Benefits of Membership

2011 Overview of NOMAR Services and 2012 Dues Breakdown

Only $149 of your dues dollars stays with NOMAR. $155 goes to LR (State Association), $120 goes to NAR (National Association) (Click here for an explanation of NAR’s dues), $35 goes to NAR for REALTOR® Public Relations promoting the use of a REALTOR® on TV and radio advertisement. The remainder of the dues invoice is the contributions for MARPAC and Friends of LA Real Estate. These contributions will allow us to continue to fight for issues and legislation supporting our industry and private property rights, as well as opposing adverse legislation which harms our industry. It also allows us to support candidates who support our industry. Your contribution is like an insurance payment. With the critical issues jeopardizing the housing industry, you can’t afford NOT to contribute to MARPAC. Your Association is working with LR and NAR to pass legislation that will ban any new transfer taxes in Louisiana. This will be a major accomplishment and your contributions to MARPAC assists in this huge endeavor. VOTE FOR Amendment #1 on November 19th!

 

In comparison to the dues of other Associations with services similar to ours, our dues are still much lower than most.

 

NOMAR offerings and member services for 2011 include:

  • NOMAR sponsored 167 hours of Continuing Education at its’ Metairie Office
  • NOMAR sponsored 125 hours of Continuing Education at its’ Mandeville Office
  • Held Professional Standards Hearings and Arbitration and Mediation to settle disputes over commissions.
  • Held our 1st Annual “Economic & Real Estate Forecast” in partnership with CID, CCIM, Loyola & NAR.
  • Held two annual Office Administrators/Secretary Breakfast Seminars in the Metairie and Mandeville offices.
  • Put on two Affordable Housing Certification Courses and certified 146 REALTORS®.
  • Held our annual Sales Recognition Awards Luncheon which was attended by over 500 members. The winners were published on two full front page ads in the Times Picayune on both Southshore and Northshore.
  • Held the following annual events:
    REALTOR® of the Year, Manager of the Year, Affiliate of the Year and Max J. Derbes Meritorious Service Awards Luncheon
    REALTOR® Bowling Tournament
    Football Food and Fun Fest
    Election Meeting and Social
  • Coordinated 8 REALTOR® Mixers throughout the Greater New Orleans Metro Area.
  • Our Young Professionals Network (YPN) is growing and we held numerous networking events including the first annual “Kickball Tournament”.
  • Our full time Government Affairs Director and Legislative Aid have monitored all council meetings monthly for Jefferson, Orleans, St. Tammany and St. Bernard parishes.
  • Conducted numerous interviews with candidates for public office (both Southshore and Northshore) and have met with the ones we have elected to contribute to, or support, in order to express our concerns and needs and our expectations of their support.
  • Reviewed hundreds of bills filed for the Legislative session in order to determine the action needed to be taken on bills affecting our industry. We had a great success rate in this session.
  • Continued to lobby Congress to put in place a long term solution to the continuing lapse of the National Flood Insurance Program. 
  • Participated in or sponsored the following events to promote homeownership and enhance the REALTOR® image in the community:
    REALTOR® Day at the Capitol
    Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) Annual Luncheon
    Greater New Orleans Inc. Annual Luncheon
    Neighborhood Development Foundation Annual Fundraiser
    Dillard University/NOMAR Annual Housing Fair
    White House - Housing Initiative Summit
    Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Annual Fundraiser & Book Release
    New Orleans Metropolitan of Art 100 Year Anniversary Home Tour
    The Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans Annual Cook-off
    The Preservation Resource Center Great Neighborhood Sellabration
    2011 UNO Economic Outlook and Real Estate Forecast Seminar
    The Urban Land Institute Annual Housing and Development Symposium
    The Bureau of Government Research Annual Luncheon
  • Produce the standard REALTOR® forms and addendums which are made available to the NOMAR members on the NOMAR website. We also upload these forms to Formulator which offers on-line forms at a very low rate to our members. Formulator forms offer electronic signature capability with a Docusign account. We also participate on the state level with facilitating necessary changes and corrections to the mandatory forms. 
  • Our Commercial Investment Division develops services and products to meet the needs of our commercial practitioners. This Division coordinates commercial continuing education, annual awards events, networking and LACDB.
  • A portion of the local dues of the commercial practitioners who belong to CID is deposited with CID in order to support commercial services and education.
  • We give up to 2 UNO scholarships annually to students taking real estate courses. This scholarship was funded by a deceased member’s family and not from member dues. Applications considered based on current enrollment in real estate related courses and GPA.
  • NOMAR is the owner of a separate corporation, The Gulf South Real Estate Information Network, which provides the best MLS at the most economical cost to its members. By being a member of NOMAR you are offered a discounted rate in the GSREIN MLS.
  • We provide a weekly RealNews from NOMAR delivered by email and posted on the www.nomar.org website which provides our members with current information affecting their industry as well as services and educational offerings available to the members.
  • We send maintain leadership attendance at NAR’s and LR’s conventions to get the latest on REALTOR® trends, products, services and regulations and bring it back to the local association and to our members.
  • We installed a new robust and always updated website for timely dissemination of current information necessary for doing business; as well as providing accessibility to items requested of us by our members.
  • We provide the technology for our members to be able to pay dues and register for classes and events on-line at www.nomar.org.
  • We absorb fees related to credit card payments by our members for NOMAR dues and services.
  • NOMAR operates two facilities conveniently located for our members on both the Southshore and the Northshore.
  •  “State of the Art Meeting Facilities” in both the Southshore and the Northshore NOMAR facilities are available for members to rent at a discount.
  • Video Conferencing capabilities in both the Southshore and Northshore NOMAR facilities are available to rent by members as well as utilized to expand continuing education and orientation offerings to all members.
  • We train our staff to always be responsive to the calls and requests of all members in a timely and efficient manner as “Customer Service” is our #1 reason for existing.

 

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