Nate Johnson
Nate has been speaking to groups, large and small all over the country for over a decade. He is passionate about helping people become the best version of themselves through teaching and training. Nate is a certified instructor for the National Association of REALTORS and teaches the Smart Growth for the 21st Century class, which helps REALTORS gain a better understanding of how to build communities in a sustainable way. Nate is also certified to instruct NAR’s Discovering Commercial Real Estate course, which provides insight for residential practitioners who are considering commercial real estate. He is also a certified REBAC Instructor and teaches the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation course and the Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) designation course. Nate also instructs a variety of other courses, including Fair Housing, Code of Ethics, Business Planning, Leadership and more.
Nate has been a proud member of the St. Louis Association of REALTORS (“SLAR”) since 1999. He served as the 2011 President of SLAR, which represents nearly 8,000 REALTORS in St. Louis. Nate has chaired several SLAR committees including the Equal Opportunity/Cultural Diversity committee, as well as the Urban Affairs Committee. Nate is the President of The St. Louis Association of Real Estate Professionals (SLAREP), a chapter of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers. SLAREP’s mission is to provide the community with exemplary real estate services via education, professional ethics and cooperative economics. On the state level, Nate has been Chairman of the Economic Development Council and served as 2018 President of the Missouri Association of REALTORS, which represents over 20,000 REALTORS in the state of Missouri. He is also a member of the Missouri Realtors Honor Society and is a past Chairman of the Smart Growth Advisory Board for the National Association of REALTORS. Nate will serve as 2020 NAR Liaison for Federal & Public Issues.
Additionally, Nate serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council, which is the only private, not-for-profit fair housing enforcement agency working to end illegal housing discrimination in the Metropolitan St. Louis area. Nate served as a Commissioner of the Preservation Board for the City of St. Louis. He is also a member of the Regional Business Council’s Young Professional Leadership 100 group, and serves on the Board of Directors for Trailnet, whose mission is to lead in fostering healthy, active and vibrant communities where walking, bicycling and the use of public transit are a way of life.
Nate is a member of Real Estate Buyers Agency Council and has earned the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) Designation. He is also a Graduate of the REALTOR Institute (GRI) and is a member of the Residential Real Estate Council where he has earned the prestigious CRS designation. Nate has also earned the Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) Designation. Additionally, Nate is a Certified Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) and certified Workforce Housing Specialist (WHS). Through his participation in diversity training, he has achieved the At Home with Diversity certification. Additionally, Nate has completed the CCIM Institute’s Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate.
Real Estate Solutions has been named one of the Top 25 Businesses in St. Louis by the St. Louis American Foundation for the last eight years. Nate has been featured on nationally televised programs, including Nickelodeon's MFF, and HGTV's My First Place. He has also been a regular contributor for KETC's Nine Network Stay Tuned television program, which airs live in St. Louis.