By Daniel Rothamel, ABR®, SRES

This post is part of a series covering my journey of discovery through the history of the National Association of REALTORS. As my guide and my inspiration, I am using a book published by NAR, "100 Years in Celebration of The American Dream," celebrating the Centennial of NAR. The following was inspired by reading just the first ten pages.

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® turns 100 years old this year. That is pretty old, as organizations go. It is old enough that there is not one single member of our organization alive today that can remember the birth of NAR. This is both good and bad.

The Good. One hundred years is a long time. Here is some simple math:

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Posted on April 23 at 11:43 AM | Permanent Link | Add a Comment (3)

By Daniel Rothamel

Virginia REALTOR® Daniel Rothamel is writing a series of blog posts about real estate industry history for the Virginia Association of REALTORS® blog, “VAR buzz. ” Rothamel's source is the new book, “NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®: 100 Years in Celebration of the American Dream”, edited by REALTOR® magazine editor in chief Stacey Moncrieff. Daniel agreed to share his posts with our readers.

Recently, I stopped-in at my local association (the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS®), because my wife and I had to exchange our lock box keys. Due to the fact that Supra was having some network difficulties (big surprise), the process took more time than expected.

As we were milling about the office, I noticed a book I had never seen before. I like books, and this book was particularly interesting to me. It was, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®: 100 Years in Celebration of the American Dream. The book caught my attention for two reasons–

1) It was big, blue, shiny, and had a nice cover graphic.
2) I had no idea that such a book even existed.

I spent a few minutes flipping through the book and quickly realized that I had been waiting for

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Posted on April 16 at 03:56 PM | Permanent Link | Add a Comment (1)

By Daniel Rothamel

Virginia REALTOR® Daniel Rothamel is writing a series of blog posts about real estate industry history for the Virginia Association of REALTORS® blog, “VAR buzz. ” Rothamel's source is the new book, “NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®: 100 Years in Celebration of the American Dream”, edited by REALTOR® magazine editor in chief Stacey Moncrieff. Daniel agreed to share his posts with our readers.

Recently, I stopped-in at my local association (the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS®), because my wife and I had to exchange our lock box keys. Due to the fact that Supra was having some network difficulties (big surprise), the process took more time than expected.

As we were milling about the office, I noticed a book I had never seen before. I like books, and this book was particularly interesting to me. It was, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®: 100 Years in Celebration of the American Dream. The book caught my attention for two reasons–

1) It was big, blue, shiny, and had a nice cover graphic.
2) I had no idea that such a book even existed.

I spent a few minutes flipping through the book and quickly realized that I had been waiting for

Continue reading "Shouldn’t We All Know More REALTOR® History?" »

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