YPN Goes to Washington

About 200 young real estate professionals attended the REALTORS® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo networking event at The Gibson on May 13 in Washington, D.C. The event, “Speaking Easy with YPN,” was sponsored by the REALTORS® Political Action Committee and the REALTOR® Party.

YPNers had the opportunity to meet with NAR leadership and mingle with other young professionals from throughout the country. Several YPN members also took part in committee meetings and events during the week.

Midyear was particularly significant for YPN this year as its Advisory Board received official Subcommittee status (under the Communications Committee) by NAR’s Board of Directors.

For more information on how to get involved with YPN, or how to start a chapter in your area, visit www.realtor.org/ypn.

Dane Wunderlich (3rd from right) enjoys YPN networking at NAR in Washington DC

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The Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors® Young Professionals Network received their official charter today from the National Association of Realtors®. The Young Professionals Network is a growing group of young career-minded real estate professionals across the country who want to stay abreast of the latest tools, resources and networking opportunities.

Recognizing that the average Realtor® is about 55, the average buyer is under 30, NAR started an aggressive recruiting effort under President Richard Gaylord from Long Beach. The program was officially inaugurated in October, 2007. There are fewer than 20 chartered groups In California with the state association itself just being chartered in September.

Connie Lynch, SRCAR CEO is ecstatic. “Our effort here really got its genesis in 2008 as a pet project undertaken by Chair-elect Wes Ives. Wes has been very supportive of this group and those efforts really paid off.Their first meeting was in May of this year and the energy has just been amazing. Zack Smith, Dane Wunderlich and Luz Acosta just kind of took the ball and ran with it and today our meetings have 20 – 30 young professionals – even more at their mixers.”

“This group constitutes the future leaders of our industry and our community. Our Association is very proud of the work they’ve done to
get recognized.”

Chair Wes Ives was equally pleased to see this effort come together. “I think it’s just terrific. At a time when everybody in our industry is down, we’ve got these young people who are charged up and building good solid businesses. The real estate industry is undergoing some major changes today and these kids are going to be on the leading edge of what emerges.”

“Mentoring and networking are big components of what we are about”, according to 2009 YPN Chair Zack Smith. “Dane and I went to Sacramento in June for Legislative Day and while we were there we attended one of the first statewide YPN meetings and found there were hundreds of people just like us looking for this opportunity. The Association has been very supportive and we are really pleased to have reached charter status in just 6 months. We’ve got some great members.”

The S.R.C. Chapter of the Young Professional Network is organized in conjunction with the Hemet/San Jacinto Association of Realtors®. Membership in the group isn’t limited by age, more by mental age and members must be affiliated with the real estate industry – Realtor®, lender, escrow, home warranty, etc.. For more information on meetings and events, please contact SRCAR YPN at 951-894-2571 or visit SRCAR.org.