This morning I was reading some of my favorite blogs. (Not real estate related.) I glanced over on the side column and what did my eyes see?
An ad by NAR.
It was a rotating ad, and this came up next…
I don’t know if it is being advertised by NAR anywhere else because I was on GretaWire.com and it led me to a story here.
When you click it takes you to the data that NAR compiled in a survey of 50,000 NAR members of which 4% or 2035 members responded. The survey was conducted between Aug 5th and Aug 14, 2009.
From my chatter around the water cooler, I know most agents are in favor of the extension. We received a letter this week from NAR asking us to contact our Senators and Congressmen to ask them to extend the First Time Home-buyer Credit. I did not because I am not in favor of anything that is causing more debt for my children and grandchildren. I did not because the Cash for Clunkers worked for a month and now the automotive dealers are dead.
On Monday I did a status update on Facebook and asked if Realtors were going to be contacting their Senators and Congressmen to ask them to extend the credit. 27 folks commented their thoughts.
My question here is to get the opinion from you on this: is this ad an appropriate use for our NAR dues?
I suspect some of my more liberal blogging friends would not like to see this ad on Fox News. I am not sure I would like to see it anywhere.
What say you?
