Tacoma Pierce County Association of Realtors / Aka Realtor Headquarters
The Sign at Realtor Headquarters
Today I went to a talk at TPCAR put on by the New Realtor Council. We were learning about all the new rules and changes to home financing. As I’ve been a Realtor for 4 years, I am not technically a New Realtor anymore, but I still love the classes and I’m on the committee so I totally go anyway.
The Tacoma Pierce County Association of Realtors (TPCAR) is our local branch of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). My friends like to tease me for always over pronouncing RealTOR, when they call me a Re-la-ter. I’m not usually one to get all strict about pronunciation, it’s just that there is a difference between being a Real Estate Agent and being a Realtor.
When you become a real estate agent, you have the option of joining a company that belongs to NAR. When you are a Realtor you are educated in and pledge to follow a code of ethics that normal agents aren’t held to. People do get diciplined, and even kicked out of the Realtors. They mean business. Oh, and it costs like $500 a year, which can be a pinch when business is slow, so you had best like being a Realtor.
