DATES TO REMEMBER Oct 23 AEI Year-Round October: Ignite Your 2024 Points of Light Initiatives Oct 25 Deadline for MI Funds to be processed to attend NXT MI Event Nov 14 NAR NXT: GAD Reception, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Nov 15 NAR NXT: GAD Meeting, 10:30 a.m. – Noon Nov 15 NAR NXT: GAD Breakout Sessions, Noon – 1:00 p.m. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Round 2: National CFA Launches Soon Thank you all for participating in September’s Call for Action (CFA)! At the end of Sept., Congress passed a Continuing Resolution that funded the government and extended the National Flood...
REALTOR Party News – October 2019
New Year New Resolve, By The Numbers, Success Stories, and More
Big Bear Association of REALTORS® Opposes Cap on Short-Term Rentals
The City of Big Bear Lake is dependent on the tourism that drives its economy, so when the City Council considered capping the number of short-term rental permits, the REALTORS® went to bat – for property owners, and for the economic welfare of the region. Advocacy Everywhere helped them launch an effective Call For Action.
Issue Webinars
The State and Local Issues Policy Committee began co-hosting legislative issue webinars with other NAR Governance Committees in 2020 and now is committed to hosting six (6) new issue webinars each calendar year. These webinars educate and assist REALTOR® Associations and REALTORS® by sharing ideas on how to effectively lobby and support relevant REALTOR® policies at the state and local level. Issue Webinar Recordings ISSUE WEBINAR SPEAKERS DATE NAR RESOURCES RECORDING Foreign-Buyer Bans NAR’s State and Local Issues Policy Committee hosted a webinar focused on the potential impacts of various state legislation banning foreign buyers from purchasing real estate. While...
Issue Webinars
The State and Local Issues Policy Committee began co-hosting legislative issue webinars with other NAR Governance Committees in 2020 and now is committed to hosting six (6) new issue webinars each calendar year. These webinars educate and assist REALTOR® Associations and REALTORS® by sharing ideas on how to effectively lobby and support relevant REALTOR® policies at the state and local level. Issue Webinar Recordings ISSUE WEBINAR SPEAKERS DATE NAR RESOURCES RECORDING Foreign-Buyer BansNAR’s State and Local Issues Policy Committee hosted a webinar focused on the potential impacts of various state legislation banning foreign buyers from purchasing real estate. While the...
West Central Minnesota REALTORS® Help to House the Homeless
When the regional Continuum of Care program serving the same 18 counties as Minnesota's West Central Association of REALTORS® created a more streamlined entry system to bring assistance to those in dire need of housing, the REALTORS® used a REALTOR® Party Housing Opportunity Grant to get the word out.
GADFly Newsletter – March 2021
Special Announcement(s): Registration is OPEN for REALTORS® Legislative Meetings! If you have not done so already, please register for the Mid-Year meetings so that you can attend the GAD General Business Meeting on May 11th from 10:00 to 12:00 Central. Breakout sessions for State and Local GADs WILL BE HAPPENING, they will not be listed on the general agenda. You will need to register in advance for those so keep an eye out for posts to the GAD HUB, GAD Facebook page, and other communications for those registration links. RPAC RPAC Major Investor Recognition Make sure you and your members...
GADFly Newsletter – November 2021
It was great seeing all of you in San Diego and I hope you all had a successful Annual Meeting. During the GAD Business Meeting, held the morning of November 13, our Vice Chair, Brent Swander announced that he would be stepping down from his leadership position. Brent has been named the new CEO of the Columbus REALTORS and we are all excited for him and wish him all the best with the new role. With Brent’s departure, we will fill the vacancy of the Vice Chair in accordance with the by-laws and it will be filled by a vote...
Land of the Sky Association of REALTORS® Dispels Common Misconceptions About Short Term Rentals Through Data-Driven Public Awareness Campaign
With a Consumer Advocacy Grant from the REALTOR® Party, this board serving three counties in western North Carolina is educating consumers on the key findings from recent studies that demonstrate not only the economic benefit of STRs within a community, but also that STRs are not to blame for housing shortages and affordability issues.