The Real Estate Profession

The profession, however, was not always so well governed. Before laws required real estate agents to have licenses, there were professional real estate organizations called real estate boards. These local organizations invited agents to join on a voluntary basis. Many veteran real estate agents, however, recognized the need for a more controlling organization. Greater supervision of agents' activities, they believed, would achieve two important ends: establish a discipline of professional performance and elevate the status of agents and of the profession in the public's mind. To form this controlling organization, local boards were gradually grouped into state associations. By 1908, these associations were combined to form the National Association of Real E

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ounty governments affect housing through local zoning and [the] use of ordinances."12 The education programs which the NAR and its affiliates advocate are note solely directed toward the business of real estate. "The business-oriented trade associations have been particularly aggressive in political education. The political affairs division of the National Association of Realtors has established the Realtors Active in Politics (RAP) program. Each realtor enrolling in RAP pledges to commit at least 24 hours to some political activity, with those who devote greater time eligible for recognition awards. Several thousand realtors were signed up for RAP by 1984."13 Many PACs form their strategies from the results of surveys which congressional members are asked to complete and return. Although many PACs try __________________________________________________________________ 12Michael R. Buchanan and Ronald D. Johnson, Real Estate Finance (Washington, D. C.: American Bankers Association, 1988,) 180. 13Larry J. Sabato, PAC POWER: Inside The World Of Political Action Committees (New York, W.W.Norton, 1985), 70. to fine-tune their interrogatories by limiting their number, the NAR is not one of them. "The National Association of
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