I’m always amazed at how closely our relationships with our clients mirror our association’s relationship with its members and the Texas 消费者 we serve.

以信任为例. Our clients don’t automatically trust us. We earn that trust through demonstrative proof of our ability and our willingness to put their interests above all else. 一旦获得, that trust comes not only with a legal burden to deliver a minimum level of service and competency, 还有更广泛的, more powerful moral responsibility for outcomes.

Simply put, we care about more than a successful transaction. 我们的协会也是如此. 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® has spent the last century—led by members like you and me—earning the trust of fellow members, 消费者, 国会议员, 和监管机构. That earned trust grows exponentially year after year as we become more and more successful in our advocacy efforts. Our collective voice is no longer one of many, but the voice for all things real e状态 at the local, 状态, 国家层面. With that powerful influence comes epic responsibility to our fellow citizens.

在未来的日子里, budget and property tax-rate-setting discussions will be held in local jurisdictions across the 状态. Because of the disruption in commerce caused by COVID-19, those conversations will be especially painful for cities who rely heavily on sales tax revenue to subsidize budgets. Our REALTOR® voice is too powerful to be bystanders in these most difficult and impactful conversations. 我们有足够的储备吗? 哪些服务必须被削减? 我们可以用债务补贴吗? What other revenue sources are available? How can we avoid burdening an already overburdened property tax payer? If we must go to the voters, do REALTORS® support, oppose, or simply inform?

成员, you are the eyes into which your clients and your community will look for wisdom and understanding of the consequences of such decisions. I urge you to work with your local associations to ensure REALTOR® voices are unified. The 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® Governmental Affairs staff will help in every way they can. We must protect our 消费者 by protecting the market, and that means helping find and broker those answers. Perhaps most importantly, we must rally community engagement and support for those decisions. When Texas history books tell the saga of 2020 to our children and grandchildren, let’s be sure 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® is among its heroes. # ShapingTexas