REALTOR® ACTION ASSESSMENT

WHY $49?

REALTOR® ACTION ASSESSMENT

WHAT IS IT?

A $49 assessment to be included in the 2011 dues billing

Where will it go?

• Candidate PACs (CREPAC or CREIEC) and other political purposes

Unless you choose for it to go

• Entirely to the C.A.R. general fund for non-candidate political purposes

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WHAT DOES IT DO?

• Funds PACs

• Positions pro-REALTOR® Candidates Those sharing the attitudes values and beliefs

of organized real estate

• Positions organized real estate to: Promote REALTOR® issues

Promote C.A.R.-sponsored legislation

Support legislation promoting REALTORS®’ ability to do business

Defeat legislation interfering with REALTORS®’ ability to do business

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HOW DOES IT HELP?

Works to help C.A.R.:

•Prevent point-of-sale retrofits

•Reduce exposure to lawsuits

•Preserve dual agency

•Preserve the mortgage interest deduction

• Generally to prevent the enactment of legislation adverse to real estate

business interests

C.A.R. tracks approximately 1,500 bills in a legislative session

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HOW C.A.R.’s POLITICAL EFFORTS HELP US

Recent successes:

1. Preserved property profiles after title companies stopped providing them.

2. Defeated a recurring 3-percent independent contractor withholding proposal.

3. Defeated point-of-sale. Saved $20,000 per home prior to closing escrow.

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C.A.R. IS RANKED #37 AMONGST CALIFORNIA PACs

Behind National Education Foundation (#1)

League of California Cities (#18)

California Correctional Peace Officers (#25)

American Federation of Teachers (#26)

Source: www.followthemoney.org

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WHY NOW?

BECAUSE WE CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO