Advocacy

RAPAC

RAPAC is the acronym of the the REALTORS® of Arizona Political Action Committee (RAPAC), a member-sponsored effort organized to financially support candidates running for local, state and federal office whose position on real estate regulation and a free-market business environment most closely represents the initiatives of the Arizona REALTORS®. RAPAC contributes to and channels resources into races that will have the most impact on the real estate industry. RAPAC is a voluntary, non-profit political action committee and operates independently of any political party.

RAPAC is a vital part of the Arizona REALTORS® Government Affairs program — a program that includes professional lobbying, legislative analysis, grassroots contacts, and long-term political relationships. RAPAC, through efforts of the state and local associations and council strives to educate city council members, legislators and members of congress about our industry and guarantees that no decision is made that will affect our industry, good or bad, until the REALTOR® voice is heard.

RPAC

RPAC, is the acronym for REALTORS® Political Action Committee and is a voluntary program that provides the “hard” dollars the association uses to make direct contributions to national, state and local candidates.

Launched in 1969 as the Real Estate Political Education Committee (REPEC), RPAC supports candidates of any party who understand and champion real estate issues. It is the most bipartisan major PAC in the country. Political expenditures are divided nearly evenly among Republicans and Democrats based on their support of real estate issues. In 1974, NAR changed REPEC’s name to RPAC.

In 2015, NAR created the Corporate Ally Program to provide our extended real estate family—namely Multiple Listing Services and their business partners and advisors, real estate brokerages, NAR business affiliates and vendors and Institutes, Societies and Councils—with the flexibility of investing their corporate dollars to support the REALTOR® Party issues and/or candidate programs.

Stay in Compliance

All REALTOR® members are required to complete ethics training once every three years. New SVVAR REALTOR® members must complete the National Association of REALTORS® New Member Code of Ethics course within 60 days of joining.

How to Take the Online Course

To register:

• Go to nar.realtor
• Click on Education, then on Code of Ethics training
• Once on this page, click on Code of Ethics Course for New Members and either enter your first and last name or your NRDS ID.
• If you are an existing member and need to complete your Code of Ethics Course, click on Code of Ethics Course for Existing Members.

This course is free through NAR, available 24/7 and will take approximately 2 to 2.5 hours to complete. There is a Pass/Fail test at the end of the course.

Once completed, please email your certificate to info@svvar.com.

Code of Ethics Training Cycles

Training must be completed at anytime during these established cycles. Cycle 7 is January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2024. Cycle 8 will be January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027.