Jim Lee, Knoxville TN Realtor

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How's this for accurate: "NAR's Directors were presented a proposal to stimulate real estate and the economy, to take to Congress and the White House. They voted in favor." FYI, the BOD is empowered to make decisions for the entire membership just like the U.S. Congress is empowered to make decisions for all Americans so the headline; "Realtors introduce stimulus plan" is completely accurate. Obviously not everyone will always be happy with those decisions but that's the way it works unless someone can come up with a better idea. Best, Jim

I believe you know that the NAR Board of Directors were the ones that voted on the stimulus proposal Jay. However it was discussed in both caucuses I was in as well in the halls. I believe you also know that member input is always welcomed. Aren't you being a little dramatic when you say "abandon my kids and fly across the country"? If you were at the 4 day long convention I believe you would return home when it ended. If you have some better ideas you should forward them to the appropriate committee for their consideration. Until better ideas come along the 4 point plan is what we have to work with. Best regards, Jim

I'm one of the NAR Directors that voted for our proposal along with the other thousand Directors present in Orlando. I hope we can all agree that the economy is not doing well now and that a rising tide, i.e. real estate sales, tends to lift all the boats in the harbor such as cars, consumer goods, etc. Our proposals are mostly temporary and make far more sense to me than shoveling money into banks which seem to be sitting on it now and still not making loans. The pipeline is clogged up and needs to be unstopped; this proposal would help unclog it immensely and now rather than later. NAR is a member driven organization and the members that took the time and made the personal investment to attend our annual convention are the ones that approved our proposal. It's easy to sit on the sidelines and criticize and harder to step up to the plate and try to make good things happen for everyone. Jim Lee, CRS, ABR, GRI, NAR Certified e-PRO Trainer Realty Executives Associates, Knoxville, Tennessee www.KnoxvilleHomeCenter.com mailto:Jim@JimLee.com (865) 693-3232, My Personal Toll Free # 1-800-662-2488 ext. 163 **********************************