They write legislation and lobby for community laws.

I see Washington as a landlord friendly state, in part to the great lobbying efforts of the Washington Apartment Association.

The NAR is a powerful lobbying group but I don't think they'll get subsidies back in place.

In my experience, I sometimes find insurance brochures in the lobby areas.

I believe NetWorth uses them too, because I saw a couple of NetWorth flunkies hanging around the lobby.

I'm going to start going to the local REIA that meets at Celebrity Theater every month beginning in May.

I wouldn't be surprised if real estate "consultants" remained -- people paid on an hourly basis to help with transactional details and paperwork -- and I wouldn't be surprised if real estate attorneys took a more prominent role in the complicated transactions, but I don't think the value of real estate agents is there.Ultimately, agents do the following:- Help procure buyers for sellers and help procure housing prospects for buyers;- Help with negotiation;- Fill out forms and deal with procedural details of the transaction;- Coordinate closings.The first bullet above is by-far the most important, and eventually the Internet will provide the ability for buyers and sellers to find each other without a middleman.All that said, real estate agents have a very strong lobby, so they probably won't go away as quickly as they should.And full disclosure, I'm a licensed agent.

He put the flooring in my theater and guest house.

http://www.kypost.com/dpps/news/tri-state_news/Foreclosure-protesters-fill-the-lobby-of-US-Bank-downtown_6772469What happens to a property such as this?

Realtors have a very strong lobby and make it hard to break in.