January 20, 2022, Chicago, IL – The Land Education Foundation of The Realtors® Land Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors®, announced the selection of John McAllister BIC, ALC, AARE. President and Owner, John McAllister Realty Consulting, LLC of Columbia, SC as Vice Chairman. He is Past President of The Realtors® Land Institute and serves as a Judge for The Apex Awards.
The Land Education Foundation (LEF) was established in 1982, originally chartered as the Farm and Land Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, exclusively for land educational purposes. LEF began with foresight of RLI members Harry Finkleman, ALC, and Robert C. Meeks, ALC. Over the years, the Foundation has supported various land education efforts for land professionals, including the REALTORS® Land Institute’s LANDU Education Program by funding scholarships for its students and providing funds for revisions and updates to its educational courses. LEF seeks to provide financial scholarship grants for assistance in land-based education opportunities, including the pursuit of the elite ALC Designation through RLI’s LANDU Education Program. Every year, at RLI’s National Land Conference, LEF hosts the Cowboy Auction, its biggest annual fundraiser which will be held at The National Land Conference on March 23rd 2022 in San Antonio, Texas.
McAllister graduated with a degree in Business Administration from The Citadel, Charleston, SC. He also graduated from The Executive Program, Keenan-Flagler School of Business, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina and The Senior Managers in Government Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is licensed as Broker in Charge in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, focusing on real property owners, buyers and sellers. He partners with Sabre Capital, Raleigh, NC when assisting business owners in merging, acquiring or disposing of business assets. As President of The Realtors® Land Institute, he instituted The National Land Conference. He was recognized by Carolinas Realtor® Land Institute Chapter as Land Realtor® of the year. McAllister received The Alva H. Chapman, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award and is in The Citadel Business Hall of Fame. He is married to Carolyn Cason Matthews. They have three daughters and live in Columbia, South Carolina. To learn more about the REALTORS® Land Institute Land Education Foundation please visit www.rliland.com/land-education-foundation-lef or John McAllister Realty Consulting-Accelerated Marketing Process (JMRC-AMP) please visit Mission Possible: John McAllister Realty Consulting, LLC www.mpjmrc.com.