NAR wants safe and healthy members, a strong real estate industry, and a thriving planet. That’s why NAR President and proud Texan Leslie Rouda Smith named safety, 强度, 可持续发展是2022年的首要任务. The former 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® chairman shares how you can incorporate these values into your business and community.

安全

“I would like to see that every REALTOR® comes home safely every night,” Rouda Smith says. “我有朋友被绑起来抢劫. 我还有一个朋友被遗弃等死. Sometimes our members think they’re invincible and that it won’t happen to them.” She wants you to know that NAR is fully committed to your safety.

NAR正在做什么:

你可以做什么:

  • 与同事分享你的日程安排
  • 先去办公室见客户
  • 不要独自举办开放日活动
  • 在参观期间，请客户走在你前面
  • 相信自己的直觉，知道自己什么时候不舒服.

可持续性

作为一个对大自然有着深刻欣赏的牧场主人, Rouda Smith is a strong supporter of environmental stewardship. She advocates planting trees and encourages everyone to reduce use of single-use water bottles. She saw firsthand how plastic waste can harm marine life during a beach cleanup in California last year. “I want to see us all make an effort to leave the planet better than we found it,” she says.

NAR正在做什么:

  • Advocating for national infrastructure that prioritizes viability, 适应性, 弹性, 资源效率
  • Supporting infrastructure improvements and bipartisan legislation; broadband internet; ways to mitigate regulatory burdens; and industry-based solutions to sustainability issues
  • Modernizing NAR’s Chicago headquarters will achieve a 25% energy savings from a new mechanical system and a 75% reduction in energy consumption from a new elevator system.
  • 重建NAR的华盛顿特区.C.，总部将取得WELL认证
  • 出版了第一份, 社会, 治理, 和弹性(ESG+R)报告, which describes NAR’s accomplishments and core values.

你可以做什么:

  • Read the NAR 可持续性 Resource Guide to learn about NAR initiatives, 项目, 消费者研究, and advice for local associations and REALTOR® members, nar.2021十大正规彩票app经纪人/ sustainability-resource-guide
  • 阅读REALTORS®和可持续发展报告, NAR’s annual report on the industry and environmental issues
  • Conserve resources whenever possible in your personal and professional life.

强度

罗达·史密斯想让协会变得强大. 为她, that means members are physically and mentally strong, and the association maintains a strong voice to advocate for its priorities.

良好的健康

“If you don’t take care of yourself, nobody else is going to do it for you,” she says. “我总是告诉人们，‘每天给自己一个小时.这是你应得的.” You can incorporate exercise and wellness in your busy schedule. Rouda Smith remembers combining workouts with quality time with her then-young children.

NAR正在做什么:

你可以做什么:

  • 享受户外活动
  • 锻炼
  • 加强你的思想和身体.
宣传

“我在国会谈论的是人多力量大. 我们的声音被听到了，”她说. “我们是无党派. But also, when we all speak as one and lead by example, we are truly unstoppable.”

NAR正在做什么:

  • Collaborated with FEMA to create a more accurate and property-specific flood insurance rating system
  • Advocated for NAR priorities in the Build Back Better plan, including $150 billion for affordable housing and funding; $10 billion in down payment assistance for first generation homebuyers; and $800 million for fair housing 项目.

你可以做什么: