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BrokersIPTV : Today, we are talking with Metro Brokers Kay Watson and Kay thanks for being with us, nice to have you here. One of the reasons we want to talk with you is, you do a tremendous amount of voluntary work in various committees and organizations and so forth and that's appreciated more than you know and I wanted to talk about some of the big hard issues, for 2008 that you are involved in discussing on both the local and national level, so fire way.

Kay Watson: Ok, I think one thing that is kind of surfaced in our last meetings at the National Association of Realtors was Broker visitability [phonetic], now that's a word that does not even spell check, but visitability is being able to have the ability to host a disabled person in your home and this was an legislation that was introduced at the end of the session last year in Washington DC and it was basically very new for the concern that NAR had was what does that do to affect affordability of housing.

BrokersIPTV : So, you are saying as a home owner, I would have to make my house handicapped or specially it is accessible.

Kay Watson: If there was a mandate that was that could happen but I think that, that was big big picture and once it drills down there are some builders are already doing it. There are just it's market driven, the demographics call for because of the aging population, wanting to make sure that they are in a house where if there is a need for wheel chair, it can be accessible.

BrokersIPTV : Well that's an issue we will keep an eye on, it is all about disciplinary action. Now versus in the past, what's been happy in with that?

Kay Watson: I talked with the people at Colorado Association Of Realtors, just the kind of get up a [inaudible] on even though I am involved in professional standards and grievance committee and ethics committee, but basically there is not been a lot of change.

BrokersIPTV : Oh, really.

Kay Watson: Now I think we are seeing more complaints because the market has slowed down a little bit, so realtors have more time to file those complaints, so I think that has some thing to do with it.

BrokersIPTV : How about the realtor awareness ad campaign, what been the response?

Kay Watson: Fabulous.

BrokersIPTV : Really. Kay Watson: Very good, it is $30 a year, it is an assessment that's the share, now the Board of Directors at National meeting in Las Vegas voted, that it will increase to $35 next year for the next two years. The reason for the increase is just the cost and to make sure that we have prime time that we are still doing it the full year not just 8 months out of the year like we have done in the past.

BrokersIPTV : Kay fantastic information, great meeting you, thanks so much for your service. Appreciate it. Kay Watson: Thank you.