Watch this video and you’ll understand how powerful sharing personal real estate stories with others can be.

What better way to celebrate Black History Month than to share the story of Chicago-area REALTOR® Marki Lemons Ryhal and the way her family benefitted from the wisdom of her great grandparents and her grandfather. Their investments in real estate made it possible for their children and their children’s children to own their own homes and use rental property to provide additional income. Real estate, she says, made it possible to send her son to Howard University and earn a degree without incurring debt.

If you have a story about the way real estate has positively impacted you or your family, Lemons Ryhal encourages you to share it with others, just as she did with colleagues during our Winter Business Meetings in Bloomington-Normal.