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Are REALTOR Associations Up to Speed?

13 March 2007 by 2 Comments
Are REALTOR Associations Up to Speed?

Are REALTOR Association Executives ready to meet of the challenges of tomorrow?

Non-profit associations still have to make sufficient money to provide a meaningful service for their members and in a declining market, with a confused membership that’s not an easy task. If you add a few disgruntled members with political agendas and personal opinions the job gets even harder.“? And that doesn’t even consider the channel conflict that results from the changing make-up or the fluctuating size of the membership.“?

The real estate industry itself is experiencing the birth of many new real estate business models, the consolidation and restructuring of the MLS, shifting home buying patterns and the emergence of a new generation whose thought processes are quite different from those of the existing baby boomers that are entrenched in association leadership.“?

Put that all in perspective and REALTOR Association management might just be one of the toughest jobs in the real estate industry at the moment.

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  • http://outsider222.wordpress.com/ Linda Hutchns

    I think one of the biggest of tomorrow’s challenges will be cleaning up their image:

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  • http://www.lonneclark.com Lonne Clark

    What about the ongoing Dual Agency situations ? My understanding is that in the U.S. there are many states where this is no longer allowed. I sell Real Estate in Whistler BC Canada, and we definitely still see a lot of "double ended" deals.

    Is a move to disallow this ‘coast to coast’ a business change that is inevitable ?