Comments on: Getting a Call From the President (No, Not THAT President)

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:42:52 +0000

#agnow I find that there are several issues that NAR seems to like to skirt and health care is one. Also, I am a bi... http://bit.ly/6nTJyM

By: Lorraine Kratz

Lorraine Kratz — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:51:54 +0000

I find that there are several issues that NAR seems to like to skirt and health care is one. Also, I am a bit underwhelm with Realtor.com & Realtor.org

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:39:56 +0000

#agnow It is very gratifying (and often surprising) when you get a call like that. Nice to know that someone is rea... http://bit.ly/6nTJyM

By: Melissa Zavala

Melissa Zavala — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:39:55 +0000

It is very gratifying (and often surprising) when you get a call like that. Nice to know that someone is reading your posts . . . and cares enough to reach out.

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:30:38 +0000

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By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:30:24 +0000

#agnow Ken - great post. I agree 100% about NAR. My only contact with them seems to be via the call to action or ... http://bit.ly/6nTJyM

By: Jay Ferguson

Jay Ferguson — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:35:37 +0000

Ken – great post. I agree 100% about NAR. My only contact with them seems to be via the call to action or GRI classes being offered through emails. Yet I pay my dues and go on about my business in my little part of the world. I was not very impressed with the past leadership NAR and I am hopeful that the new leadership will look to it’s members on what they want.

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By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:37:17 +0000

#agnow Very classy to have her call you. I thought the post was great, and it's good to know that the NAR is heari... http://bit.ly/6nTJyM

By: Jonathan Benya

Jonathan Benya — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:37:16 +0000

Very classy to have her call you. I thought the post was great, and it’s good to know that the NAR is hearing how the members feel by reading blogs like AG. Matt is right, the NAR IS it’s members, but right now there is a pretty serious disassociation between the members and the entity, IMHO.

What I’ve never been able to reconcile is that the NAR is a trade organization, but it feels like they spend more time making inaccurate projections on the market than they do promoting Realtors. To me, it makes Realtors look bad when the NAR plugs bad estimates and projections into the news media, and when they come out wrong, it reflects poorly on the industry as a whole.

I hope the olive branch they extended to you can follow through with a better shaping of the NAR’s public image

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:53:22 +0000

#agnow Greg, Benn and Lani have always said NAR reads AG. They're right. http://bit.ly/6nTJyM

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:52:09 +0000

#agnow Hey, Nobu. I ran into one of your compatriots at the conference I was attending - Brian Copeland from Nashvi... http://bit.ly/6nTJyM

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:29:01 +0000

#agnow Hi Ken, I'm one of the YPN'ers (NAR's Young Professional Network - realtor.org/ypn) you mentioned above in ... http://bit.ly/6nTJyM

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:48:05 +0000

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By: Ken Montville

Ken Montville — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:53:21 +0000

Greg, Benn and Lani have always said NAR reads AG. They’re right.

By: Ken Montville

Ken Montville — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:52:05 +0000

Hey, Nobu. I ran into one of your compatriots at the conference I was attending – Brian Copeland from Nashville. He caught me at our opening reception to talk about the blog post.

It’s definitely an encouraging sign when the President of the NAR and the Director of Executive Communications reach out to say they’re listening and want input. It needs to continue well into the membership. No small task to be sure.

By: Greg Cooper

Greg Cooper — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:29:49 +0000

Thank you Vicki and Laura for reaching out. It’s VERY nice to hear that someone is listening. Ken thanks to you as well for the update and punctuating it all with the reminder that action must come next. It may be the first time I ever felt that NAR had heard the concerns.

By: Nobu

Nobu — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:17:22 +0000

Hi Ken,
I’m one of the YPN’ers (NAR’s Young Professional Network – realtor.org/ypn) you mentioned above in your post, Coincidentally, I was to be in Chicago last week to take part in a REBAC curriculum panel and to be formally installed on the Nat’l YPN Advisory Board and in the Communications chair for the group when your “Open Letter…” blog post hit the wild. By the time I had gotten to NAR-HQ I had received both an update and another committee appointment directly from VCG herself. I was just as shocked as you were when I heard that she was personally acknowledging your post (along with the Twitter #RTB trend), and that she was doing something about it.

Up until YPN came along a couple years ago it was fair to call me jaded and cynical to what I thought was a disconnect between Realtors like us and leadership. Don’t get me wrong, that disconnect is alive and kicking, but I’m now doing my part to bridge it, and YPN has given me the perfect vehicle to do so. I think we should all be out there, getting involved in groups and committees you’re passionate about with NAR. That passion, your voice? It’s being heard now, but I digress.

Call me a co-opted voice, but there’s something different about this NAR president. She seems more aware of Realtor2.0 and has the assets in place to stay connected to them; let’s not forget her “On the Rise” concept for her term as president. So let’s take advantage of that!

By the way, YPN membership isn’t distinguished by age, it’s by attitude: “Young” at heart. We’d love to have folks like you Ken, and anyone else who read this or your last post.