Issues Campaigns

Nevada REALTORS® Campaign to Defeat Statewide Rent Control Legislation

Brandon Maddox — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:51:11 +0000

When rent control legislation was introduced in the state of Nevada, the REALTORS® opposed it with help from an Issues Mobilization Grant that supported a comprehensive ‘Truth About Rent Control’ campaign. The videos, website, editorials, and advertising dispelled the narrative of ‘the greedy landlord,’ and re-framed public understanding of the state’s majority mom-and-pop rental industry.

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Wisconsin REALTORS® Help Lower Property Taxes, Strengthen School Budgets, and Protect Property Rights

Brandon Maddox — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:45:15 +0000

The Wisconsin REALTORS® Association launched two successful Issues Mobilization campaigns: the first convinced the legislature to eliminate a minor property tax dating back to the Great Depression; the other supported a new law that overturned an existing one that had been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Issues Mobilization

Brandon Maddox — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:47:35 +0000

Missouri REALTORS® Form Coalition to Fight Sales Tax on Services

Brandon Maddox — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Missouri REALTORS® are no stranger to the threat of sales tax on services. With the help of a REALTOR® Party Issues Mobilization Grant and coalition support, the 20,000-member association is ambitiously attempting to amend the state constitution to ban a sales tax on services. By appealing to the general public, first to get the referendum on the ballot, and then for votes in its favor, Missouri REALTORS® are finding strength in numbers.

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North Dakota Becomes Sixth State to Constitutionally Ban Real Estate Transfer Taxes

Brandon Maddox — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000

North Dakota recently joined Arizona, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana and Oregon as one of six states that now constitutionally abolish future real estate transfer taxes. The 1,600-member North Dakota Association of REALTORS® (NDAR) used an Issues Mobilization Grant from NAR, funding from its own coffers and plenty of polling, advertising and leg-work to convince voters by a 75 percent margin that a constitutional ban on real estate transfer taxes was the way to go.

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