Get Involved and Be Informed

Get Involved and Be Informed

Hey, guys! Welcome back!

I just got back from the Nebraska Realtors® Association fall meetings in Lincoln. The staff does a tremendous job and always makes it a good time.

Today, I wanted to talk about ‘Getting Involved’ and ‘Being Informed’. A lot of Realtors® can get consumed in their day-to-day work and they forget about the associations they belong to that offer support. These associations are really advocates for our industry, not only for buyers and sellers, but for the Realtors® as well.

So, I strongly encourage you to attend a meeting. You will find out how our industry is so much bigger than what you do day-to-day. It’s important to know what’s going on and how current discussion can really impact your business.

Here are just a few things going on in our Nebraska market.
1.    Tax reform is a big topic nationally, but also statewide. There is discussion of placing a 2 percent tax on property sales. How will that affect your seller?
2.    Tax on services. Your real estate commission could possibly be taxed. How would that impact your business?
3.    QRM would require all down payments to be 20 percent for residential mortgages.
4.    Elimination of MID. As a homeowner, that deduction would go away.
5.    Elimination of notarization. How much more efficient would this be in our digital world?
6.    Streamline of agency disclosure. A lot of the times laws get outdated.
7.    CMAs for clients. If we can’t provide a general CMA, that’s against our statutes.
8.    100-year anniversary of our code of ethics.

These are just a few things going on in our Nebraska topic. Get involved. Voice your opinion. These all affect you and your clients!

Give me a call if you want to know how to get involved!