Another successful meeting made possible by the Illinois REALTORS® Consulate General Liaison program!
The meeting with Carlos Lenin Housse Dávalos, Consulate General of the Republic of Ecuador was led by the Illinois REALTORS® liaison, Betty Milam, broker with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services/Koenig Rubloff Realty. Milam is originally from Ecuador and has been very involved in international real estate.
The meeting was also attended by Sharon Gorrell, the Illinois REALTOR® working group staff liaison, and by Vicky Silvano of Century 21 SGR in Chicago. Silvano was recently appointed as the Chair of the Consulate Liaison Working Group.
The group discussed differences in the Illinois real estate market and industry practices in Ecuador. Milam will be formulating a housing seminar with the Consulate’s trade office for first-time home buyers within the Chicago area Ecuadorian community in the near future.