2025 Agenda

Thurs. May 1, 2025

9:00am – NAREB Magic City Express Amtrak Ride (ATL – Birmingham)

1688 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30309

*Special ticket required. All passengers must be registrants of the conference. 

Thurs. May 1, 2025
4:00pm – 7:00pm

Region VI Leadership Training (Location: TBD)

Fri. May 2, 2025

8:00am – 5:00pm

Conference Registration

Vestavia Hills Civic Center – 2nd Floor
1090 Montgomery Hwy
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216


*Transportation from designated hotels to Vestavia will run from 7:30am-8:30am and 4:30pm-5:30pm

Fri. May 2, 2025
9:00am – 10:15am

Opening Ceremony (Main Ballroom)

  • Regional VP Karen Johnson
  • Angelia Davis
  • President Tonya Smitherman
  • Chairman of the Board Lawrence Batiste
  • 1st VP-Danny Felton
  • 3rd VP Marcus Brown

10:20am – 10:50am

Fireside Chat: The Power of Partnership (Main Ballroom)

  • Jeanine Searcy – Founder & CEO of Black Girls In Real Estate (Region VI Local Board Leadership)
11:00am – 12:00pm

GROW (Breakout) – Scaling Social Media for Business

  • Krispin Watson

DIVERSIFY (Breakout) – The Profitable Notary: Build, Grow & Earn in Multiple Ways

  • Natoria Prince
12:00pm – 1:00pm

Networking Lunch (Main Ballroom)

1:00pm – 2:00pm

ELEVATE (Breakout) – Breaking Into Commercial Real Estate

  • Presenter-Cedric Matheny 

DIVERSIFY (Breakout) – Tax Liens and Tax Deeds – Tax Defaulted Real Estate

  • Alicia White
  • Tiffany Tyuse
2:00pm – 3:00pm

GROW (Breakout) – Lead Generating & Database Management

  • Justin Williams

DIVERSIFY (Breakout) – Turning Properties into Prosperity

  • Jacques Linson
  • Tonya Smitherman (Moderator)
3:00pm – 4:00pm

ELEVATE (Breakout) – Real Estate Investing and Syndications

  • Phillip Karaya 

GROW (Breakout) – New Construction Sales and Marketing 101

  • Marvetta Bozeman
4:00pm – 5:00pm

GROW (Breakout) – Business Development

  • Marvetta Bozeman

ELEVATE (Breakout) – How to Run a Successful Real Estate Office/Company

  • Brandi Feagin
7:00pm – 10:00pm

Regional Vice President Sunset Reception @ The Frank Rooftop

*Transportation from designated hotels to The Frank Rooftop will run from 6:45pm – 7:45pm and 10:30pm-11:30pm.

Sat. May 3, 2025

8:00am – 5:00pm

Conference Registration
Vestavia Hills Civic Center – 2nd Floor
1090 Montgomery Hwy
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

*Transportation from designated hotels to Vestavia will run from 7:30am-8:30am and 4:30pm-5:30pm

Sat. May 3, 2025
8:15am – 9:15am

Member Only Business Meeting (Main

Ballroom)

9:30am – 10:30am

Advocacy Panel (Main Ballroom)

10:45am – 11:45am

Appraisal Panel (Main Ballroom) 

12:00pm – 12:30pm

Boxed Lunch (Main Ballroom)

12:30pm – 3:30pm

DIVERSIFY: Development Tour
Buses load in front of Vestavia Civic Center

 

GROW: Master the Art of REO Success with Dawson’s Management!
*Special ticket required for this BONUS course.

4:00pm – 5:00pm

How to Sell Luxury Real Estate
Moderator-RVP Karen Johnson
Angelique Hibbert

Closing Awards & Special Announcements