The Voice of Real Estate in Ruidoso and Lincoln County

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Chartered in 1953 as the Ruidoso Board of REALTORS®, RLCAR is a not-for-profit professional trade association, with over 200 members pledged to uphold a strict Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.  RLCAR is an association of professional REALTORS® who work cooperatively to advance the industry and actively support the community and people they serve.

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The service area of RLCAR as granted by the National Association of REALTORS® is all of Lincoln County, New Mexico. Cities include Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, Alto, Nogal, Carrizozo, White Oaks, Corona, Capitan, Lincoln, Glencoe, San Patricio, Hondo, Tinnie, Arabela and Picacho.

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Mission

To enhance the professionalism, conduct, ethics and image of the Ruidoso/Lincoln County Association of REALTORS'® members, and to be an advocate for the public's real estate property rights and interest.

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The local association is the most visible and best-known

component of the REALTOR® organization

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It is at this level that members can actively participate on a regular basis and contribute to achieve common goals to better the industry.

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The following list of activities provides a partial picture of a local association's function:

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• Provides the organization, administration, and execution of REALTOR® policy.

• Provides a headquarters or "place" for REALTORS® to discuss plans and to implement policy in which they are in agreement.

• Elects its leadership and selects its staff to execute final decisions.

• Grants use of the term REALTOR® to eligible members and ensures proper use of the term.

• Provides educational meetings and seminars on real estate topics.

• Enforces the NAR Code of Ethics and provides an arbitration process for contractual disputes between REALTORS® and between REALTORS® and their clients. (A professional standards committee is charged with such responsibility, subject to provisions of the bylaws.)

• Is the collective voice of all its members, by virtue of electing -- through democratic processes -- its officers and directors, by appointing REALTORS® to its committees, by having membership meetings, and by entertaining suggestions and complaints.

• Provides training in public service and organized real estate through service on committees and in elective positions.

• Provides, through tested and proven service on the local association level, an opportunity for service on the state and national level.

• Organizes and maintains the important function of cooperative business practices, such as a Multiple Listing Service.

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A local REALTOR® association can be a great force for the public welfare of any community, and it can be a tremendous service to and on behalf of its REALTOR® members.