NAR's Senior Vice President of Communications Pamela Geurds Kabati begins a new chapter.

When done right, social media can be an effective way to expand your sphere and build your reputation, without spending a dime.

Social media aren’t new, but their adoption rate is growing among real estate practitioners as ways to connect with consumers and create professional camaraderie in a business that doesn’t tie people to their offices.

Other sales professionals just don’t handle the same complexity you do, when selling someone’s most expensive asset and source of shelter. Now, a much-anticipated study of competitiveness in the real estate industry by the U.S. Government Accountability Office shows that the comparison is wrong.

There’s something to be said for keeping your goals manageable. But no doubt many of you would like to make more of your career. That’s why we’re launching a special series of essays this year on excellence and innovation.

In this issue you’ll meet five very special people, REALTOR® Magazine’s 2003 Good Neighbors. The Good Neighbor Awards program, now in its fourth year, celebrates the community spirit and service that is so much a part of being a REALTOR®.

Catherine B. Whatley is a REALTOR® with her feet on the street.

REALTORS® will have a new Washington, D.C., headquarters beginning in 2004—a Class A, environmentally friendly building just three blocks from the U.S. Capitol. At its meeting in mid-May, NAR’s Board of Directors approved the plan for the 12-story building, to be located at 500 New Jersey Ave., N.W.

REALTOR® Magazine caught up with CEO W. Michael Long in late February to ask about the future of Homestore.

Think about what the fair housing law means, not in terms of rules and regulations written more than 30 years ago in Washington, D.C., but in terms of its effect on the lives of real people in your community. Make it “personal” for you.

REALTOR® Magazine is expanding the concept of our “Top 100 Companies” feature (first published in July 2000) to apply to sales associates, as well. In our September 2001 issue, we’ll crown the “Top 100 Salespeople,” those who reached the apex in residential sales in the United States for the year 2000.

Some of you have begun to take issue with the growth of advertising in the magazine. You’ve noticed a steady increase over the last year, and you’re wondering whether this correlates with a decrease in the amount of editorial we provide each month. Happily, no.