Maryland REALTORS® CEO, Chuck Kasky, Esq. and Legal Affairs Director, Kathleen Dartez, Esq. discuss the new advertising regulations set by the Maryland Real Estate Commission. They also explore the process of evaluating advertisements that could penalize the agent and the broker. Another update they discuss is the digital aspect of advertising such as social media, digital ads, and webpages.

1. "Advertising" means the use of any oral, written, visual, printed or electronically generated advertisement by a real estate licensee or other person on behalf of a real estate licensee.
2. "Advertisement" means any oral, written, visual, printed or electronic media advertisement and encompasses any correspondence, mailing, newsletter, brochure, business card, for sale or for lease signage or sign rider, promotional items, automobile signage, telephone directory listing, radio and television broadcasts, telephone solicitation and electronic media to include e-mails, text messaging, blogs, social media-networking websites, and/or internet displays.

For more information please visit: http://www.mdrealtor.org/Legislative/Current-Session/Legislative-News/post/is-all-of-your-advertising-compliant-with-the-law
https://www.dllr.state.md.us/license/mrec/mrecadvice.shtml 

Maryland REALTORS® CEO, Chuck Kasky is joined by Erica Solomon, REALTOR® with Monument Sotheby’s International Realty in Baltimore, Maryland. Erica serves on various local, state, and national boards and committees and has received recognition in the real estate industry by receiving numerous awards and accolades. Erica is an active member and currently serves as vice chair for NAR's global business council forums, NAR she's an NAR federal political coordinator, an NAR SP mentorship program, participant president of FIABCI. The DC Mid-Atlantic council FIABCI is an international real estate federation serving as a business networking organization for real estate professionals globally. Erica has served as treasurer of the DC Metro chapter of Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) , past chair and current member of Maryland REALTORS®, Global Business committee and past chair of the CIPS Institute subcommittee.

In this episode, listeners will learn about the diversity of international real estate markets, the cultural and business practices, how to get started in the international real estate niche, and a few personal experiences from global business expert, Erica Solomon. 

For more information on the CIPS designation and how you can incorporate the global market into your business visit: https://www.mdrealtor.org/CIPS or visit https://www.nar.realtor/education/designations-and-certifications/cips-designation 
https://www.fiabci.org 

Chuck Kasky, Maryland REALTORS®' CEO, gets an in depth look into the appraisal industry from Francios (Frank) Gregoire ASA IFA RAA.  Frank is a REALTOR® who has over 30 years in the real estate industry as a state certified residential appraisal and residential appraisal instructor. He is the 2022 Chair of NAR's Real Property Evaluation Committee and is the NAR representative of the Appraisal Foundation Board of Trustees.

This episode explores the appraisal industry's recent headlines about discriminatory practices, the research and data regarding appraisals, and how the industry addresses these issues of inequality. You will also learn about the role that REALTORS® and REALTOR® organizations play in creating change and shaping the future through public policy.

Chuck Kasky, Maryland REALTORS® CEO catches up with Maryland REALTORS® Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Bill Castelli to get a quick glimpse at some of the bills that will be presented during the 2022 legislative session.

Legislation could potentially address such as pay at the table, commercial fire sprinklers in vacation rentals, deposit returns, and landlord tenant solutions. 

Keep up with the latest legislative information by visiting: http://www.mdrealtor.org/Legislative/Current-Session/Legislative-News 

Maryland REALTORS® CEO Chuck Kasky interviews Kevin Wagner Community Assistance Program Manager Water and Science Administration at the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and Richard Sobota Sr. Insurance Specialist Regional CRS Coordinator for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about the National Flood Insurance Program, the Maryland Coastline, groups preparing for future rising tides, and the new risk rating. Learn a brief history of the National Flood Insurance Program and how the NFIP 2.0 model is set to have a multitude of advantages as it considers variables that were not included in the previous rating. 


https://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance/risk-rating 
https://mde.maryland.gov/Pages/index.aspx

This episode Chief Executive Officer Chuck Kasky is joined by SentriLock's Vice President of Operations and General Counsel, Nicole Schlosser, and Maryland REALTORS®' Director of Political Advocacy, Mark Feinroth, to discuss the history of the Regional Lock Box Consortium (RLC), SentriLock's latest safety features, accessing lockboxes in remote areas, and updates on how the pandemic has effected the supply chain.

For more information please visit: www.mdrealtor.org or www.sentrilock.com 

This episode CEO Chuck Kasky is joined by Maryland REALTORS®' Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Bill Castelli, and Director of Legal Affairs, Kathleen McTeague Dartez, to discuss Love Letters, agent liability, and legislative policy updates.

-State-wide forms committee of Maryland REALTORS® has updated agreements for agents to comply for protected classes.

-New language directs agent to instruct  to remove any love letters from offers without any attachments .

-Fair housing laws applies to the protected classes- gender, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, health, age.

Department of Community Housing and Development's Director of Office of Statewide Broadband, Kenrick Gordon joins Maryland REALTORS® CEO, Chuck Kasky to discuss the impact of the lack of broadband internet access to millions of Americans. Despite being a small state and the fifth most densely populated in the nation, the best estimate—and it’s really only a guess—is that 425,000 Marylanders lack broadband service. 

REALTORS® that serves communities throughout the state are also faced with issues when showing homes in areas with zero to low broadband access. With low inventory and a new work and learn from home culture the internet has become an essential requirement for majority of citizens. Learn how Kenrick and the Office of Statewide Broadband are tackling these infrastructure issues leveraging the public and private sectors to provide equitable solutions for Marylanders across the state. 


To learn more, visit: https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Broadband/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.mdrealtor.org/Portals/0/adam/Blog%20App/MmRdm2FW1Ei7lGNgKmL-5w/URL/Broadband%20Story%20Final%20v2.pdf

In this episode, Chuck is joined by Bill Castelli, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs of   Maryland REALTORS®, along with Michael Sanderson and Kevin Kinally of the Maryland Association of Counties and the Conduit Street Podcast. Kevin is the Legislative Director at MACo and Michael is the Executive Director of MACo. 

Listen as they discuss creative solutions to complex problems such as the future of the Maryland economy, the evolving real estate market, and creative taxation that could provide sustainability for future development and planning. 

Check out the Conduit Street Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conduit-street-podcast/id1281959135

Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research,  Lawrence Yun discusses creatively repurposing commercial real estate space to meet the needs of diverse demographics and become more functional to meet the needs of a post-pandemic society. These forward-thinking solutions are just the tip of the iceberg in addressing a myriad of socioeconomic issues around the country and serve as a foundation to reimagine what the functionality of space. Listen as he and Maryland REALTORS® CEO, Chuck Kasky discuss numerous strategies that could potentially be the future of commercial real estate.