By Bob Walsmith Jr.
2022 President
Santa Barbara Association of Realtors
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, one of the great honors that I have as President of the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors (SBAOR) is to be able to attend various meetings during the year on behalf of our association and for our clients and neighbors. One such trip happened two weeks ago. I was in Washington DC for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Spring meetings. It was similar to the meetings that I attended in Sacramento the week before, however the big difference was these meetings were on a national level and featured Realtors from all over the country.
Like the CAR meetings in Sacramento, one of the main purposes of these meetings was to meet with our nationally elected officials and let them know the issues that our clients are facing locally that impact them with regards to home ownership, affordable housing, climate issues, lack of inventory, taxes, government restrictions, and the list goes on and on.