Finally got into a smart office with no NAR! Breath of fresh air. Real ethical people, not those pretending to be good. Not paying a price to believe it. Ethics should be free!

I HATE NAR, WAR, SKAR & SCCAR too! Nearly a decade of problems with them. I am not meaning to offend those agents thet do not know the true intent behind NAR.

They have attacked their own current members, our offices. In fact, they don’t know who their members are or aren’t, as they are incompetent! Their web sites are full of old offices that havent’ been their members in years! Our brokers withdrew our membership as we got sick of getting letters saying to stop using the trademark when we were paying members. Of course, we all had a party to celebrate that wonderous event!!! NAR doesn’t update to deceive the public! We estimate that less than 15% of all agents in WA are Realtor membersand not the large numbers they put out there. We did a count and subtracted the offices that were closed down, changed names or left NAR embership not the extra offices that NAR has had the states hey leave up on their web sites to deceive the publie.

I was embarrassed to be a member. Only a fraction of the money we pay goes to protect rights. The rest goes into their fat corporate pockets, salaries, trips, etc. or are used to fight over stupid trademarks or words! Think about what you are really paying for!

Wake up people!!!

Mafia style tactics, as they threaten and attack their own members! Loyal members for decades are being attacked by NAR’s legal council, Chris Osborn. Who doesn’t research who or what a party has done before he files a lawsuit. This is unconshinable behavior, not becoming of a BAR member! He threatedn or files irresponsible suits against those that have been paying members for decades. Giving them no reason or examples for the suit.

Pay us our you die!!! Who wants to be in that type of membership?

Shouldn’t memberships be an option for those who wish to be members? Isn’t this America? How can they get away with racketeering? Strong arming and cause good agents grief!

NAR stinks!!!

In my opinion. avoid their membership always or they may try to get you!! That’s what bullies do!

BE ethical avoid joining the National Association of Realtors!!!

Thanks for the kind words. We developed the app and site in-house, but we actually don’t have a user experience staff per se. We just have product managers and engineers who care a lot about user experience and are willing to sweat the details. We also have a management/exec team who is willing to give us the extra time it takes to get some of the small stuff and polish done right, and that was especially true in the development of the iPhone app.

Of course, that’s not to say we don’t mess up UX sometimes; we know that we do. It’s also not to say that it’s the absolute right way to set up a team or that you can’t succeed with a dedicated UX staff; it just seems to be the way that’s worked best for us.

Raymond

Any idea why your app was chosen (besides it’s sheer awesomeness)? Great exposure!