It's not unusual to see changes in laws for licensing and regulating different professions, and the practice of real estate, and real estate education, is no exception. There will be a few changes for 2018 in the Illinois Real Estate License Act that will affect you.

When you decide to embark on a real estate career, most people want to tell everyone they know. DON’T TELL ANYONE!  Don’t tell your husband, don’t tell your wife, don’t tell your parents, don’t tell your friends, don’t tell anyone! When you study real estate, you’ll learn the law of agency.  An important element of that law is confidentiality.  I’m asking you to practice confidentiality.

After working the same job (or many different jobs) for 40 or 50 years, most of us look forward to retirement and we’re ready to take it easy. However, after getting the “gold watch,” playing a hundred rounds of golf, traveling here and there, tending the garden day after day, and driving your spouse crazy, sometimes you’ll get really bored.  When the lack of purpose and the loss of the identity and self-esteem you got from your old job affect your happiness, you might find yourself thinking, “I gotta do something meaningful.”