Speaking about Voting Yes for MAPS...

This December 8, each and every OKC citizen has the opportunity to shape the future of generations to come. We can ensure jobs and a quality of life that will keep our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren here in our wonderful state. Voting YES for MAPS is essential to the economic and housing growth in OKC. But you must do more than just voting Yes for MAPS; this is the first time MAPS has faced any substantial opposition. You need to be talking to your neighbors, friends and clients about how essential this legislation is to not just increasing their property values but protecting them.

When the jobs left Detroit, Michigan inner city homes were dropping to $4000 market value (I actually couldn't believe this was really true so I asked the Michigan MLS staff and they confirmed) and when I attended a conference in April the Michigan people told me it was spreading to the bedroom communities surrounding the city and values were plummeting to well below the $100,000 mark, homes that were averaging $250,000 sales price two years earlier. The viability of a commercial market is the foundation of a healthy residential market. We have a responsibility to ourselves and every homeowner in the city and beyond to protect our homes' value.

As REALTORS and members of an organized association, we have strength in numbers and marketing reach that is unparalleled. We Can Make A Difference- Vote Yes for Maps!

For more information visit our legislative affairs page on our website http://okcrealtors.com/maps-3 or http://www.yesformaps.com.