Illinois REALTORS® Podcast

This week on the podcast Illinois REALTORS® President Matt Silver takes over as special guest host for the entire month of April. He’s kicking it all off with a conversation with NAR Vice President of Policy Advocacy Bryan Greene about the history of fair housing, the fight to eliminate housing discrimination and the opportunities for our members to be allies for all prospective home buyers.

On this week's episode of the Weekly podcast, learn how to keep your business operating at peak efficiency in the months ahead by understanding how the NAR settlement of the Sitzer-Burnett case will affect you and your brokerage. Illinois REALTORS® General Counsel and Vice President of Legal Services Betsy Urbance explains what she's learned about the situation in today's podcast. 

On this week's episode of the Weekly podcast, we're welcoming in the Chair and Vice Chair of the Illinois REALTORS® Political Involvement Working Group, Michael Simpson and Matt Persicketti to talk about their experiences at Capitol Conference and why it is so important to attend. Michael is Managing Broker at Baird & Warner Real Estate in Algonquin and a member of the REALTOR® Association of the Fox Valley and they both share great stories of their first trips to Capitol Conference, what it is that keeps them coming back and why this year more than ever it is paramount to have a strong REALTOR contingent at the Capitol.

On this week's episode of the Weekly podcast, we're welcoming back our old friend and Manager of State Governmental Affairs Jim Clayton. Jim always gives us all the info on what's happening at the Capitol and there are quite a few things for our members to keep track of. We talk about the upcoming session, what bills are on a deadline with primary looming and a new strategy that Illinois REALTORS® will be employing with some forthcoming housing legislation.

Find out how REALTOR® leaders like Ayn Bartok, Drussy Hernandez, Debbie Prodehl and Ginger Sreenan persevered as attitudes about women in the workplace and as decision-makers evolved to where they are today. Watch a video of this special podcast or listen to discover why they are optimistic about the positive influence women will continue to have in Illinois. 

This week on the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast our Illinois REALTORS® VP of Professional Development Young Brockhouse takes over hosting duties to welcome Celeste Wheeler, Charay Palmer, Erica Kirk and Sam Row. They discuss the upcoming Illinois REALTORS 2024 Spring Conference & Expo in Collinsville and the opportunity for members to get seven hours of continuing education.

This week on the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast out 2024 President Matt Silver takes over hosting duties to welcome NAREB President Dr. Courtney Johnson Rose and Dearborn REALTIST® Board President Sanina Ellison to provide solutions and takeaways from the latest State of Housing in Black America (SHIBA) report. They discuss the obstacles that Black consumers face when they want to buy homes and what can be done to help them.

This week on the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast we're welcoming in 3 members of our illustrious Government Affairs team to talk about Home Rule measures on the ballot in 3 different Illinois communities in the upcoming March primary elections. Director of Local Advocacy Tom Benedetto and Government Affairs Directors (GADs) Neeley Erickson & Nora Gruenberg lend their expertise as to what's happening on the ground in the communities of Cary, Roselle & Richton Park.

This week on the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast we're recapping the PACKED sessions from the 2024 Winter Business Meetings. If you were unable to attend or if you did and couldn't make some of the sessions, here is your recap and highlights of the Business Issues Forum, Public Policy Forum, REALTOR® Political Involvement Committee (RPIC) Forum and the Legal Update.