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Contact: Kerry Park
Ph: 401-432-6948
Email: kerry@rirealtors.org

RI Association of REALTORS Announce 2014 Officers

Robert Martin Named 2014 RIAR President
Warwick, RI, November 12, 2013 …The Rhode Island Association of Realtors (RIAR) has announced that Robert Martin, Broker/Owner of Century 21 Crossroads in Woonsocket and Chepachet, has been elected the organization's 2014 President.  He assumes his duties of the 4000-member professional group this week.

Martin was the President of the Northern Rhode Island Board of Realtors and the Realtor of the Year for the local board in 1997 and 2007.  He has served as President of State-Wide Multiple Listing Service and Chair of the RIAR Forms Committee.  He was also President of the Century 21 Broker Council of Rhode Island and is presently serving as a regional delegate to the Century 21 National Broker Communication Congress.  Martin resides in Cumberland with his wife Denise.

Other newly elected RIAR officers include: Bruce Lane of Williams and Stuart Realty in Cranston, President Elect; Arthur Yatsko of the Salisbury Agency in Warwick, Vice President; Brenda Marchwicki of BisMarc Properties in Providence, Treasurer; and Danielle Thompson of William Raveis Chapman Enstone in Providence as Secretary.

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The Rhode Island Association of REALTORS®, one of the largest trade organizations in Rhode Island with more than 5,000 members in nearly 1,000 offices, has been serving Rhode Islanders since 1948. Advocating for Rhode Island's property owners, the Rhode Island Association of REALTORS® provides a facility for professional development, research and exchange of information among its members and to the public and government for the purpose of preserving the free enterprise system and the right to own real property. Last year, RI Realtors transacted $6.9 billion in residential real estate sales and $7.1 billion in total sales and rentals including commercial transactions.

The Association is one of more than 1,500 boards and associations that comprise the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The National Association of Realtors®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America's largest trade association, representing over 1.5 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries and who subscribe to a strict Code of Ethics.