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FROM THE EDITOR<br />
as chicago RealToRs ® ,<br />
a key part of your daily<br />
business strategy includes<br />
making connections.<br />
Meeting new prospects and professional contacts more often<br />
results in leads, referrals and new investment opportunities to<br />
help your business grow and reach new heights.<br />
The Chicago Association of<br />
REALTORS ® is no different than<br />
practitioners like you when it comes<br />
to recognizing how creating new<br />
connections helps increase opportunities<br />
and resources for our members.<br />
C.A.R. has partnered with six interest-based<br />
organizations serving the<br />
Chicagoland area. These partnerships<br />
will provide professionals with<br />
organizational, promotional and<br />
training support and in turn, will<br />
enhance the ability to serve C.A.R.’s<br />
existing members.<br />
• Asian Real Estate Association<br />
of America (AREAA) – Chicago<br />
Chapter<br />
• Dearborn Realtist Board<br />
(NAREB Chicago Chapter)<br />
• The International Real Estate<br />
Federation (FIABCI-USA) –<br />
Chicago Midwest Chapter<br />
look at our resource guide on p. 42-43<br />
to gain a deeper perspective of each<br />
organization and their mission.<br />
C.A.R. will also serve as an industry<br />
sponsor to these organizations. Our<br />
goal is to introduce C.A.R. members to<br />
events and industry-related information<br />
on a very broad scale. Our partners<br />
serve this purpose.<br />
These partners host numerous<br />
networking and educational events –<br />
each with at least one event per month.<br />
If you take the time to attend, you will<br />
assuredly continue to heighten your<br />
knowledge and understanding within<br />
the field, along with tapping into everimportant<br />
networking opportunities to<br />
access greater success.<br />
Stay tuned for more to come from<br />
C.A.R. in partnership with these<br />
extraordinary associations!<br />
2014 - 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
President<br />
Hugh Rider<br />
President-Elect<br />
Dan Wagner<br />
Treasurer<br />
Matthew Silver<br />
Immediate Past President<br />
Matt Farrell<br />
DIRECTORS<br />
Mack Alsaidi<br />
Sonia Anaya<br />
Tommy Choi<br />
Robert C. Eby<br />
Maurice L. Hampton<br />
Erin Mandel<br />
Greg Pekarsky<br />
George Schultz<br />
Akos Straub<br />
Rebecca Thomson<br />
Sarah Ware<br />
Deena Zimmerman<br />
AFFILIATE DIRECTOR<br />
Mauricio Sanchez<br />
CommercialForum Director<br />
Robert E. Thomas<br />
Public Policy Coordinating Committee Director<br />
Gail A. Spreen<br />
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER<br />
Ginger Downs, RCE, CAE, CIPS, IOM<br />
The Chicago REALTOR ® Magazine is published quarterly by the<br />
Chicago Association of REALTORS ® for its members. Advertising is<br />
purchased and does not necessarily represent the position of the<br />
Chicago Association of REALTORS ® .<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Ginger Downs, RCE, CAE, CIPS, IOM<br />
gdowns@chicagorealtor.com<br />
Editor<br />
Barbara Matthopoulos<br />
bmatthopoulos@chicagorealtor.com<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Jessica Kern<br />
jkern@chicagorealtor.com<br />
Art Director<br />
Jim August<br />
jaugust@chicagorealtor.com<br />
Senior Writer<br />
Rebecca Boykin<br />
rboykin@chicagorealtor.com<br />
For advertising information please contact<br />
Mary Beth Durkin at (312) 214-5530 or<br />
ads@chicagorealtor.com<br />
• National Association of Hispanic<br />
Real Estate Professionals<br />
(NAHREP) – Chicago Chapter<br />
Barbara matthopoulos<br />
Vice President of Communications<br />
and Media Relations<br />
C.A.R. Central:<br />
C.A.R. LOCATIONS<br />
200 S. Michigan Ave., 4 th Floor<br />
Chicago, IL 60604<br />
Ph: (312) 803-4900<br />
Fax: (312) 803-4905<br />
• REALTORS ® to the Rescue<br />
(RTTR)<br />
C.A.R. West Towns:<br />
6017 W. 26 th Street<br />
Cicero, IL 60804<br />
Ph: (708)863-1111<br />
• Women’s Council of REALTORS ®<br />
(WCR) – Chicago Chapter<br />
Whether you’re new to the profession or<br />
an industry veteran, take time to take a<br />
www.ChicagoREALTOR.com<br />
NOTICE TO MEMBERS<br />
Under long established policy of this Association, the Illinois Association of REALTORS ® and<br />
the National Association of REALTORS ® :<br />
1. The broker’s compensation for services rendered in respect to any listing is solely a<br />
matter of negotiation between the broker and his or her client, and is not fixed, controlled,<br />
recommended or maintained by any persons not party to the listing agreement.<br />
2. The compensation paid by the listing broker to a cooperating broker in respect to any<br />
listing is established by the listing broker and is not fixed, controlled, recommended or<br />
maintained by any persons other than the listing broker.<br />
Chicago REALTOR ® Magazine<br />
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