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Illinois REALTORS® President-elect Sue Miller reminds members to consistently apply Fair Housing policies during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Illinois REALTORS® brings you this special program to help you navigate and answer questions regarding several financial programs made available or soon to be available due to the pandemic. The program is broken into two categories: Unemployment programs and Loan Programs.

Illinois REALTORS® 2020 President Ed Neaves addresses the state’s local Association Presidents about the challenges facing the Real Estate industry as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Time: 8:42 | You will learn about:

• ensuring protection of private property rights
• seeking positive changes for REALTORS®
• process behind rewrite every 10 years
• efforts with IDFPR and IL General Assembly

Time: 11:10 | You will learn about:

• moving away from paper licenses and sponsor cards
• email notices replacing paper
• virtual offices
• privacy and storage of electronic records

Time 19:18 | You will learn about:

• The age limit change for brokers and managing brokers
• Continuing education changes for brokers and leasing agents
• Managing broker responsibilities: earnest money, contract negotiations for new licensees

Time 10:19 | You will learn about:

• Illinois Real Estate Recovery Fund changes
• “wholesaling” vs. flipping or investing
• what constitutes a compliant Guaranteed Sales Plan

Time: 16:24 | You will learn about:

• absence of “ministerial acts”
• new continuing education categories
• compensation entities and rules for married licensees
• CE becoming a finable offense
• what an unlicensed personal assistant can’t do
• criminal histories