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The raucous drama surrounding Las Vegas Realtors (LVR) has claimed two board members.
Last week, outgoing President Merri Perry and Joshua Campa, the president-elect who was scheduled to take her position, resigned from the LVR board of directors and its committees, the trade group announced last week on its website. The Las Vegas Review-Journal was first to report the developments.
George Kypreos, who released a video addressing the situation to members in Las Vegas — will assume the role of president in 2025. In the video, Kypreos acknowledges that recent internal conflicts spilled into the public sphere and says that LVR failed its members.
“Instead of focusing on our association’s mission, we found ourselves preoccupied with egos and power struggles,” Kypreos said in the video, adding that this is the first of a series of videos to come. “Instead of highlighting the ethics and transparency, personal agendas clouded our judgment. Instead of nurturing strong community ties, we put our credibility on the line — and lost.”
Campa, who served in LVR’s leadership for three years, announced his resignation in a Facebook post, citing the attempts to have him removed. In the post, he claims he’s received threats of blackmail and that the “environment of toxicity” took a major toll on his mental health, physical well-being, the staff at his brokerage and his personal life.
“I resigned because I am not interested in engaging or being involved in any way with many of the people you see post online everyday about LVR,” Campa’s post reads. “Never have I seen a group so infatuated and stimulated by perpetuating drama and negativity.”
The situation began in March when two Nevada agents engaged in a heated verbal altercation at a forum for the trade group that required security to remove the agents. According to the Review-Journal, one agent trying to ask a question was “charged” by another and the pair had to be separated.
In August, the Review-Journal reported that 50 agents descended on LVR’s headquarters, demanding an independent investigation into allegations of interference in the elections of board members and officers. In November, members of LVR filed complaints about the group’s leadership structure with the Nevada Attorney General’s Office.
