2024 BRAR RPAC Silent Auction

The goal of our auction is to raise funds RPAC and awareness of our political advocacy efforts.

The REALTOR® Political Action Committee (RPAC) is a mouthful… but it’s also your biggest business ally. If you are one of the members who asks what RPAC does for you or why you should contribute, you aren’t alone.

RPAC’s sole purpose is to protect private property rights, promote home ownership, property investment, and the real estate industry. Your voluntary RPAC investments are used to support candidates for federal, state, and local offices who demonstrate their support for the
preservation of private property rights and the real estate profession.

What if we didn’t fight for Virginia REALTORS® every day?

Without advocacy, REALTORS® would live in a very different world. Our advocacy efforts help us fight bills that could negatively impact REALTORS® and the real estate industry. RPAC funds assist in those efforts by helping to ensure that REALTOR® champions get elected and stay elected!

Want to get more involved? It's Simple! Just Vote! Act! Invest!

Vote.
Support REALTOR® Champions at the state and local level in primaries and in the general election.

Act.
Join the REALTOR® Party Mobile Alerts system by texting ‘REALTOR’ to 30644. You’ll get automatic updates on the most significant federal issues. Respond to Calls for Action. There’s no simpler way to send your lawmakers a note on specific issues. All you have to do is complete the form and click ‘send.’

Invest.
Contribute to RPAC (which you're doing by winning a bid on our auction). Your support ensures the future of the business.

Only affiliates and REALTOR® members are eligible to participate in the auction.

Contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. Contributions to RPAC are voluntary and are used for political purposes. The National Association of REALTORS® and its state and local associations will not favor or disadvantage any member because of the amount contributed or a decision not to contribute.

Your Blue Ridge Association of REALTORS® exists to assist you throughout your career, whether you are just starting out or have reached Emeritus status over many years of commitment to the real estate industry. Just as you are committed to doing an excellent job and providing great service to your clients and customers, BRAR staff and the associations Board of Directors and Committees is committed to doing the same for our members.

We are part of a three-tiered organization. The three legs of the stool are the National Association of REALTORS®, the Virginia Association of REALTORS®, and the Blue Ridge Association of REALTORS®. All three levels provide advocacy to our members and work to keep unnecessary regulation and unwanted tax burdens on property owners and REALTOR® members. Our efforts save members hundreds, if not thousands of dollars each year by battling regulators with our collective clout and the investments you make in RPAC, which elect candidates who are aligned with our protection of private property rights.

In addition to advocacy, BRAR provides education through dozens of classes each year which help keep you current on your continuing education requirements for renewal of your license. We offer both CE credited classes and are creating a fast track to success through our Road Map to Success.

We offer networking opportunities throughout the year in collaboration with our many affiliate members who work side-by-side with REALTORS® to create a fun and relationship building culture throughout the area we serve.

We are a place to go if you have a dispute to settle with a fellow REALTOR® through our Professional Standards options of mediation and arbitration. We also offer Ombudsmen service to help you through disputes before they move to grievance status.

We are your portal to the Bright Multiple Listing Service, which allows you to collaborate and compete fairly with your fellow members and their firms. Competitive cooperation…. that’s what our wonderful REALTOR® world is all about. We all do better when we play well together.

The staff at BRAR is committed to offering outstanding customer service to our members. It’s our top priority. Stop by anytime and say hello. Thank you for being an important member of BRAR.