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About REBAC

The Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council (REBAC) focuses on buyer representation. While it is now a broadly-accepted, mainstream business model in real estate circles, it’s sometimes easy to forget that it wasn’t always so—and how quickly the shift occurred. Within the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), buyer representation officially took hold in November 1996, when NAR acquired the then-independent REBAC, giving full support to a trend that has continued to gain momentum. 

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Why I earned my ABR®

  • I can easily find and speak to someone who works in a certain area by using the buyer’s rep directory on ABR.realtor.

    Christina Lameirao, ABR®, CIPS, RSPS
    Sarasota/Bradenton, FL
    Christina Lameirao, ABR designee

Member News

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    The AI revolution is here! In truth, it’s been here for a while, but it wasn’t until the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November of 2022 that the general public really began to take notice. In a very short time, free and easy-to-use generative AI tools like ChatGPT for text and DALL-E for imagery have caused a tidal wave of interest, awareness, and use among consumers. But is all the hype around AI technology deserved?
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