Ringing in the New Year with New Goals

BY ROBERT WHITE

I am honored to be your NJ Realtors® 2022 President and proud to be working with a great Leadership Team this year—together we will all work together to make 2022 a great year for all our members.

In the year ahead I’m focusing on three key areas: diversity, equality, and inclusion; continued engagement; and advocacy.

To me, diversity, equality, and inclusion is a simple concept—follow the Golden Rule and treat others as you would like to be treated. We are so lucky live in one of the most diverse states in the nation and sell the American Dream to everyone, regardless of who they are, what they look like, or who they love. This is important to me personally, but it’s important to our industry to understand this for continued success.

The pandemic had a few unintended side effects and one of them was very high member engagement. We’ve worked hard to keep the momentum going and we’ll continue to do so, but with a renewed focus on brokers and managers. We know information is received better when it comes directly

from an agent’s broker, and we’ll continue to work to reach the brokers and managers around the state and provide them with the necessary information their offices need.

Advocacy is one of our most talked about member benefits, but it bears repeating. Our greatest successes are the advocacy efforts we make to help not only our membership, but the public too. As our mission statement says, “New Jersey Realtors® aggressively advocates for all things real estate.” I believe in this wholeheartedly and know whatever opportunities we have, private property rights and homeownership will be supported and well-handled.

I can’t wait for the year ahead and thank you all for your support and encouragement.