Illinois REALTORS® Podcast

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, Carrie Elliott, Illinois REALTORS® Education Director, joins the conversation about American Warrior Real Estate Classes, co-sponsored by the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®, the Heartland REALTOR® Organization, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation and Illinois REALTORS®. Special guests include American Warrior Institute CEO and Branch Manager (for Fairway) Louise Thaxton, who will serve as the course instructor, and former Navy SEAL, retired Lt. Jason Redman, who will be the keynote speaker for both August classes. 
Listen to today’s podcast and you’ll want to be the first in your office to register for one of the American Warrior Real Estate Professional courses scheduled for August in the Chicago area.

On this week's episode of the Illinois REALTORS® Weekly Podcast, we welcome two Illinois winners of the NAR 30 Under 30 honor for 2023; Caira Button and Kelly Carlson. We dive deep in this episode talking about how they found their way to the real estate profession, how they have achieved success early, what it was like to apply for and be selected for the 30 Under 30 and what advice they would give to other REALTORS® starting. This is a great episode with two dynamic guests that is sure to energize you. Enjoy!

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 are happy to welcome back to the show, Dr. Daniel McMillen, head of the Stuart Handler Department of Real Estate at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration.
You may have seen Dr. McMillen at some Illinois REALTORS® events where he shared his insights into the economic trends affecting the housing market. He and his team at the University of Illinois also provide Illinois REALTORS® with monthly, quarterly and annual housing forecasts.
Today we are sitting down to talk with him about what is happening in the market, what REALTORS® might expect this summer and some of the larger economic factors that could come into play over the next few months.