Give Your Input on the Proposed Grand Traverse County Septic Inspection Regulations; What RPAC Did for You in 2024; Thank You to All RPAC Investors in 2024!
Grand Traverse County has introduced proposed septic inspection regulations and we need YOUR INPUT to ensure the regulations considered are in the best interest of our community without an undue burden on transactions. Check out a list of accomplishments in 2024 made possible by your investments in RPAC. And thank you to all Aspire North REALTORS RPAC Investors in 2024!
1. Give Your Input on the Proposed Grand Traverse County Septic Inspection Regulations
As we have covered in the GAD Top 3 (on Oct. 21st, Nov. 18th, Dec. 9th, and Jan. 27th) the Grand Traverse (GT) County Health Department has been considering point-of-transfer septic inspection regulations. These regulations were drafted based on the discussion and input of a Septic Inspection Program Ad Hoc Committee which consisted of three GT County Commissioners, with input provided by The Watershed Center GT Bay, local township government staff in GT County, a septic inspector, and myself (Connor Miller) representing Aspire North REALTORS. As of the January 22nd GT County Commission Study Session a proposed GT County Onsite Wastewater and Sewage Disposal Regulation was introduced to the GT County Commission.
Now that a draft policy has been created we (Aspire North REALTORS) are looking for YOUR INPUT to ensure that any potential point-of-transfer septic inspection regulations considered for GT County have the effect of protecting our local environment and public health without placing undue burden on real estate transactions. Click this link to view the proposed Grand Traverse County Onsite Wastewater and Sewage Disposal Regulation (it’s not a long read, only 9 pages from pages 2 to 10) and send any feedback on the regulations, good or bad to connor@aspirenorthrealtors.com or call me at 231-944-8315.
The Aspire North REALTORS Public Policy Committee will be forming a task force to review in detail the proposed Grand Traverse County Onsite Wastewater and Sewage Disposal Regulation over the next couple of weeks and provide any input and recommendations to the Grand Traverse County Commission. If you are interested in joining this task force and doing a deeper dive in these proposed GT County Septic regulations email or call me at connor@aspirenorthrealtors.com or 23-944-8315.
2. What RPAC Did for You in 2024
The Aspire North REALTORS RPAC (REALTOR Political Action Committee) Committee has kicked off 2025 with some office visits to share with our members the importance of investing RPAC to support and protect the real estate industry. In these conversations we have been sharing advocacy wins that Aspire North REALTORS, Michigan REALTORS, and the National Association of REALTORS had in 2024 thanks to members like you investing in RPAC. These advocacy wins include:
- Defeating a Michigan State Housing Development Authority’s (MSHDA) proposed transfer tax. Based on the Michigan average home price ($225,000), it would have increased the transfer tax by about $450 per transaction, or $1 per $500 of home value. This is $450 per transaction that was prevented thanks to the work of Michigan REALTORS, supported by your RPAC investments.
- Michigan Senate Bill 602 (Public Act 122 of 2024) supported by Michigan REALTORS was signed into law in July establishing guardrails for Right-to-List Home Sale Agreements (has to be in writing, all owners must sign, cannot be for a period of more than 2 years, option for owners to terminate, explanation of the terms on the first page of the contract) ending the practice of 40-year Right-to-List Contracts which were placing 40-year liens on properties through these 40-year Right-to-List agreements.
- $25,000 Issues Mobilization Grant received and Local Issues Polling conducted, a service value of $30,000, for a total of $55,000 in funds and services provided to our region to support our association’s efforts to protect funding tools for housing development in our region. Specifically, Housing TIF.
- Of the 469 federal races in this year’s general election. RPAC supported 452 candidates and won 438 of those races (a success rate of just under 97%!)
These are just a few of the ways RPAC is keeping money in your pocket, protecting your clients from predatory practices, and ensuring that your REALTOR interests are protected and promoted. Make a RPAC investment for as little as $15 today through this link and by clicking Click Here to Invest Online to continue protection and promotion of the real estate industry in 2025.
3. Thank You to all RPAC Investors in 2024!
As we continue to move forward with 2025 and look ahead to continued efforts to support and protect the real estate industry at a local, state, and national level we would like to take a moment to look back and thank of you who made an investment in RPAC (REALTOR Political Action Committee) in 2024! Click through the RPAC slideshow below to see all the Aspire North REALTORS members who invested in RPAC in 2024 at various investment levels. Thank you, thank you for your continued support of our industry!
