During one week each May, the National Association of Realtors® convenes in Washington, D.C., offering professional development and legislative action opportunities for attendees. Realtors® come to Washington from all over the country for special issues forums, committee meetings, legislative activities and the industry trade expo.

This year, NVAR participated with a booth at the trade expo to highlight global initiatives and innovative projects. Thousands of Realtors® navigated the trade expo, and were offered the chance to win a big screen TV and virtual reality headsets, highlights of NVAR’s technology display.

For the fourth consecutive year, NVAR hosted a Washington, D.C. mini-tour and Open House Showcase of Innovative Ideas for association executives and visitors from across the U.S. and around the globe. Eighty guests boarded buses from the D.C. meetings, enjoyed tours of local landmarks and the NVAR Fairfax headquarters, heard presentations highlighting top NVAR programs and returned to D.C. with a box lunch.


Visitors to the annual showcase open house gather for a group shot before touring NVAR’s LEED Gold headquarters facility.


L.  NVAR staff and volunteer leaders took turns manning the trade expo booth on Wed., May 17 and Thurs., May 18 during the NAR Legislative Meetings.
R.  Christine Richardson, NVAR Secretary-Treasurer, displays the award she earned for filming Carnegie Group video during the NAR Legislative Meetings. The video will be added to the Carnegie Group library.


L.  Social Media Steve posed for selfies with passers-by on the trade expo floor, offering chances to win a 4K TV or a virtual reality headset. He is pictured here with NVAR member Veronica Seva-Gonzalez of Compass.
R.  NVAR Chairman Bob Adamson was filmed by the Carnegie Group during the NAR Legislative Meetings, speaking about topics that included flood insurance, the mortgage interest deduction and the importance of using a Realtor®. The segment will be used in videos produced for NAR.