Quick Summary
– The former NAR Vice President of Advocacy made serious waves in 2019.
– She had the audacity, the sheer audacity, even, to run for Congress.
– That’s right, she swapped her commercial property inspections for political campaigns.
– But like a spinning sign that just wouldn’t stay put, controversy whirled around her.
– She took the fight to the Federal Election Commission, suing them for ordering her to halt her business ads ahead of the primary.
Hot Take
Well if this isn’t a plot twist straight out of a Netflix political drama, I don’t know what is. “The former NAR VP jonesing for a congressional seat!” Hold on to your hard hats, construction guys and dolls, because this is where the real building starts – not of brick and mortar, but of hopes and dreams.
Just imagine the fun she had switching from property rates, taxes, to political campaigns, speeches and lawsuits aimed at the Federal Election Commission. She might as well have hung a sign saying, “Open for cross-examination”, instead of “Open for Inspection”.
But hold on – what’s this about her fighting the big bad FEC wolves that were huffing and puffing and trying to blow down her election campaign house? That must have been a wild ride from real estate lingo to legal jargon. Now that’s a ‘Property Brother’ sitcom episode waiting to happen, or as I like to call it, ‘How I switched negotiating property prices to negotiating votes’. I wonder if she wore a power suit with dollar sign cufflinks to court? What a riveting story, folks. Only in real estate … and politics.
Let’s be real– whether it’s arguing over property lines or party lines, it’s all about holding your ground, isn’t it? Perhaps in this high stakes game of political Jenga, she thought, ‘you know what’s easier than dealing with the housing market? Congress!’
So, as our real-estate turned would-be-political maverick rode off into the sunset of the courtroom, one can’t help but appreciate the correlation between zoning laws and political zones. We really do live in a ‘seller’s market’ in every sense of the phrase, don’t we? Now, if only she could get Congress to lower the interest rates. If only…
Original article: https://www.inman.com/2023/12/15/leigh-brown-is-running-for-congress-again/
