Caring For Our Communities

Let's Make Our Blood Drive a Success

Sign up to participate on  Thursday, February 21 from 12-2pm at the RAFV Office, roll up your sleeves and share the gift of life. Sign Up Here.

ONE TON...That's the Goal!

The Industry Relations Committee kicked off the  

The food collected will be given to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. We would like you to help us collect One Ton of food! 

1. Elgin - RE/MAX Horizon          374 N. McLean Blvd.

2.St. Charles - Royal Real Estate of Illinois     1003 W. Main St

3.Batavia - Kettley & Co. 125 S. Batavia Ave. (Rt. 31)

4.Aurora - Kettley & Co.  503 W. Galena Blvd.

Please be sure to bring your food inside the office.

Questions about License Renewal? 

Click here for a downloadable chart of the   CE Requirements  2013 Managing Broker License Renewal April 30, 2013

The 2012-2013 Education Calendar is available, please call the office to sign up for a class. Download the CE calendar. Download the Broker Management Calendar.   Download the CE Requirements for Managing Broker Renewal 2013.

What you need to do if you are a victim of a Craiglist rental scam.

Please take the following action if you are a victim of a Craiglist rental scam:

1.        Make a screen shot of the listing ASAP. Scammers often post a listing very briefly then take it down as soon as they receive a response.

2.     Alert Craigslist by flagging the post as 'prohibited' (upper right corner).

3.     Send details to abuse@craigslist.org. Be sure to include the URL (or 10-digit post ID number) in your message.

4.     Contact the seller to alert them of the false Craigslist posting.

5.     Follow up on Craigslist and review the site to ensure the faulty posting is removed.

6.     Do periodic internet searches to ensure your properties are accurately listed on authorized sites.

7.     Go to forums.craigslist.org and tell the community about this scammer. You may be able to help someone else.   https://forums.craigslist.org/  

`8.     Do NOT attempt to contact or "set up" the scammer or jeopardize your safety.

You should also report the issue to the Internet Crime Complaint Center and file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 

Here is a link to additional suggestions for dealing with the issue: 

Free social media dashboard specifically for real estate professionals

Where's the first place to go for Association info and updates? rafv.com

Just Added! Check out the NEW Market Stats page.

Member Moves has been updated for January.

Wondering what renewal requirements are for the next renewal in 2013 for Managing Brokers? Check out the handy At-A-Glance page added to our Education Renewal Requirements page. 

Our newest page on the website is our News Archive page, we will be posting all of our weekly emails there in case you would like to look back at a prior edition.

All the news and more can be found on the RAFV website as well as our Facebook page. Check out our Community Involvement and  Hot Topics page of the website for information on upcoming events and announcements from our members. 

If you have an upcoming event, have an announcement to make or are marking a milestone,  let us know! Send a brief description and a flyer, if available, to our Director of Industry Relations, Kristine Hettinger at kristineh@rafv.com and we will post it to our website.                                 

 REALTOR Association of the Fox Valley, Inc.