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Joined 01/20/2008

Bruce Hahn

President

American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance

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Bruce Hahn has been an association manager and lobbyist since the 1970's. He is a Certified Association Executive (CAE). Mr. Hahn was a co-founder of the Small Business Legislative Council and subsequently was elected as its chairman. He was also a co-founder of the American League of Lobbyists and the author of ALL's code of ethics. Hahn has held senior management experience with a number of national trade associations. Among them are the National Association of Manufacturers where he served as the Vice President, Public Affairs; and the Computing Technology Industry Association, where he was head of the government affairs department. Mr. Hahn has been an investor in real estate, including both residential real estate and land, since the 1980's.

My Comments

  • American Homeowners
    By Bruce HahnSeptember 6, 2011 - 2:50pm

    American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance Sounds like a scheme to squeeze out small brokers while the big ones get the dividends. It is funded by the small brokers who as a result have to negotiate higher commissions from sellers than they otherwise would have. This means sellers end up paying the penalty for using small independent brokers. Bruce Hahn President American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance

  • An hourly compensation model
    By Bruce HahnJune 3, 2011 - 2:25pm

    An hourly compensation model could be good for homeowners as well, so long as there was am advance meeting of the minds regarding how the agents time would be spent, and for what.

  • The transparent efforts by
    By Bruce HahnMay 3, 2011 - 4:32am

    The transparent efforts by some MLS's and real estate trade associations to limit competition based on rationales that are transparently specious hurts consumers as much as it hurts the companies targeted by these anticompetitive practices. Both my organization and the Consumer Federation of America have supported the worthy efforts of the FTC and Justice Department to stop these practices. Consumer surveys show that real estate professionals continue to be held in low public esteem. This is unfortunate because the vast majority of real estate brokers and agents are ethical and honorable people who strive to put the best interests of their clients ahead of their own. In the long run the efforts to thwart competition by a small number of MLSs and real estate trade associations help preserve the entire professions' poor reputation. This will not change until the good guys stand up to the leadership of those real estate organizations that continue to try to screw their colleagues and consumers, and force them to stop dragging the entire profession's reputation into the gutter. Bruce Hahn American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance