6 Ways You Can Maximize Your Membership in 2026

Thank you for being a Chicago REALTOR®! Your membership provides you with tools created for REALTOR® success, by REALTORS®. As your local association, we provide a wide variety of business-boosting benefits to help you succeed in the real estate industry. We’re spotlighting six ways you can maximize your membership this year.

Use the real estate market statistics at your fingertips.

“How’s the market?” Every real estate professional has heard this question! Your membership includes a suite of data tools like FastStats, Infosparks, and REALTORS® Property Resource (RPR) to help you build your market expertise.

Set a reminder:

Get direct legislative updates from your advocacy partners.

We educate and partner with legislators and regulators to help pass laws at the local, state and national levels that maintain a healthy business environment for you and your clients.

We also work to defeat laws that would increase the cost of housing and inhibit the growth of the real estate industry.

Register once A Month:

Every month, listen in to the live webinar called Coffee With Your GAD; this member-exclusive meeting with your Government Affairs Director, or GAD, provides direct insight into real estate legislation you should be aware of to best serve your clients.

Download & use the free safety app, Forewarn.

This app, which is complimentary for Chicago REALTORS® members, allows you to have safer and more productive interactions by verifying a prospect’s identity.

In seconds, with as little information as a phone number or name, you can verify a prospect’s identity, criminal records, bankruptcies, liens, judgments, address history and property records all in one place, leading to safer and more productive interactions.

Download:

Learn more, download and make your free member account.

Get a discount on your continuing education.

This season, as our way of saying thank you, enjoy $15 off your next continuing education or post-licensing purchase with REALTORS® Real Estate School — plus, stack on extra savings with course bundles!

Get Your CE & Save Money:

We offer high-quality, competitively priced online CE bundles for brokers, managing brokers and leasing agents.

Pick your class, then use code RRESTHANKYOU15 at checkout to save.

Attend free, high-quality industry events.

Real estate is a relationship business, and your relationships with your peers matter! We host 70+ events a year in all kinds of formats, from formal galas to casual breakfasts.

Go to industry events this year:

As a member, many of our events are completely FREE. Explore upcoming events on our calendar to dive into industry topics taught by local experts, and so much more.

Apply for a scholarship to help you meet your education goals.

YOU are your business’s greatest asset, and we want to invest in you.

The Chicago REALTORS® Foundation offers over a dozen scholarships to support the educational goals of real estate professionals and their families.

Pick a scholarship & apply: