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CONTACT:
Contact Person: Ryan Gable
Company Name: StartingPoint Realty
Voice Phone Number: 847-942-6952
Email Address: ryangable@startingpointrealty.com
Website URL: www.startingpointrealty.com
StartingPoint Realty Home Buying Seminars Now Online
Free Home Buying Webinars Offered During Social Distancing
As social distancing changes how people gather and do business in Chicago,
StartingPoint Realty has quickly adapted to the times. One example is the new format of
their first-time home buyer seminars, which are now offered via live webinars.
The free webinars, mainly through Zoom, offer the same comprehensive information as
the in-person seminars, covering topics like mortgage pre-approval, listing data,
purchase negotiations, contracts, property taxes, home inspections, closings and more.
StartingPoint Realty founder and CEO Ryan Gable emphasizes that the webinars are
hosted live, and are not recordings. “The live format allows everyone to participate in
the discussion and ask questions,” says Gable. “We’ve always found that the interaction
between the audience and our presenters made each seminar unique. Different
questions always come up. Our education is our reputation, so it’s natural to move our
15-20 seminars a month to this different format for awhile.”
Each webinar is hosted by a StartingPoint broker and a mortgage professional. There
are no sales pitches and no pressure to buy a home. “Our seminars, and now our
webinars, are always designed to be neutral,” explains Gable. “Our information is
unbiased. We’re here to give you a home buying education and empower you.”
In the age of social distancing, the webinars can help provide social interaction as well
as information. “People are feeling isolated, and feel like their lives are on hold,” says
Gable. “Planning for the future and being with people online can bring some comfort.”
Because the webinars are live and include real-time question and answer sessions,
advance registration is required at StartingPointRealty.com. There is no charge to
attend a webinar. “We’ve taught a few webinars this past week, and the response has
been great. We’re rearranging our April schedule right now, but we’ll be teaching over
20 webinars in April,” says Gable.
In addition to the webinars, StartingPoint Realty is helping home buyers through online
chat, text, email and telephone. Gable also points out that while Illinois is under a
shelter-in-place order in response to COVID-19, real estate is considered an essential
service, and exempt from the order.
“We care about our clients and neighbors. We are taking every reasonable precaution to
protect them,” says Gable. “We’re still closing deals, signing contracts, maintaining our
client’s vacant homes, setting up contractors for issues as they arise, doing virtual
showings, we’re getting creative as we can. I agree with Governor Pritzker’s Stay at
Home, and I’m telling our agents to stay home as much as they can. Safety is number
one right now, we’ll get through this together.”
Since 2004, StartingPoint Realty has specialized in educating first-time home buyers
throughout Chicago and the Northwest Suburbs.
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