal Laws against you is a favored past time of the National Association of Realtors and they are just getting started on the biggest battle in all this. So you will see new laws and real estate licensing mandates pop up left and right in hope to stop Real Estate Agents like me who charge $50 a year for you to market yourself vs. those National Association of Realtors Offices in your town which charge 6 or 8 percents, treat you badly, have forms for you to sign that protect them and not you and have insurance to protect them from you - even if they lie outright.

What is the definition of being “available” well 24 - 7 on the Internet is not what they have in mind. They want your real estate agent ready to receive and write contracts at any time. This is in no way best for the real estate consumer, they Real Estate Commission, say in Idaho, pretends it is best for buyers and sellers if we have full time staff, but in the world of the Internet it is not best. It costs you more.

You Deserve Better then you are getting. Let you State Real Estate Commission, Board of Realty Regulations or whatever they call the governing body in your state that you won’t stand for this anymore. The National Association of Realtors pushes lawmakers, they have lots of money and they do not information the public or give you a right to choose, and your State and Federal Lawmakers do what Realtors want.
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They do this either to Shut them up or if the National Association of Realtors has actually convinced them that is in the consumers best interest. I have read documents, some are posted at www.SavvyBroker.com that show where E and O Insurance Companies and the National Association of Realtors convince State Boards to make E and O insurance Mandatory, they Flat Out lie at these meetings with states like E and O insurance is, in part to protect the consumer and in part to protect the “Realtor” from “frivolous lawsuits”.
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I have experience with the kind of “frivolous lawsuits” Realtors are protected from and this means that if you lose your home, life savings or have serious issues with your property that they sold you, oh well, they can legally lie and the E and O insurance will protect them.
Even though they pretend to be for consumers as well when at your State Realty Board Meetings, they email me a Broker Owner and Tell me that my E and O insurance is “not intended” to protect my clients.

NAR is gearing up to make sure that you have to use them… they will get laws changed, control your state and federal real estate governing bodies and will be all about creating Revenue for Realtors and not about Protecting you At All as a Real Estate Consumer.

They say that being a NAR member is not mandatory, but they block non-members at every turn in the road. Forms yes, MLS, but also the bigger issues. They want the Dept. of Justice to think that Real Estate Agents can do business without being a Realtor and that we choose to be a NAR member because it is of a higher standard, but this is in No Way True, we have few choices left even as a Broker Owner. And the National Association of Realtors owns and controls your State Real Estate Regulators... You Lose.
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Also ref. a New Idaho Law, More on that Later, where I have to be "Available" for contract writing, not here online but all staffed up, have an Idaho storefront and the whole deal, this is true in Washington as well and is a way to squeeze out the Online Brokerage that are working harder and smarter for you, keeping you more informed, giving you cash back and well treating you with the dignity and respect you deserve.
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