this American Real Estate AssociationThe industrial trade group founded by Mauricio Umansky and Jason Haber is launching a membership program.
On Thursday, Umansky and Harper announced that the trade group was launching a membership program for 2024 and 2025. But in the announcement, they noted that in order to further expand the group’s reach and influence, members would need to be charged membership dues.
“We have been busy behind the scenes over the past few months laying the foundation for your new trade association,” the announcement reads. “During this construction phase, we also began to increase our advocacy efforts, starting with our successful push for changes in the Veterans Administration to help protect our veteran homebuyers.
“We are currently expanding our advocacy efforts and working nationally on key policy issues that impact your business. As you know, our new trade association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the benefit of America’s real estate agents and improve services.
The Association offers two levels of membership: Basic Membership and Founding Membership.
Basic membership for the remainder of 2024 and all of 2025 is $20. discount.
The founding membership fee is $1,500 and covers membership for the next 10 years. The association said this membership level was created based on recommendations from agents. Founding members will be recognized on the trade organization’s website and will receive invitations to exclusive events, according to the announcement.
Prior to this launch, the trade organization did not charge membership fees.
“We are so excited to be on this journey with you,” the announcement said. “Thank you to the thousands of agents who have signed up on our site, emailed us, called us, and sent us private messages of encouragement and support. We look forward to welcoming you as a member and working together to achieve the change we all want to see.
Harbor and Umansky formed the American Real Estate Association in January as an alternative to the American Real Estate Association national association of realtors (nar). As of early April, the association had 3,800 members. NAR reported that its membership remained at more than 1.5 million as of the end of May.
