Tim Hur with the National Association of REALTORS is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Immediately after graduation, Tim launched a career in real estate for the past 10 years by operating a boutique real estate firm in Metro Atlanta. Most recently, he has recently joined the corporate office of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, LLC based out of Madison, New Jersey as the brand’s newly formed National Director of Inclusion and Philanthropy. (BHGRE is a subsidiary of Realogy Corporation, a global provider of real estate services housing iconic real estate brands including Century 21, ERA, Sotheby’s International Realty, Corcoran Group, Climb Real Estate, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, and Coldwell Banker). In his new role, Tim is in charge of growing the brand presence focusing on the diversity markets, which includes maintaining strong relationships with the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP) and the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB). Tim is on the board of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District, a charter member and a past-President for the Gwinnett Mosaic Rotary Club. He also serves many other non-profit organizations within the Metro Atlanta area. He is also a member of the Atlanta Realtors, Atlanta Commercial Board and Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of REALTORS®, having multiple designations obtained through the REALTOR® network, including the prestigious Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR) and GREEN designations. Tim was also named one of the Top 35 Under 35 in Gwinnett County (2011), and was named one of the Top 25 Asian Americans in Georgia consecutively in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. He has also been appointed as one of the trustees for the Gwinnett County Public School Foundation as of August 2013. Tim was also elected as the 2013 and 2014 President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Asian Real Estate Association of America, was the past National Policy Chairman and the currently elected as the National Treasurer and Secretary of the Asian Real Estate Association of America. He was also appointed by both the 2013 President, 2014 President, and 2015 President of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to be their respective President Liaison for South Korea, on behalf of the 1.3 million members of the National Association of REALTORS®. He is also is the current 2018 NAR Chair for Diversity and is on the taskforce to promote and commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Fair Housing in the United States. His accolades include graduating from Atlanta Regional Commissions’ Regional Leadership Institute in 2010, LEAD Atlanta (a division of Leadership Atlanta) in 2012, Leadership Gwinnett in 2013, National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Leadership Academy in 2014, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies’ National Leadership Academy in 2014, became a fellow of the University of Southern California’s Network of Korean-Americans (NetKAL) Program in 2015, was a finalist for the prestigious German Memorial Fellowship, and was named Regional Player of the Week by the Civic League for Regional Atlanta.
