Florida Chapter Mission Statement
The mission of the Florida Chapter of RLI is to Educate, Advocate, and Promote Professionalism in the field of Land Brokerage and Land Issues for its members.
History of the Florida REALTORS® Land Institute
The Florida Chapter of RLI (REALTORS® Land Institute) was formed around 1941 and was designated as Chapter #26. It was an early leader in recognizing women on leadership with Alice Lockmiller as President in 1942. At its heyday, the Chapter had over 1,200 members in Florida in the 1970s.
The previous name was the Farm and Land Institute of Florida and the designations were AFLM and AFLB for Farm and Land Member and Farm and Land Broker. Barbara “Bobbi” Douglas was the Florida Land REALTOR® in 1988 and Florida Chapter President in 1989. Bobbi went on to become the RLI National President in 1997 and served in 1995 and 1996 as President of the RLI National Foundation.
Bobbi Douglas, ALC and Bruce Erhardt, ALC kept the Chapter together during very tough land brokerage years in the early 1990s as Bruce served as the Chapter President for 3 or more years followed by Bruce Register, ALC .
Chapter Presidents
Dennis P. Bush, ALC 2009
Danny Smith, ALC,CCIM 2007 -2008
Don Lombardi, ALC 2005 - 2006
Dean Saunders, ALC 2003 - 2004
Reggie Caruthers, ALC,CCIM 2001 - 2002
Bob Dikman, ALC, CCIM, SIOR 1999 - 2000
Becky Bunn, ALC 1997 - 1998
Bill Eshenbaugh, ALC,CCIM 1996 - 1997
Bruce Register, ALC 1995
Bruce Erhardt, ALC 1989 - 1994
Bobbi Douglas, ALC 1989
George Anderson, Jr.
Bob Barber
Chuck Bundschu, ALC,CCIM
Hoyt C. Murphy 1973
Florida Land REALTOR® of the Year
Danny Smith, ALC,CCIM 2008
Dennis Bush, ALC 2007
Don Lombardi, ALC 2006
Reggie Caruthers, ALC,CCIM 2005
Bill Eshenbaugh, ALC,CCIM 1996, 1998, 2002
Bruce Register, ALC 1997
Bruce Erhardt, ALC 1992
Bobbi Douglas, ALC 1988
Bill Eshenbaugh was also honored as the National Land REALTOR® of America in 2003 by RLI.
Chuck Bundschu, ALC, CCIM was awarded the Florida Land Broker of the Year in 1991 and was the Florida RLI Chapter President in 1992.
Chuck Bundschu was one of the early leaders who held both the ALC and the CCIM designations and was the predecessor American Farm and Land member #237.
Today, we believe the Florida Chapter has the most number of designees in the nation holding both the ALC (Accredited Land Consultant) and CCIM designations.