Date: November 19, 2020

Time: 5 p.m.

Location: Virtual event via Zoom.

Join us for this year's exciting Installation event - from the comfort of your own home! Celebrate the 2021 Installation of Officers and Directors, including St. Louis REALTORS^® 2021 President, Matt Muren. 2020 Award winners will be announced, and join us immediately following the event in breakout rooms to network with your colleagues! This is a free, virtual, all-member event and the highlight of the year. You won’t want to miss it!

Deadline for registration is November 19, 2020 at 12 p.m.

The Missouri Real Estate Commission wants to advise that (due to the increase in Coronavirus cases) walk-ins will no longer be accepted at the Professional Registration building beginning Monday, November 16, 2020. This will continue at least until January 2, 2021.

To find more information about how to conduct business with MREC between now and January 2, 2021, please click here.

Grow your commercial industry knowledge by joining St. Louis REALTORS^® Commercial Division. For $175 annually, you can attend continuing education courses created especially for the commercial practitioner free of charge, gain access to local commercial forms, receive commercial communication pieces, and attend commercial development tours. PLUS, if you join before December 31, 2020, you will receive a FREE 60-day subscription to Catylist. That’s a $170 value!

Catylist is a full-service commercial listing and research platform for the St. Louis area. It includes a Needs/Wants email feature and provides national marketing exposure through Catylist's Commercial Exchange. Learn more about Catylist at stlcds.com.

For more information about commercial division benefits or the free 60-day subscription, visit stlrealtors.com/commercial or contact Dawn Seabaugh, Director of Commercial Services, at 314-590-2309 or dseabaugh@stlrealtors.com.

Congratulations to the St. Louis REALTORS^® 2021 Leadership Academy incoming class! We look forward to their continued development, and we're proud to have such a bright group of individuals represent our organization. Listed below are the incoming members:

We always consider our members' safety our top priority. There is an excellent safety tool within the SUPRA key system that all our members who use the SUPRA eKEY (app on their smart phone) can utilize.

This feature is known as “Agent Alerts.” It is meant to be utilized if a keyholder is ever in a situation where they need to notify someone for help (in addition to their location) or if they need to get out of that situation by receiving a phone call.

As an eKEY user, you now have the ability to send out an alert with a custom message and a GPS map of where the message was sent. You do not have to be at or near a keybox to send out such an alert. Again, this is just another good safeguard to have at your disposal, utilizing your SUPRA eKEY. Since the eKEY is an app on your smart phone, you likely will always have this safety option with you throughout the business day and into the evening.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Emergency contacts do not have to be SUPRA system key participants. Thus, it can be a spouse, non-REALTOR^® friend, broker, etc. Alert your chosen emergency contacts that you are adding them to this feature to avoid them opting out or not paying attention if they receive an alert. Once the contacts are set up, they will receive a text/email notification, which includes an option to "opt out." You will be notified (via email) if someone opts out at any point in time. 

Click here to view a short video that shows how to set up SUPRA "Agent Alerts".

Update Your Personal Profile on the St. Louis REALTORS^® Website

Remember, your profile on the St. Louis REALTORS^® website is separate from your profile with MARIS. The profile on the Association website includes a photo, bio, preferences, even field of business specialties and languages spoken. How to update your profile:

NOTE: Not all of this data is currently searchable on the Association website, but the majority is uploaded to the NAR website and REALTOR.COM, where it can be searched by consumers, other REALTORS^®,and staff members. 

The REALTOR^® Party Is the Big Winner on Election Night

It’s been said that “all politics is local,” so while much of the nation has been focused on the race for President of the United States, REALTOR^® advocacy volunteers, supported by the St. Louis REALTORS^® RPAC (SLARPAC), have vetted candidates at the local and state levels for their support of real estate related issues, commitment to fair taxation and good government, and electability. The winner on November 3 was the REALTORS^® Party.

Every day elected officials make decisions that impact the clients, businesses, and livelihoods of REALTORS^®. The REALTORS^® Party, reinforced by the REALTORS^® Political Action Committee (RPAC), supports candidates who believe in homeownership and private property rights. On November 3, 86% of SLARPAC supported candidates won their elections! This success will help ensure that the voice of real estate is heard loud and clear in the halls of the Capitol Jefferson City, and in the chambers of our local governments.

Thank you to the 35 St. Louis REALTORS^® RPAC Major Investors, and the over 2,000 St. Louis REALTORS^® members who contributed to RPAC so far in 2020.

St. Louis REALTORS^® has developed a tool for members to help navigate their clients through the 90 governments across St. Louis City and County. Click the link to learn more!

Date: December 4, 2020

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Location: Virtual event via Zoom.

This event is hosted by Citizens for Modern Transit. Please direct all registration question to info@cmt-stl.org. 

Citizens for Modern Transit, in partnership with ULI St. Louis and St. Louis REALTORS^®, has announced plans for its next virtual “Talking Transit” event. It will highlight the development currently underway near the Forest Park-DeBaliviere and Swansea Transit Centers and will feature a discussion on how equitable and sustainable investments like these help create more viable communities. The event is free and open to public, but pre-registration is required.

Real estate and investment professionals will join those from the public sector to discuss the advantages and challenges of developing near public transit. Panelists include Jeff Tegethoff, Operating Partner of CRG; Joel Fouss, Principal of Trivers; Aaron Burnett, President of Bywater; John Hanley, Senior Managing Director of the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust; and Erica Henderson, Executive Director of the St. Louis Promise Zone and Vice President of Community Investment & Real Estate for the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership.

St. Louis REALTORS^® Urban Affairs Forum invited two prominent St. Louis public officials to provide a leadership briefing to our members, talking about their priorities and their COVID response measures.

REALTORS^® Housing Assistance Fund's (RHAF) mission is to engage in philanthropic and community activities, positioning the RHAF as a viable and visible contributor to St. Louis quality of life, and to help make the American dream of home ownership possible for all in Greater St. Louis area.

November 19 | 2021 Installation

November 25 | Office Closure at 3 p.m.