From Poverty to Power: Real Estate Broker Maria Smith Secured Three Billboards in the Chicagoland Area to Create More Homeowners

She owns a woman and minority-owned virtual real estate brokerage in Illinois.

Charlene Rhinehart

Oct 30, 2021

Managing Real Estate Broker Maria Smith has done something that few people do in Illinois. The 39-year-old real estate influencer has placed business billboards in the poverty-stricken town where she purchased her first property.

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