The National Association of REALTORS® Midyear meetings are in full swing, with REALTORS® from across the country meeting in Washington, D.C. this week. Your ECAR leadership is attending NAR committee meetings and meeting with the entire Florida congressional delegation.

This year, for the first time ever, NAR President Moe Veissi has organized a rally to "Protect the American Dream." Florida REALTORS® will be well represented at this rally at the National Mall on Thursday, May 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST. Starting Wednesday afternoon, the REALTOR® Rally website will morph into a Virtual Rally site for all REALTORS® who can't be in Washington for this historic event.

You can show your support and participate online by clicking here: http://mail.ecaor.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.realtoractioncenter.com/realtor-rally/ starting during the afternoon of May 16.

Coldwell Banker United, Realtors will host a garage sale Saturday, May 19 to support Donations 4 Danny, a charity set up to assist Realtor and fireman Danny Margagliano, Keller Williams Realty. Sale proceeds will go to support Danny, whose medical costs and expenses will continue to grow.

On Saturday, April 14, Danny was involved in a diving accident which paralyzed him. Although it is not known if his paralysis is permanent, this injury has been devastating to Danny, his family, and his friends. His recovery will be extensive.

The garage sale will be Saturday, May 19 from 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at Coldwell Banker United, Kelly Plantation Office located at 4393 Commons Drive East.

Contact Laura Gerard at 850-376-4921 or laura.gerard@cbunited.com if you would like to donate any items to the garage sale or if you need more information.

Participate in the Great Emerald Coast Open House Sunday, May 20! Encourage your sellers to allow you to make their homes available for viewing by the general public from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Special Emerald Coast Open House signs are available for sale from the ECAR Realtor Store. Contact Michelle at 850-243-6145 to purchase signs. The public is being directed to http://emeraldcoastopenhouse.com/ to search for Open Houses on the third Sunday of each month.

Add your open houses to the web site by using the Open House feature on the Maintenance menu in MLS. Here’s how:

· Go to ECAR MLS

· Go to Search Menu

· Go to Inventory

· Choose “Active” and click Accept

· Find the listing you want included on the Open House website

· Click the Status link – This takes you to Maintenance

· Scroll to the bottom of the action list

· Click Open House

· Enter the date (March 18) and the times of your open house (ECAR recommends 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.). You can also add a note.

· Click Add New

· Another Open House block will appear with your previous entry above it. If you want to add another open house for that listing, enter the information. If not, close the tab/window and you’re done.