IR Weekly

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we're talking about the Illinois REALTORS® Relief Foundation with Illinois REALTORS® Vice President of Operations Cathy Madaus and Assistant Operations Manager Brandi Buchele. On June 29, severe storms swept through several Illinois communities, causing extensive damage to homes, trees and power lines. The storm left tens of thousands of residents without power for a number of days. With extreme weather events taking place throughout the state, the work of the Illinois REALTORS® Relief Foundation has never been more needed. We discuss the foundation and how homeowners can apply for assistance.

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we're bringing you a portion of the latest recording of Legal Update with Illinois REALTORS® VP of Legal Services Betsy Urbance and Legal Hotline Attorney Vicki Munson. In this section Betsy and Vicki discuss a new scam making it's way across the country involving vacant property. They discuss what to look for to make sure your business is protected from these scams.

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we welcome back Manager of State Government Affairs Jim Clayton. Jim brings you up to date on our efforts to increase housing supply in every Illinois community. The fight continues in Springfield and beyond!

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we're welcoming 3 association presidents from the North, Central and Southern parts of the state to talk about the challenges their members are seeing in the current housing market. Jean Lewis (Keller Williams Pinacle), Ginger Sreenan (Pioneer Real Estate Services), PJ Trautman (Trautman Real Estate Agency & Appraisal) give specific examples of what issues are arising in the market and give advice on how they're dealing with those issues. They also talk about the Illinois REALTORS® Your American Dream campaign and how the campaign assets for our members are helping them deal with the market.

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we're bringing back our guests from last week, Global Forum Committee Chair Ahmed Badat and Vice Chair Jana Herdova, to give us 6 Reasons to attend the June 20th Illinois REALTORS Global Forum: “The Important Role of U.S. Economic Aid Abroad.”

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we're focusing on the June 20th Illinois REALTORS Global Forum: “The Important Role of U.S. Economic Aid Abroad.” To tell us a little more about this FREE virtual event, we’ve invited Global Forum Committee Chair Ahmed Badat and Vice Chair Jana Herdova as well as the featured speaker of the event, Joe Williams, the Managing Director for Global Programs at Financial Services Volunteer Corps.

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we are talking about AI, a topic that is quickly dominating the pubic sphere of discussion and how it pertains to the real estate profession. To help us along we are joined by REALTORS® Carrie Little and Marki Lemons Ryhal as well as Legal Hotline Attorney Vicki Munson for an exploration of the ways this quick-developing, far-reaching technology could affect your bottom line, the rights of private property owners and our industry. You don't want to miss this discussion!

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we welcome back to the podcast Illinois REALTORS® Manager of State Government Affairs Jim Clayton, to talk about the latest news from Illinois’ 103rd General Assembly with only four days left in the Spring Session. We're talking about the twists and turns of the Radon Bill and the surprise full court press that all of you members helped pull off. We're also giving a preview of what we're keeping our eyes on as the session comes to a close. You won't want to miss these stories of just how vital our Government Affairs team is.

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we're focusing on the upcoming 2023 Spring Conference & Expo, and the obvious – and maybe not-so-obvious – reasons why hundreds of REALTORS® attend this annual event in Collinsville. To help us reveal the details of this two-day, can’t-miss event, we welcome the chair of the Spring Conference & Expo Working Group Kris Rosser Schmitt, the Egyptian Board of REALTORS® CEO, Charay Palmer and the Illinois REALTORS® Vice President of Professional Development Young Brockhouse.

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we're bringing you a very special episode recorded during our Capitol Conference 2023. During CapCon YPN held a special event all about mentoring. We snagged their special guest NAR YPN Advisory Board Member Yared Rivera and we're also joined by Illinois YPN Advisory Group Chair Ryan Elwell to talk about the variety of ways you can learn AND help others through mentoring by keeping your mind open to the possibilities.