| THE GADFLY |
| October 2018 - Special Edition |
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| In This Issue... |
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| 2018 REALTORS® Conference & Expo |
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| Thursday, November 1 |
| 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. |
NAR 360 with a special performance by the
GAD Band! |
Hynes Center Auditorium |
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| Friday, November 2 |
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. |
| Federal Issues Update |
Hynes Center
Ballroom B, Third Level |
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| 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. |
| State and Local Issues Policy Committee |
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Salons A & B, Fourth Floor |
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| 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. |
Advocacy Everywhere:
State Association Training |
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Vermont Room, Fifth Floor |
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| 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. |
State and Local Issues
Mobilization Support Committee |
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Republic Ballroom, Second Floor |
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| 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
| Hosting Your Major Investor Event |
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Hampton Room, Third Floor |
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| 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
Advocacy Everywhere:
Concierge Services for Local Associations |
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Vermont Room, Fifth Floor |
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| 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
| RPAC Fundraising Forum |
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Salon E&F, Fourth Floor |
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| 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
| GAD Reception |
Bostonia Public House
131 State St, Boston, MA 02110 |
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| Saturday, November 3 |
| 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
| GAD Advisory Group Meeting (closed) |
Hynes Center
Room 306, Third Level |
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| 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. |
GAD Meeting
Click Here for Agenda |
Hynes Center
Room 312, Third Level |
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| 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. |
| State and Local GAD Breakout Meetings |
Hynes Center
Room 312, Third Level (Locals)
Room 313, Third Level (States) |
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| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
| GAD Professional Development Session |
Hynes Center
Room 312, Third Level |
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 GAD Reception at Bostonia
Don’t miss this great opportunity to network with your government affairs colleagues from around the country, as well as NAR Advocacy staff. Drinks and appetizers sponsored by our partners with REAL Strategies, ACCESS Marketing, and American Strategies. We hope to see you there! |
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RPAC Major Investor Reception
The RPAC Major Investor Reception will be held Saturday, November 3 from 7:00 to 10:00 PM at the Museum of Science. The Museum of Science features hundreds of interactive exhibits as well as exceptional views of Boston and the Charles River! We hope to see you and your fellow 2018 Major Investors there! For more information, contact Beth Brittingham at 202-383-1209. |
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RPAC Fundraising Forum Tailgate
Calling all sports fans! On Friday, November 2 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, RPAC will be hosting a tailgate-themed event in the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel. There will be opportunities for members to complete their 2018 RPAC investments. Encourage your members to join us in their favorite team’s gear! For more information, contact Liz Best-Bradford at 202-383-7582. |
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| Advocacy Resources |
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2019 Candidate and Issue Campaign Training – REGISTER HERE
Are you interested in taking your campaign skills to the next level? Do you have a campaign to support in 2019 and you want the best skills to approach it? If so, then join us for the Issue and Candidate Campaign Training. Learn how to leverage NAR’s resources to help you meet your advocacy goals. Registration is open for the ten-part webinar series culminating in an in-person, hands-on, certificate training taking place April 10 & 11 at the NAR building in Chicago. For more information, visit our website or contact Kyle Lambert London or John Winston. |
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2019 New GAD & AE Orientation for REALTOR® Party Advocacy
Do you have a new GAD or an AE without a GAD in your state? If so, please let them know about the New GAD & AE Orientations for REALTOR® Party Advocacy in 2019.
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Thursday, February 28 and Friday, March 1, 2019 |
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Thursday and Friday, September 12 and 13, 2019 |
NAR reimburses attendees travel, and provides hotel stay and meals in Washington, D.C. for this advocacy orientation geared toward staff in their positions 18 months or less. For additional information, check out specific details on our webpage or contact Kyle Lambert London. |
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ICYMI: RPAC & Issues Mobilization Workgroup Recommendations Webinar
NAR recently conducted Workgroup meetings related to RPAC Fundraising and Issues Mobilization. The recommendations from these Workgroup meetings will be considered during the REALTORS® Conference & Expo in November. For a preview of the recommendations coming forward in Boston, please click here to view a webinar recording hosted by NAR RPAC and Issues Mobilization staff and Workgroup member leaders. For additional information, contact Joe Maheady or Liz Demorest. |
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Qualified Opportunity Zone One-Pager Updated
Congress created the federal Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”) program in the 2017 “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” to encourage economic growth in underserved communities through tax benefits to investors. U.S. states and territories, including Washington, DC, were nominated areas (by census tract) to be designated as QOZs in 2018, and the IRS and Treasury finalized the designations that year. This program presents opportunities for real estate investment and development in distressed communities. For more information, contact Erin Stackley at 202-383-1150. |
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3rd Quarter Land Use Initiative Program Summary
A total of ten requests were processed. Three jurisdictions proposed short-term rental regulations (Nevada; Salem, MA; Summit County, CO). Two jurisdictions proposed regulations regarding stormwater management (Greenville County, SC and City of Fort Worth, TX). In Colorado, ballot initiative #108 proposes to amend the Takings Clause of the Colorado Constitution to require that “just compensation” be paid when private property is “reduced in fair market value by government law or regulation.” Initiative #108 is in response to ballot initiative #97 which proposes a statutory change to the setback requirements for new oil and gas development from 500 feet to 2,500 feet. For more information, contact Adriann Murawski at 202-383-1068. |
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NEW RESOURCE: Short-Term Rental Regulations: Advocacy Tips to Protect the Right to Rent
This resource provides REALTORS® with the basis for arguing that the right to rent is a fundamental aspect of private property ownership. The advocacy tips consist of talking points to use in opposing proposed short-term rental (STRs) regulations that would infringe upon this fundamental property right to rent. Advocacy tips are included for the following areas of STR regulations: outright bans of STRs, licensing, inspections, zoning authority, residential vs. commercial use, and local contact persons. These six areas are the primary means by which local governments are regulating STRs. For more information, contact Adriann Murawski at 202-383-1068. |
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All Business Meals Still Deductible, IRS Clarifies
The IRS released guidance to make clear that real estate professionals and others who incorporate meals into their business social events can still deduct all of their business meals under the new tax law even if the meals are part of business events whose costs are no longer deductible. The tax law enacted last year prohibits the deductibility of sporting events and other types of business entertainment, but you can still deduct meals at those events if you can separate out the costs in your recordkeeping, the IRS says. Industry groups sought the clarification because the new law left it ambiguous if all meals remain deductible. Details in the latest Voice for Real Estate news video from NAR. |
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Issues Mobilization Grant Assistance in 2019
The first meeting of the 2019 NAR State and Local Issues Mobilization Support Committee is Wednesday, November 28, 2018, during the REALTOR® Party Training Conference in Minneapolis. In considering grant requests at this meeting, the Committee will be working with a new (2019) grants budget to assist 2019 issue campaigns. If you are interested in requesting Issues Mobilization grant assistance at this meeting, or at one of the subsequent monthly conference call meetings that will begin in January 2019, please contact Joe Maheady at 202-383-1006 or John Winston at 202-383-1235 as soon as possible to maximize the assistance that we can provide to you. |
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Fair Housing Conversation Starters
Looking for a way start a conversation about fair housing with your members? Check out the series of articles published as part of NAR’s commemoration of the Fair Housing Act for ideas. Topics include the lingering impacts of discrimination, fair housing’s connection to education, the future of fair housing and more. Share an article with your members then hold a discussion during your next membership meeting. Find articles here. For more information, contact Wendy Penn at 202-383-7504. |
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Message from the GAD Chair
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Matthew Leger
GAD Chair
REALTORS® of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale |
With Boston upon us, I just wanted to highlight some of the events/sessions that I hope to see you all at in Beantown. Please see below!
GAD Reception
Friday, November 2, 2018
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Bostonia Public House
131 State Street
Boston, MA
A big thank you to REAL STRATEGIES, ACCESS Marketing, and American Strategies for helping sponsor the reception!
Government Affairs Directors Meeting
Saturday, November 3, 2018
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Hynes Center, Room 312 – Third Level
From 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, we will split up into our Local & State Breakout Groups. For those who have not attended before, this is a perfect opportunity to discuss issues and get feedback and hopefully solutions. I challenge everyone to not just show up with a problem/issue, but be prepared to offer solutions to your fellow colleagues.
GAD Professional Development Session
Saturday, November 3, 2018
12:30 PM
Hynes Center, Room 312 – Third Level
The GAD Professional Development Session will focus on a couple of topics: Campaign Finance Rules and Sign Ordinances. Specifically, we will take a deeper dive into sign ordinances and identify the pitfalls many localities are experiencing and ways to work with local government to allow for real estate signs, while adhering to the law. Work that Robinson & Cole has completed for NAR, assisting state and local REALTOR® associations with the post-Reed case, will be used as examples. How to write sign ordinances, including specific language, will be addressed.
I’m looking forward to seeing you all in Boston next week! Aside from the meetings mentioned above, if you have any questions about the conference or anything Boston related, please do not hesitate to reach out and shoot me a text at 561-635-2118.
See you in Boston!
Thank you,
Matthew
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