Save the date for the next Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, taking place May 12-17, 2014, in Washington, DC. Registration will open in February 2014.
Download meeting handouts from the 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, including PowerPoint presentations and other documents from select meetings.
In a packed special session at the 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, presenters revealed data and insights from the REThink workshops conducted during the past several months, and attendees were asked for their input on what to do next.
Click here for full video of the REThink session, divided into six parts.
The NAR Board of Directors at its meeting Saturday, May 18, in Washington, voted to allow MLSs to make their public-facing sites a “basic” service for their participants. The Board also authorized association leaders to work with realtor.com to enhance the site for the future. Read about these and the other decisions in the Special INS recap that went out immediately after the meeting.
You may remember eXp Realty, a cloud-based real estate brokerage, from Midyear Live 2012. They have some exciting news about the company – be one of the first to hear about it from founder and CEO Glenn Sanford. And visit www.exprealty.com for more information about how to set up a cloud-based real estate brokerage.
Midyear Live interviewed Adam Selig, founder and COO of Lumentus Social for Real Estate. Lumentus makes social media easy and effective for real estate brokers and agents. Brokers can push out content to their agents and keep social networks bright, fresh and relevant. Visit them at www.lumentussocial.com/.
The REALTORS® Insurance Marketplace, one of the newest REALTOR Benefits® Program Partners, was announced at the 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.
The marketplace is a ‘one-stop’ shopping site, providing NAR members a roster of health and wellness insurance plans and products. Members can get quotes, compare plans and purchase directly online from top-rated insurance carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Health and more.
Learn more about the REALTORS® Insurance Marketplace.
Many real estate professionals use free email accounts for business email needs to save on costs. The long-term impact of using free email can be costly to your reputation, security, privacy and productivity.
Now REALTORS® can get a unique suite of professional hosted email services at a significant discount, thanks to one of the newest REALTOR Benefits® Program partnerships with Rackspace®. The partnership was announced at the 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.
Learn more about Rackspace®, and how it can help you improve your professional appearance, while providing a high level of security, at REALTOR.org/Rackspace.
The business activity and income of REALTORS® are up for the second year in a row following nine years of decline, according to the 2013 National Association of REALTORS® Member Profile, just released at the 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo. See the presentation here.
NAR’s Member Center has a new look and new resources, check it out at membercenter.realtor.org/.
The Member Center is your one stop location for member resources where you can:
- Print out your membership card
- Add upcoming state, local and national events to your calendar
- Check out the latest MVP reward
- Learn about all the latest benefits for REALTORS®…and more!
Sarah Murphy, Marketing Manager for NAR, takes you through all the great resources available in one location. She’ll also show you how to download the Member Center mobile app to your smartphone or mobile device so you’ll have the Member Center with you wherever you go!
