Message from the President
Outlook is Positive as Influx Continues
Dear Members, their bottom line in the real estate business
It has been an exciting start to 2019 for immediately. I highly encourage you to take as
our Royal Palm Coast Realtor ® Association many of the modules as you can. I assure you it
members. As many of you know, we ended will be well worth your time.
last year and started this year off a little slow •
on the transactional side. However, things
Committee launched our first “Realtors ®
seem to have picked up and we were trending
Corner” and the “Realtor ® Riff Raff” podcast
much closer to last year’s sales numbers in
series. Both are now being recorded monthly in
March. In April, townhouse and condo sales
our Fort Myers studio.
were particularly strong, with closings up 7%
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year-over-year. I believe we have entered our
outlook remains mostly positive for 2019,
Josh Burdine, 2019 President
Global Ambassador to The America’s, along with others who
moving into Lee County every year.
will help our attending members understand how they can
Some of the many accomplishments that our Realtor ®
better do business internationally and what the international
Association leadership team and committees had in the first
Our Public Policy Delegation making their way up to
Tallahassee for the annual Great American Realtor ® Days.
Realtors ® from across the great state of Florida celebrated
many victories this session, including legislation to help
prevent Assignment of Benefits fraud, record levels of funding
for water quality projects, a decrease — for the second
consecutive year — in the commercial lease tax and remote
notarization. All of these are great wins for Realtors ®.
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real estate picture looks like right now.
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This year we celebrate 50 years of RPAC, and I would like your
attendance on Friday, June 21, at the Sidney-Burns Davis Art
Center in Downtown Fort Myers. This will be a 60s-themed
party and is free for all members. The event will include lots of
raffle and auction items to benefit the Realtor ® Party, which
supports all things legislative, for our Realtor ® members. No
political party affiliation — just issues that matter to Realtors.
I would love to see as many new faces as possible, so please,
don’t be shy. Mark your calendar for a night of 60s fun,
Our MLS Board of Directors and MLS Committee had been networking, food and prizes with me and many others on the
working diligently for many months and I am proud to say evening of Friday, June 21. Hope to see you there!
the launch of our newest member benefit Remine has been Happy selling in Q2!
a huge success and we saw record numbers of members
attending last month’s training sessions.
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host information-packed sessions with guest
president of the Bahamas Realtor ® Association, and NAR’s
bulls and bears, but more on the 20,000 or so additional people
quarter include:
titled “International Day.” On this day, they will
speakers such as the mayor of Fort Myers, the
don’t focus so much on the wrestling of the
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Our Global Committee is ramping up
for its largest event of the year on June 6,
“new normal” market. As the economy shows
continued jobs growth and the economic
Our Technology and Productions
Our Professional Development Committee has rolled out
our newest training series, titled “The Success Series.” This
14-module series is designed to help members increase
2019 Royal Palm Coast Realtor ® Association President,
— Josh Burdine