NAR Launches a New Blog

Author: Jay T. - The Editor

Posted on January 4, 2008 
Filed Under NAR - General

Welcome to “YPN Lounge“.

“YPN” is the acronym for “Young Professionals Network” and the YPN Lounge is touted as the “online meeting place for Realtor Magazine’s Young Professional Network”.  What is the “YPN”? From the “about” page:

YPN was created by REALTOR® Magazine as a forum for young, rising real estate professionals to network and stay up-to-date on the latest business tools and strategies. As home buyers get younger and the real estate industry constantly evolves, YPN sets out to ensure young professionals’ voices and ideas are heard within the industry.

Seems to mesh in with Realtor Magazine’s annual “30 under 30″ campaign. Any youngsters that want to contribute to the YPN Lounge Blog see this:

If you would like to be considered as a YPN blogger, or if you have any questions about this blog, please contact the blog administrator:

Melissa Dittmann Tracey
Young Professionals Network
REALTOR® Magazine Online
430 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611-4087
mtracey@realtors.org

Hey folks at the NAR (and according to the IP addresses of visitors, I know some at NAR are reading here) — how about a “OPN”  (Old Professionals Network) and a “40 over 40″ thing?  After all,  us old folks are people too. Don’t we deserve to have our voices and ideas heard within the industry?

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Comments

7 Responses to “NAR Launches a New Blog”

  1. Jonathan Dalton on January 4th, 2008 10:04 am

    What about those of us somewhere in the middle?

  2. Anonymous on January 4th, 2008 10:06 am

    Almost smacks of age discrimination. Age is a “protected class”.

  3. Athol Kay on January 4th, 2008 12:28 pm

    The OPN is called “REALTOR Magazine” isn’t it?

  4. Charleston real estate blog on January 4th, 2008 1:25 pm

    they can offer the old f*rts lounge (OFL).

  5. Andy Kaufman on January 6th, 2008 1:01 pm

    I wouldn’t think that the younger agents would have much of a problem having their voices heard in the age of social media. It’s the “AOL” agents that used to carry print outs of the MLS around that need the help.

    JD- I guess we’ll have to start the MPN ourselves. Discrimination!

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  7. Dan Derito on January 23rd, 2008 8:54 pm

    As a Boomer(circa 1950) I’d like to see us work together to better the industry. As a former young person, it would seem like a good idea to offer advice accrued through age and guile, in exchange for tips on new fangled technology.
    Championship teams need both rookies to apply pressure, and veterans who have been to the ’show’ and know the ropes.

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