REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC)

The REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) is the nation's largest, most successful, and most bipartisan political action committee. Your voluntary investment is used to improve your bottom line in several ways: Through issues mobilization, political advocacy, and by directly supporting candidates at the local, state, and federal levels of government who champion the ideals and principles of REALTORS®. RPAC is your best investment in real estate!

What's in it for you?

RPAC provides you with the opportunity to have a collective impact on the election of officials who will shape legislation that affects your livelihood and the way real estate professionals do business.

RPAC exists to give a voice to the policy interests of REALTORS® because where the voices of individuals can often be ignored, our cumulative voices provide the opportunity to inform our elected officials of the impact their legislative actions have on our business. It is important to get involved with RPAC as, like it or not, government and the political process directly impacts the ability of real estate professionals to be profitable. RPAC is the largest, most successful and most bipartisan PAC in the nation. As REALTORS®, we have two choices: We can either be players in the political process, or become victims of it. RPAC is how REALTORS® get and keep a seat at the table.

Where does your RPAC investment go?

Of every dollar you invest, 35% is utilized by Atlanta RPAC to support local candidates and issues in Metro Atlanta. 35% is utilized by Georgia RPAC in state races and the remaining 30% is utilized by National RPAC to help elect a REALTOR®-friendly Congress.

How does your RPAC investment pay off?

REALTORS® engaged in the process at the local, state and national levels have achieved the following:

• Enacting legislation to stop local water service providers from placing hidden liens on commercial property for a previous tenant's or owner's unpaid charges.
• Safeguarding the Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchange provision in the federal tax code.
• Streamlining commercial building permit and inspection processes in cities and counties throughout the metro area.
• Protecting REALTORS® from prosecution for the unauthorized practice of law for advice regarding clients' contracts.
• Preventing the City of Atlanta from mandating that large commercial buildings perform costly retrofits based on energy audits.
• Prohibiting local governments from charging property managers a rental registration fee.
• Ending a moratorium on development on the BeltLine (over one-fourth of the entire City of Atlanta!) and defeating moratoria legislation in other jurisdictions.
• Keeping national banks out of the real estate brokerage and property management business.
• Defeating a 100 percent increase in real estate transfer tax.
• Preventing cities and counties in Georgia from charging individual REALTORS® a business license fee.
• Blocking a 6% state tax on real estate commissions.