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| The number of state and territorial associations that met nine goals—four RPAC and five advocacy—to win the 2017 President’s Cup. In addition, 238 local REALTOR® Associations won the President’s Cup for the first time in 2017. The hard work and dedication that the staff and volunteer leaders of these associations demonstrate to the real estate industry and the REALTOR® Party is the reason NAR had such success. See the full list of winners. |
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| The date of the next NAR Leadership Live event that be streaming live from 1:00 to 2:00 PM EST on NAR’s main Facebook page from New York City. Mark your calendars! Broadcasting from Fox Studios, join President Elizabeth Mendenhall and members of the NAR Leadership for this town hall-style Facebook Live event to will discuss 2018 industry issues and trends. NAR Leadership will field questions from the NAR Facebook Live community. All REALTORS® are invited to tune in and join the dialogue online at #NARLeadershipLive. |
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The number of state and territorial associations that met the five RPAC goals to win the 2017 Triple Crown Award. In addition, 400 local REALTOR® Associations won the Triple Crown award for the first time in 2017. The commitment to building a “culture of RPAC” of these associations’ staff and volunteer leaders have helped shape the future of RPAC and the real estate industry. See the full list of winners. |
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| The REALTOR® Party At Work |
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| Partnership Spurs Diversity for the Grosse Point REALTORS® |
| In Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "The Other America" speech 50 years ago this March, the local REALTOR® board makes all its decisions through an internalized lens of diversification. Partnering with the public school system recently, the REALTORS® recently created a calendar illustrated with student visions of diversity; proceeds from calendar sales support diversity efforts in the schools. |
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| Creativity Help Associations Keep RPAC Investments at an All-Time High |
| ith 35% of the national membership investing in RPAC in 2017, state and local REALTOR® Associations have made RPAC stronger than ever when it comes to advancing its public policy agenda. From a strong team of volunteer leaders to technology platforms that help small associations get big results, the REALTOR® Party is getting the word out that investment matters. |
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| Resources & Opportunities |
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| Business Loans Easier to Get |
The Small Business Administration has eased equity requirements for its popular 7(a) loans, which can help your business in two ways. First, you can use the loan to expand your real estate business, and second, your clients can use it to move into a bigger property or to open a second location or otherwise expand their business, generating business for you. Under the change, the equity requirement is reduced from 25 percent to 10 percent. The business opportunity is discussed in an NAR Government Affairs video.
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| The Corporate Ally Program: Protecting & Preserving Our Industry |
The Corporate Ally Program creates an advocacy partnership to provide our extended real estate family with the flexibility of investing their corporate dollars to support the REALTOR® Party issues campaigns. Funds are invested in issue campaigns at the local, state and federal levels in order to promote an environment conducive to buying, selling and owning real estate. |
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| On Common Ground, Winter 2018: The New Neighborhood Now Available |
| There is currently a big focus in both the private and public sectors on re-examining and re-doing existing buildings and communities. New shopping malls are not being built — but underperforming malls are being redeveloped into mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods. To meet the demand for affordable homes in existing neighborhoods, accessory dwelling units are being added into the mix of housing options. Cities are retrofitting their streets to meet growth by making them more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly and contributing to environmental sustainability. The new neighborhood — whether a community newly constructed or an older place reimagined — will exhibit many of these traits: walkability, a mix of uses and housing types, resource conservation, repurposing of assets and making room for everyone.
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| Join the REALTOR® Party Online |
| Are you posting, liking, tweeting or pinning? So is the REALTOR® Party. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube to get the latest news, information and resources. |
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Send us examples of how your association put NAR’s REALTOR® Party resources to work to implement a successful advocacy or community outreach program. Email your stories to: realtorparty@realtors.org.
See more than 300 stories documenting how REALTOR® associations around the country put REALTOR® Party Resources to work at the REALTOR® Party Success Stories page. This newsletter replaces the NAR Weekly Report for this week and the second week of every month. The REALTOR® Party News will publish next on March 8, 2018. If you missed a previous edition check out the REALTOR® Party News Archive.
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