Hello friends, I'm Leigh Brown. I'm a REALTOR® in North Carolina, and I want to give you just a quick little bit of insight on what exactly RPAC is. You'll hear this talked about throughout your real estate career, and what it stands for is the REALTORS Political Action Committee. Sometimes, called the REALTOR® party. What this is is our way of affecting policies. When they talk politics, many people speak about candidates only, and while we take care of candidates and look for champions out there that will support our legislation. We're mainly focused on really not sexy policy topics that surround things like the 1031 tax-deferred exchange, flood insurance, the ability to have organizations like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to backstop mortgages so that we can protect lower down payment systems. We do work for low-income housing; we do help for fair housing; we're everywhere doing things that make sure every neighbor in every zip code has the chance to achieve the American dream.
When we ask you to invest, we are asking:
Do what you can with what you've got where you are.
• Do what you can with what you've got: That might be your voting record, that might be your time and talents. It's going to be asking you to read your emails and know exactly what we're working on because our information is super important.
• Where you are: You should know that RPAC works in our local markets, when we look at City Council races and mayoral candidates and planning and zoning. We look at our statewide races, where we pay attention to impact fees, transfer taxes, road issue sign ordinances. And then, at the federal level, some of the topics I've already mentioned.
What you should know is that when you do RPAC work, you're probably the only one speaking up on behalf of your buyer and seller clients. They don't ha