Please make a tax-deductible contribution to the REALTORS Relief Foundation to help those affected by Tropical Storms Irene and Lee. Click here to learn more.

On October 4, 2011, Congress extended theNational Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) authority. This latest extension will run through November 18, 2011. Click here to learn more.

Congress has failed to extend the FHA and GSE mortgage loan limits. On October 1, those limitsdeclined in 669 counties in 42 states. Click here to learn more.

Tell Congress to extend the National Flood Insurance Program and to restore higher loan limits! Please ask all the REALTORS you know to respond to both of these CFAs and get another round of letters flooding into Congressional offices. Click here to take action now!  Click here to learn more.

The Tuesday, October 18, the NYSAR Radio show will focus on MLS issues with your host Anthony Gatto, Esq., NYSAR Director of Legal Services . Tune in at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 18 by clicking here. Click here for more information.

All New York brokers already involved or who join the Broker Involvement Program from now until October 19, 2011, will be entered into a drawing to win a brand new iPad! The drawing will take place the first week of November 2011.

The required Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) course will be offered October 17-18 at the Long Island REALTOR Service Center in West Babylon, NY. This course covers agency relationships, policy options, disclosure requirements and negotiating skills. Click here for more information or to register.

The required Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) course will be offered October 25-26 at the Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS in Rochester, NY. This course covers agency relationships, policy options, disclosure requirements and negotiating skills. Click here for more information or to register.

"What Real Estate Professionals Need To Know (SFR)" will be offered October 21 at the Long Island REALTOR Service Center in West Babylon, NY. This course teaches you how to develop a plan to mesh foreclosure property into your listing/selling business and work with buyer clients who want to take advantage of foreclosure properties. Click here for more information or to register.

"What Real Estate Professionals Need To Know (SFR)" will be offered October 27 at the Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS in Rochester, NY. This course teaches you how to develop a plan to mesh foreclosure property into your listing/selling business and work with buyer clients who want to take advantage of foreclosure properties. Click here for more information or to register.

With NYSAR's compliance partner PossibleNOW, you can instantly verify phone numbers, access compliance training, generate reports for safe harbor defense assistance and much more for just $10 a month. Click here to learn more.

Thank you to the countless members and local boards for investing in RPAC in 2011! We are still calculating final counts for the year, but preliminary receipts indicate RPAC of NY has raised approximately $630,000, representing 83 percent of its 2011 fundraising goal of $763,530. Click here to learn more.

Every one of you plays a pivotal role in building RPAC. RPAC of New York thanks its major donors for investing in RPAC. Click here to learn more.

The October RPAC silent auction item is a "come back with a warrant" door mat. Bids must be placed by October 31, at 11:59 p.m. Click here to learn more.