An open Letter to Dale Stinton:
Dale,
I just finished reading Todd Carpenter's posting called "Why Online Consumers Love Zillow and Trulia More than You", https://realtynex.us/special-reports and I am reminded that the consumer is the key and the future of our business. We, as leaders must never forget that the reason we are in business is to satisfy the consumer, both the buyer and the seller. Will you please send this to every member of the NAR Board of Directors and every broker well in advance of the July meeting .. I think it is a wakeup call to our industry and our profession. Houston has proven itself over and over as the only market in the top 100 in which an MLS website is winning over the third party aggregator, so HAR understands what needs to be done. Let's team up and make NAR and REALTOR.com the member/consumer champions we both know they can be. I say we need to cut the chains and let Realtor.com soar and become the website consumers demand and NAR the association that REALTORS need!
I look forward to working with you and making NAR the BEST it can be!
Danny Frank
Chairman, Houston Association of Realtors
Danny Frank