Take Advantage of September Safety Month!

September is dedicated to safety month, and at Mainstreet, personal safety is one of our top priorities. While you might already know about our member benefit, FOREWARN, a safety app that compiles background information on potential clients, there are other ways that Mainstreet is watching out for your safety.

Safety Courses

Real Estate Safety

Monday, Sept. 28^th – 9 a.m. – noon

Livestream

Learn how you can limit risk to preserve the safety of yourself and your clients. You will learn how to assess risk in your current practice and create safety systems, scripts, and tools for listing appointments, showing property, and conducting open houses. In addition to personal safety, you will learn how to protect personal and electronic information online. Registration is open here.

Self-Defense with Lions Panzek Martial Arts

Monday, Sept. 28^th – 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Livestream

Join us for a virtual safety event where you will learn how to escape common grips as well as how to escape being zip-tied, duct-taped, and handcuffed. During this seminar, the instructor will talk about active shooter situations as well as using common objects as weapons of defense. Registration is open here.

Special Illinois REALTORS® Safety Event Sale!

Register now for Illinois REALTORS® Continuing Education Course: Personal Safety. This course will review studies and statistics that are unique to real estate. Course highlights include key findings from crime statistics and studies that challenge preconceived notions, risk factors and vulnerabilities that are mostly unique to real estate professionals, and more! Use promo code SafeSept20 to receive a 20% discount! Offer ends Sept. 30^th. Note, this class can be done at your leisure and has no start date. Register now.

Safety Resources

You can view safety resources, articles, and videos on our website. Also available to you is a safety PowerPoint that you can download and co-brand with your office’s logo.