Implicit Bias

What is bias?

• What is conscious bias vs. unconscious (implicit) bias?
• Testing our assumptions
• A brief review of the factual and legal basis for requiring all New York rea
• estate professionals to take this training.
• What is a stereotype and how does it fit in the definitions of bias?

Types of Implicit Biases:

• Race and ethnicity
• Age
• Gender
• Accent
• LGBTQ
• Ability
• Affinity
• Beauty
• Name
• Weight
• Disability
• Adultification

Effects of bias:

• Misunderstanding and loss of customers
• Customer dissatisfaction
• “Black eye” for the entire real estate industry

What are Microaggressions and how can we deal with them when we commit one.

Implicit Bias in Real Estate, Government and the Real Estate Industry.

What can we do to respond and address our own implicit biases.

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John has been in the Real Estate and Finance industry since 1989.He started his finance career at American Funding a Brooklyn based mortgage Brokerage company.  He became the manager for the Sheep’s head bay branch and Developed American Funding’s Commercial Department.  It was John’s love of the complexity of commercial Finance that move him to seek out Commercial financing companies.  He became a Managing director at Marine Merchant international bank based in Long Island to learn more about commercial and business loan financing.  From there John moved to become a branch manager for GHMC, and then built a commercial Branch for All Money Mortgage Bankers before finding his home at Diversified financial.

He started Diversified Residential and Commercial Services 11 years ago after his partners retired, and holds his NY Real Estate Brokers license since 2004 and His Pennsylvania Brokers license since 2012. Diversified is a  Full service real estate brokerage company and also a Commercial and residential mortgage brokerage company.  John has financed 100’s of Millions of dollars of properties in 39 of the 50 states in the country, with his largest financing transaction to date of $22,800,000.