Illinois REALTORS® Podcast

Welcome to Illinois REALTORS® Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
Last week, Illinois REALTORS® attended the C5 Conference in New York City. This conference is presented by NAR and is a big part of effort to continue drawing attention to the commercial side of the real estate profession. Commercial REALTOR® Alex Ruggieri was at C5 and conducted some fantastic interviews straight from the expo floor. So for this week’s episode we’re bringing you those interviews to give you a sense of what it was like and why it is so important. First you’ll hear from Andy Velkme, the current president of the Northern Illinois Commercial Association of REALTORS®, followed by conversation with commercial realtors Bill Caton, Bruce Heller, Theresa Mueller and Jeff Bennett. Alex then concludes with a chat with Main Street Organization of REALTORS® John LeTourneau.
 

As was first seen in the inaugural issue of the new digital magazine, we have updated our invaluable 21 Things To Do and Not Do List When Marketing Your Business. This list has always proved as a vital resource to our members and this update comes at a great time for the market itself. To help break it all down we welcome Illinois REALTORS®' Director of Ethics & Professional Standards Becky Carraher, and Ethics & Legal Services Manager Mindie Nesch.

Welcome to Illinois REALTORS® Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
On this episode of the podcast Jeremy & Kelli are giving you a comprehensive breakdown of the PACKED slate of content coming to the annual Fall Business Meetings in Oak Brook September 19-22. Highlights include a STACKED Broker Engagement Forum featuring Illinois US Senator Tammy Duckworth, the typical and vital Legal Update with our very own Legal Team and must-see session with the Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi. Give it a listen to see all the amazing things to look forward to at the 2022 Fall Business Meetings.

Welcome to IR Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
On this episode of the podcast we welcome the CEO of Quad City Area REALTORS® Sharon Smith. Sharon gives us a great rundown on the Quad Cities area of the state and the unique knowledge base the association's members must have to work in both Illinois and Iowa. And she gives us some background on some amazing new initiatives including a video project to educate about the history of Fair Housing and a new app that helps bridge language barriers and transactions.

Welcome to IR Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
On this episode of the podcast we welcome a mother-son duo in Jessica and Gavin Devore. Gavin is truly a unique and incredible individual as he is one of the first teenagers to take advantage of the age drop in getting a real estate license, doing so at the age of 19. We talk about how Jessica's career influenced her son, Gavin's advice to other teens who might be thinking of getting their license and much more!

Welcome to IR Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
On this episode of the podcast we welcome Angela Rather, who is a realtor with Keller Williams Pinnacle Group in O'Fallon. Angela is currently spearheading efforts to educate and provide resources to real estate agents so that they can be in compliance with ADA requirements and the state of Illinois and Missouri requirements to become competent at working with deaf and heart of hearing clients. This is truly great and vital conversation for realtors and brokers to listen to.

Welcome to IR Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
On this episode of the podcast we're throwing an interview party as we're joined by 4, count 'em, 4! guests today to talk about one of the most unique, unsung and vital programs Illinois REALTORS® offers: The Ombudsman Program. Join us as program founder Becky Caraher discusses it's origins and active Ombudsmen Rick Hunt, Chris Read and Tracey Royal tell of how they came to the program and why they think it is so important.

Welcome to IR Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
On this very special episode of the podcast we are joined by two amazing individuals to talk about the historic Dearborn Realtist Board and their current new member drive. First is Illinois REALTORS® 2022 President and DRB member Zeke Morris and second is current DRB President Gwen Newton. This is a conversation you do not want to miss!

Welcome to IR Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
In case you missed the live broadcast on June 29, listen now to an analysis of the historic June primary elections by the Illinois REALTORS® Governmental Affairs Team including Greg St. Aubin, Senior VP for Governmental Affairs, Jim Clayton, Manager, State Government Affairs, Gideon Blustein, Senior Director of Local Governmental and External Affairs & Betsy Mitchell, Senior Advisor on the Govt Affairs team.

Welcome to IR Weekly. This podcast will be in your feeds every Tuesday to keep you up to date on all the latest news in the REALTOR® world.
Today we have a fantastic episode that truly shows the impact our GADs have. We have two interviews that we recorded over the last few weeks with Neeley Erickson and Kristie Engerman about specific ways they've made their community and their housing markets stronger. With Neeley we'll discuss the formation of a template for communities on how to get rid of restrictive covenants that many towns don't even know still exist in their charters. And with Kristie we'll also welcome PAAR representatives Jennifer Hamm and Becky Peterson to talk about an innovative and vital new downpayment assistance program developed in conjunction with the city of Peoria.