NAR does not control our mls or the mls rules in our area. So it is not our battle. Our mls is broker owned and separate from the Board of REALTORS. NWMLS already imposed that rule quite some time ago. If NAR backed off, it wouldn’t change anything for us here in the Seattle area. We have already adapted to that rule.

For starters read this thread to get up to speed:
http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/thread19714.html and then go to the new petition blog that was just started:
http://www.freethemls.com/

When you get up to speed, start a thread here and be front runners on this movement to stop the NAR and their CONTROL issues. Oh that’s right, their is that sort of dilemma for Dustin and his unfortunate involvement with MOVE.com (the enemy if you were all really up to speed on these new rules). But since there is no thread here on this issue and no one seems to understand what just happened. I can only assume you need some background first. Stand up fellow real estate agents and fight the NAR to turn about face and support their enrollment, not the reverse with their most recent rule changes.

Now, before anyone makes any criticism, please read the REW thread above all the way through and then make your comments.

Thanks and have a nice evening

I very much appreciate your posting the rates each week. I point clients to it. Just recently one of my clients said “where is Rhonda seeing 5.875%??? Without having seen that, he would have settled for the 6.125% being offered to him by his credit union. Instead he found 5.875% with the same or less total costs.

Your posting the rates each week not only helps the consumer see when rates are up vs. down, it also gives them a benchmark rate to be looking for.

Helping consumers is a whole lot more important than entertaining bored agents

Nothing happened at NAR that is new news to me, just a whole lot of too little too late plus some not worth mentioning. This is a Seattle Website. What exactly happened at NAR that affects the people buying and selling real estate in the Seattle area, or even those licensed to sell real estate in the Seattle area? Nothing that I can see. Maybe Dustin heard or saw something that will change my opinion. But for me, Inman Connect keeps you more in line with the present and the future than a NAR Convention.

The other day one of my agents complained that I seem to care more about consumers generally than agents. Best half-assed compliment I’ve ever had. The bulk of agents are trying to hold on to something more than they are trying to improve something. Without proactive members, you gets whatever they give. Most of that is simply so far out in left field, it’s not worth watching where the ball went, let alone calling the play.

Until a large contingent is permitted to experiment outside of the “rules”, we will never know where the market would go without interference. Even God only had 10 Commandments. To have a free market we need less rules, not more.

After the huge NAR event, I returned home from Vegas only to take off on a vacation with the family and I’m only now catching up on all the stuff that’s been going on over the past week. Nonetheless, I haven’t heard much about the new NAR rules… What’s going on?

How is NAR going after the large internet players you mentioned?

(BTW, there are 2 p’s in disappointed).

By the way, Dustin your being awful quiet these this past week after the News from the NAR. NAR has handed down some pretty stiff news when comes to the use of the mls term (not old news around the northwest). And now the great leaders and minds at NAR have decided to go after our domain names as well. I’m not talking about just the domain names with mls in the URLs either. But what should we expect more from the NAR, after all they sold us all out years ago when they connected up with Move.com Seems to me the good folks at move.com might have had something to do with this.

Shouldn’t the NAR being supporting it’s Realtor base and instead going after company’s like HomeGain, the Yahoo’s, Homes.com, and the rest of the hoard of company’s misusing mls and so many other things with their websites, then going after us. It just doesn’t make much sense.

Finally…my sincere apology for posting here Ardell. But I’m shocked that you guys haven’t said one word about the new LAWS dropped on us from the NAR. I personally think the NAR is to afraid to take on the giants, so instead heck…lets go after our base instead. Great strategy NAR!!!

Finally…nope your right…not going to post my real name for obvious reasons…But I’m still disgusted with whats going on. By the way…I have nothing against Dustin at all…trust me!