The Chicago Association of REALTORS®, the “Voice for Real Estate” in Chicago since 1883, represents 17,000 members from all real estate specialties including commercial sales, development, property management, appraisal, auctions and residential sales.
Learn how we help our 17,000 members. Membership options are available for licensed real estate professionals and those affiliated with the real estate industry!
REALTORS® Real Estate School offers all kinds of real estate licensing and training. Browse self-paced, online training or live classes in our modern, downtown classrooms!
How can we help your business succeed? Your membership includes multiple resource guides on industry topics, tools to increase your knowledge and market statistics to help your serve your communities.
If you are looking to grow your business and help protect the environment, look no further than our new Sustainability Work Group! Our mission is to help Chicago REALTORS® create value for you, your brokerages and your clients by providing the resources you need to create sustainable buildings and lifestyles that positively impact property values and the environment. We also aim to provide sustainability strategies to grow your business and expand your client offerings.
If you’re not part of the work group but want to make an impact, you can expect to see marketing materials to share on social media, via email or even at open houses. We’ll also be hosting events each month focused on energy efficiency incentives, understanding solar power and clean energy, best practices for recycling, updates on city and state policies, water conservation and more. Keep an eye on ChicagoREALTOR.com/Sustainbility for more information.
To launch this initiative, we hosted a party at Revolution Brewery on Tuesday, January 28. Photos can be found on our Facebook page!
CAR Foundation Donates $10,000 to Support Hephzibah House & High-Need Children
In late January, the CAR Foundation spent the morning touring the Hephzibah House in Oak Park, which provides intensive therapeutic care for severely traumatized young children. The tour concluded with a $10,000 check presented to Hephzibah House executive director Merry Beth Sheets, MS, LCPC.
Founded in 1897 by Mary Wessels, Hephzibah Children’s Association is Oak Park’s oldest social service agency and runs several programs geared towards providing shelter and services for children. In addition to an after school and summer enrichment program for kids with working parents in eight of Oak Park’s elementary schools, Hephzibah also engages in child welfare work, serving as a foster care provider for 100 kids in need of foster care, providing licensing and oversight for foster parents, and through their Intact Family Services, providing crisis intervention support that stabilizes families and protects children at risk of abuse and neglect.
Through Hephzibah House, high-need, high-risk children are able to have physical and emotional transformations and receive the care, safety and security they need to begin to cope with and heal from past traumas.
Hephzibah House was the recipient of the step stools and conference table built from repurposed scrap metal and wood by over 60 Chicago REALTORS® at last October’s REBUILD Project. The CAR Foundation is proud to continue our support of Hephzibah House’s mission.
Tell Your REALTOR® Story for a Chance to Be Featured in a CAR Blog!
We are in the process of creating a series of impactful blogs about REALTORS’® paths to success. If you have a story to tell that you think is an important one to share, we want to hear it. Use this opportunity to create more exposure to your brand and company, and to empower others to overcome their struggles and find success!
To share your story with us today, please visit ChicagoREALTOR.com/TellYourStory.
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Precautionary Measures and Information Regarding COVID-19
Your health and safety is of the utmost importance to us. As COVID-19 is predominantly spread through close contact, out of an abundance of caution, all events through April 30 will be either canceled or postponed, except for Coffee with Your GADs, which will take place virtually. This includes our annual Sales Awards, which we are working to reschedule.
If you have registered for one of our upcoming events, look for an email with further details. All tickets for paid events will be automatically refunded. Please allow 3-5 business days to see the refund on your bank statement. Questions? Please reach out to our events team.
Precautionary Measures and Information Regarding COVID-19
As COVID-19 is predominantly spread through close contact, out of an abundance of caution, all in-person classes scheduled through April 30 will take place virtually.
RRES staff has reached out to those of you who have registered for an affected class with an option to transfer into an online option or reschedule for a later classroom date. CAR to You is available in the meantime to assist you with your education needs and we have a variety of classes being offered online and via webinar for your continued development.