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Karen Rice
February 13, 2012 at 12:07 pm
I'm wondering how many of these former members were actually competition for the working members anyway…there are many members in my MLS who have only had 1 or 2 transactions in a year's time. They really were not my competition anyway…nor were they really anyone else's who works at real estate full time.
Robert Carleton
February 13, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Karen, you've got to be kidding! Are you paying any attention at all to what's happening at NAR? Forced political contributions? Bloated bureaucracy? Being a member of the MLS and doing a few deals a year is not what drives people to drop REALTOR memberships. It's probably disgust with NAR and how very little difference it makes to be a member. You tie the MLS to NAR membership. Are they the same in your market? If they are tied, isn't that odd?
ShortWoman
February 13, 2012 at 4:04 pm
I'd love to see further thinning of the herd. I know my local chapter keeps whining about how fewer members means less revenue, but I'd rather have that the least professional among us sent their licenses back to the state!
Kelly
February 13, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Good, I was tired of doing 90% of the work for 50% of the commission anyway!!
Karen Rice
February 14, 2012 at 7:38 am
No I'm not kidding; relax ok? In my area if you are not a member of NAR you can't be a member of the MLS. Plain and simple. Is it odd? I don't know – I thought it was pretty normal and the MLS systems that don't require NAR membership are the unusual ones. But I haven't studied it all across the country, only know what I know locally. There was some grumbling about the dues but mostly, people are leaving the business altogether cause they can't make enough money at it to support their families..or they want to retire…has very little to do with the annual dues (from my observations locally.)
JimV
February 28, 2012 at 7:13 pm
The world will be a better place when the number of used house salespeople (Realtors) drops to zero.
Vance Moruzzi
March 3, 2012 at 7:52 pm
The times are changing franchise brokerage closing down there is a new kid on the block full service transaction brokerages in some areas like in GA Realtors are the minority now, The Majority is now at 53% are Non Realtors.
Board dues are being raised to make up for loss in membership this will only cause more board members to leave even more charging them for dwindling membership……
Times are changing.