{"id":7032,"date":"2017-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/remembering-2009-nar-president-charles-mcmillan-1951-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:00:00","slug":"remembering-2009-nar-president-charles-mcmillan-1951-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/remembering-2009-nar-president-charles-mcmillan-1951-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering 2009 NAR President Charles McMillan, 1951-2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charles McMillan, CIPS, the 2009 president of the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae, whose consensus-building spirit and get-it-done style helped steer NAR\u00a0through the depths of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, died Wednesday in Ft. Worth, Texas, after complications from congestive heart failure. He was 66.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a gentle, yet strong demeanor about him,\u201d said 2018 NAR President Elizabeth Mendenhall. \u201cHe was extraordinarily passionate about fostering involvement from all and especially nurturing future leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

His son, Charles Bernard McMillan, who became a REALTOR\u00ae in March, said there was \u201cnothing [his father]\u00a0loved more than real estate<\/a> and being a REALTOR<\/a>\u00ae<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

McMillan was the first African-American NAR president, but he tended to downplay the significance of the\u00a0historic milestone, which undeniably contributed to making NAR a more inclusive organization. McMillan focused instead on the historic imperatives facing him during his presidential tenure: charting a path for the organization and the members through the devastating economic and market tumult.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only way to overcome today\u2019s economic turmoil is to motivate and encourage worried or cautious housing<\/a> consumers to enter the marketplace,\u201d\u00a0McMillan told REALTOR\u00ae Magazine in January 2009. \u201cOur goal is to ensure there is a healthy market and sufficient capital to support mortgage<\/a> lending to qualified borrowers.\u201d<\/p>\n

During McMillan\u2019s term, NAR won passage of an $8,000 tax credit for first-time buyers, launched a foreclosure<\/a> prevention and response program, provided members with millions of dollars worth of free and discounted resources through the Right Tools, Right Now program, and succeeded in an eight-year battle to prevent banking conglomerates from entering the real estate brokerage and property management business.<\/p>\n

Prior to his service at the national level, McMillan was a dedicated leader in the REALTOR\u00ae organization in his home state of Texas. With distinction, he led the Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS\u00ae as president in 1991 and the Texas Association of REALTORS\u00ae in 1998.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We will miss his character, kindness, and charisma,\u201d said Travis Kessler, president and CEO of the Texas Association of REALTORS\u00ae. \u201cHis legacy as a visionary leader and the lives he touched will always be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n

McMillan, known as a \u201cmember\u2019s president,\u201d presided over the launch of long list of NAR initiatives that flourish today including the REALTORS<\/a> Property Resource\u00ae national property listings<\/a> database, the HouseLogic consumer website, and the Real Estate Today syndicated radio program.<\/p>\n

An Air Force veteran who was stationed in Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines during two tours of duty, McMillan was a youth counselor and trainer for a national nonprofit psychiatric treatment center in Texas before he got into the real estate business<\/a> in the early 1980s, initially as an investor. He started his sales career in 1983 during another extremely challenging period for real estate markets: He succeeded despite double-digit interest rates and plummeting oil prices in his home state. An innately inspirational speaker and leader, McMillan became a sales manager and trainer for a Century 21 franchise in the Ft. Worth area early in his career. By 1987, he had earned his broker\u2019s license and become an expert in buyer agency.<\/p>\n

Leading up to his NAR presidency, McMillan was broker of record and director of realty relations for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Dallas-Fort Worth. He was the company\u2019s point person for all regulatory and legal issues.<\/p>\n

McMillan\u2019s hardscrabble childhood, in which he spent his years living and working on his family\u2019s farm in Whiteville, N.C., instilled in him a rock-solid work ethic. He moved with his mother and sister to Florida when he was 12. \u201cMy mother showed me that a strong and determined person could do anything if that person was willing to work hard enough,\u201d\u00a0McMillan said in the magazine interview.<\/p>\n

McMillan\u2019s son, Charles, who was previously a barber, said his father never encouraged him to get involved in real estate because \u201cit\u2019s a difficult business, an emotional roller coaster. But I wanted to follow in his footsteps.\u201d He said they talked more once he joined Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an agent in Columbia, S.C. \u201cHe gave me advice<\/a> and we got\u00a0closer,\u201d said son Charles. \u201cWhat stays with me is him telling me that whenever you close a deal you should be happy for a little while. But remember you\u2019re unemployed again the next day, so you have to get right back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to his son, McMillan is survived by his mother, Ethel Mae McMillan of Eagle Lake, Fla.; three grandsons; and a great-granddaughter, as well as a sister, Irene Miller Palmer of Orlando, and a brother, Sam Tention of Eagle Lake, Fla.<\/p>\n

\u2014Wendy Cole, REALTOR\u00ae Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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