Bias Override –Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing
Course Description:
Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing helps real estate professionals interrupt stereotypical thinking so they can avoid fair housing pitfalls and provide equal professional service to every customer or client. Participants will examine the history of bias in real estate, learn about the mind science of identity, study how implicit bias can result in fair housing violations, and engage in interactive exercises to enhance communication skills and business relationships with clients of all backgrounds.
INSTRUCTOR:
Mark Makoto Kitabayashi
Managing Broker,
ABR, AHWD, ASP, CIPS, CRS, CSP, C2EX, e-PRO, MRP, PSA, RSPS, SFR, SRES
REALTORS for 20 years in WA, and involved in many aspects of RE, including Association Leadership, Local Jurisdiction, Global Instructor-Presenter
(Residential, New Construction, Foreclosure, Global Investment)
*NAR National & Global Instructor (COE, CIPS, AHWD, ABR, etc.)
*2021 NAR Global Coordinator Asia/Pacific
*Thurston County Regional Planning Commission-Housing Advisory Committee
*Homes First-Thurston County – Advisory Committee
*AREAA (Asian Real Estate Association of America)-Local and National Advisory Bord
*2016-2020 NAR Global Ambassador to Japan & Mongolia
*2019- NAR Regional Vice President (Region 12)
*2017- NAR Extended Leadership Team/Committee Liaison- Global Business
*2013- President of Washington REALTORS
*2006, 2010 – President Thurston County REALTORS
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