Jim Harrison, President and CEO of MLSListings, Recognized Nationally for Protecting, Investing in Real Estate Industry

Silicon Valley, CA. June 18, 2019 -- The National Association of REALTORS has announced that Jim Harrison, RCE, CAE, President and CEO of MLSListings of Silicon Valley, California, has become a Golden R Hall of Fame Major Investor in the REALTORS Political Action Committee. RPAC is a national bipartisan grassroots-based political advocacy organization that works to protect the real estate industry and the dream of homeownership for Silicon Valley residents and across the country.

Jim Harrison has supported RPAC for 14 years and has been a member of the National Association of REALTORS since 2005. Jim Harrison is a nationally recognized leader of one of the largest Multiple Listing Services (MLS) in Northern California. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, MLSListings Inc. serves nearly 16,000 subscribers, representing some 6,000 real estate firms, conducting business in more than 28,000 square miles of premiere California counties. Jim is a 30-year real estate industry veteran with vast REALTOR® association and regional MLS management experience in the states of California, Texas, and Virginia.

Currently serving on the Advisory Board for Realtors Property Resource® (RPR), Jim is also on the MLS Executive Advisory Board to the National Association of REALTORS Leadership Team, the Executive Advisory Committee for MOVE.com, the NAR Corporate Ally Program Advisory Board, and the Silicon Valley Alliance of Chief Executives. He also serves as the CAP Advisory Board liaison to the NAR Association Executive Committee. Most recently, Jim signed on to the Board of Directors for Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS), one of the largest MLSs in the country.

Jim holds a degree in Business Administration from Sul Ross State University in Texas. He also holds a Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives and a REALTOR Association Certified Executive (RCE) designation from NAR. Jim has been named as one of the 200 Most Powerful People in Real Estate in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014 in the Swanepoel Power 200 Report. In addition, he is recognized as an Inman Real Estate Influencer in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2010, and 2008.

"I support RPAC because doing so is important to my profession. I am proud to be a Golden R Hall of Fame Major Investor," said Jim Harrison.

Since 1969, RPAC has promoted the election of pro-real estate candidates across the United States. The purpose of RPAC is to elect and support officials who advance the interests of real estate professionals and their home buying, selling and investing clients. In addition, RPAC uses its resources to develop public policies that make it easier for consumers to own homes and build their communities through commercial investment. Jim Harrison's investment will be applied to supporting homeownership, commercial real estate transactions, and the very future of the real estate industry.

Current REALTOR® priorities include working with Congress and the administration to craft long-term reform of the nation's infrastructure; tracking additional changes to the tax code to ensure reforms are understood by and beneficial to our members; and educating lawmakers about the importance of protecting the availability of 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage financing.

The National Association of REALTORS®, "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing 1.3 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

About MLSListings Inc.

MLSListings Inc. is recognized as a premier multiple listing service in the nation. Based in the heart of Silicon Valley and specializing in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo Counties, MLSListings provides real estate professionals and consumers with accurate data that is updated every five minutes. Facilitating more than $70 billion in annual real estate activity, the MLSListings platform is the intersection of comprehensive real estate data and the transaction for the northern California marketplace. For more information on MLSListings, visit https://www.mlslistings.com.