Stan Suther's Real Estate and Stuff

Today, Realtors from Iredell County and North Mecklenburg, our Northern Region of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association, got together for our annual Holiday Meeting and Luncheon in Statesville.  This is a time when we get together as real estate professionals to socialize and to celebrate some of our accomplishments on behalf of the larger community over the past year.  This year we had speakers from some of the housing related non-profits to whom we’ve provided funding and other forms of support- Roy Helm of Wesley Community Development, Scott Loudermelt of Habitat Iredell, Donna Nestor of Our Towns Habitat, and Zach Jakobs of HAMMERS program.  All of these groups got grants from the CRRA’s Housing Opportunity Foundation, each in the thousands of dollars raised or donated by Realtors.  It was great to hear how these groups leveraged the funds we provided to do some great work in our communities.  We also worked with these groups on this year’s Realtor Care Day when we spend a day rehabbing 33 homes in Iredell and Mecklenburg Counties using the labor of around 700 Realtors.  We’re already making plans for a Realtor Care Day next year.

Toys for Salvation Army

To top it all off, our Realtors raised more funds for Housing Opportunity Foundation with a raffle of donated gifts and also brought in toys for the local Salvation Army to give to area children who might otherwise have none for Christmas.  It’s been a tough year in real estate for some Realtors, but one of the best ways to deal with tough times is to help people who are having it rougher than you.