Candidates for 2010 Elections

KCRAR represents more than 8,500 real estate professionals in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Our association and its members believe that REALTORS® have a role to play in every community faced with the challenges of growth and quality of life issues that are important to creating and supporting vibrant, developing areas. We believe that homeownership positively impacts neighborhoods, communities, and the economic stability of the Kansas City Region.

Having pledged to abide by our REALTOR® Code of Ethics, we offer the benefits of our knowledge of real estate experience and technical facilities to the public in general and government in particular. KCRAR and its REALTOR® members are dedicated to working with our elected officials to create better communities by supporting quality growth, seeking sustainable economies, providing housing opportunities and commercial developments that embrace the environmental qualities we value, while protecting the rights of private property owners. 

KCRAR provides candidates a Questionnaire to allow the REALTOR® Political Action Committee (RPAC) Trustees an opportunity to become acquainted with the candidates and understand their position on issues. The candidate questionnaire is an important element of the KCRAR Kansas RPAC candidate recommendation process.

Candidates for 2010 City Council elections should return please return the completed Questionnaire and any campaign literature you wish to share with KCRAR. The committee requests that you forward the requested documents via e-mail to Cindy Green at cindyg@kcrar.com  or via fax at 913-498-1100 by Friday, Feb. 26.  

Kansas Home Inspections

With a few exceptions, since January 1, 2010 all individuals performing home inspections in Kansas have been required to be registered by the Kansas Home Inspector Registration Board (KHIRB).

REALTORS® providing a list of home inspectors should refer clients to the KHIRB web site (www.ksinspectors.org) for a list of registered home inspectors. For REALTORS® to be protected under the Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act (BRRETA), they can provide a list to clients of registered home inspectors so they are considered qualified third-party professionals. Clients can check www.ksinspectors.org for information.

Kansas Registered Inspectors are required to meet minimum educational requirements for entrance into the profession, must obtain a minimum of 16 hours of continuing education each year, maintain general liability insurance and maintain financial protection through various means for the client. As with any new regulatory process, bugs in the system will need to be worked out, but KHIRB is confident that the new regulation will provide Kansans better-trained professional inspectors and more contiguity in inspection reporting due to the creation of the Kansas Standards of Practice followed by all inspectors.

For more in-depth information about the new requirements, go here.