ABR, Accredited Buyer Representative: 

The Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®) designation is held by more than 30,000 REALTORS® who work as buyer's agents. A buyer's agent represents the buyer in a real estate transaction for a fee, just as a seller's agent is hired to obtain the price and sale terms sought by the seller. A buyer's agent is hired to get the best possible price and terms for the buyer. 

Course Number: 16-00-099-6404

ABR® designees complete a two-day course that covers the legalities and issues surrounding representation as a buyer's agent, as well as an elective advanced ABR® course. Students must achieve test scores of 80 percent of higher to obtain designation. In addition, individuals seeking the ABR® designation must be members of NAR and must verify five closed transactions where they represented the buyer within a three year time period. The course fee includes the first year's dues payment to NAR's Real Estate BUYER'S AGENT Council (REBAC). The ABR® is the only nationally recognized designation for buyer's agents and is offered by REBAC.

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ALHS, Accredited Luxery Homes Specialist : 

Welcome to the Luxury Home Council web site. Our membership of over 1500 real estate professionals is dedicated to helping luxury home buyers and sellers fulfill their real estate dreams. To enhance their skills, members can earn the prestigious Accredited Luxury Home Specialist (ALHS) Designation. This intensive, two day course, explores national luxury housing trends, specialized luxury buyer and seller needs, development and delivery of unique high level services, representation issues, liability and risk management, builder services, personal marketing, and much more.

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ASP, Accredited Staging Professional: 

ASP®, Accredited Staging Professional is the designation that Makes Money for Sellers AND for You!  Students learn how to list and sell more homes, get every seller to prepare their home for sale, and use proven Staging sayings to educate your sellers.

This 2-day training includes classroom instruction and an on-site Home Staging field trip.

Day 1

Learn how to focus on using Home Staging as a Real Estate Marketing tool.

Day 2

Experienc the "Magic" of Transforming a Home with ASP Staging!

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ASR, Accredited Seller Representative: 

ASR® Seller Agents are trained and committed to deliver to today's seller true "value added services." This has a major impact on the quality of representation to you, the seller, as well as potential possibilities to the financial bottom line. Remember, whenever possible, ASR® Seller Agents are committed to providing exclusive representation to you, which simply means placing your interests above that of others in the real estate transaction.

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CCIM, Certified Commercial Investment Member : 

A Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) is a recognized expert in the disciplines of commercial and investment real estate. A CCIM is an invaluable resource to the commercial real estate owner, investor, and user, and is among an elite corps of 8,600 professionals across North America who hold the CCIM designation. WCAOR now offers the CI Intro course.

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CRS, Council of Residential Specialist : 

Building an Exceptional Customer Service Referral Business is a highly interactive course designed to deliver all the essentials for refocusing the student’s business plan to a customer service centered, repeat and referral business. The information provided will help identify the expectations of the “new consumer”, the “new behaviors” necessary to meet those expectations and specific systems to make the agent’s business more productive, more profitable and more enjoyable.

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e-PRO®: 

The e-PRO Certification Course is an educational program unlike any other professional certification or designation course available, comprehensive and Interactive. It is sponsored by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of REALTORS® and is specifically designed to help real estate professionals thrive in the competitive world of online real estate.

Attend any the upcoming FREE e-PRO workshops to learn invaluable tech tips and how e-PRO will benefit you, plus receive a discount for your e-Pro course enrollment.

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June 24 , 2010   

August 12 , 2010   

December 7 , 2010

GRI, Graduate REALTOR® Institute: 

The purpose of the GRI program and designation is to encourage and recognize the achievement of a higher, common body of knowledge among real estate professionals. Successful completion of all courses qualifies the member for the designation "Graduate, REALTOR® Institute" (GRI). Each course counts for 30 hours of core credit toward SAE, or your broker's license, and 9 elective hours for MCE. You may take the courses in any order and have up to five years to complete the course work. GRI-Real Estate Finance (GRI 1) covers Contract Forms, Contract Finance, Residential Finance, & Cultural Diversity and Fair Housing.  GRI-Real Estate Marketing (GRI 2) covers Seller Services, Buyer Services, Communications Technology, Real Estate Technology.  GRI-Real Estate Brokerage (GRI 3) covers Brokerage Relations, Business Development, Professional Standards, & Environmental & Green Building.  

June

10,11,17&18, 2010

October

7, 8, 14 & 15, 2010

Green Designation Course  

Become the real estate resource for all things green! You get your designation, you must take this tw-day designation course inaddition to one elective.

The 2-day designation course includes:
--Green Building concepts, principles and practices.
-- Marketing to the green consumer
-- The financial advantages of properties that aew eco-friendly and energy efficient.
-- The significance of LEED, Energy Star and other rating systems
-- Green living: energy efficiency and air quality
-- Regulatory issues, zoning and building codes as they relate to sustainability
--Advising clients seeking qualified "green" professionals
-- Sustainable communities and land planning
-- Greening your business

Course Number: 12-00-011-7710

  Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES)

The SRES® Designation (Seniors Real Estate Specialist) course seeks to instill knowledge and understanding of and empathy for 50+ real estate clients and customers. Develop the business building skills and resources needed for specialization in the 50+ real estate market.
The SRES® Designation (Seniors Real Estate Specialist) course counts as credit toward earning the SRES® Designation, awarded by the SRES® Council. It also meets the elective course requirement for the ABR® Designation as well as the RSPS® Certification (Resort and Second-home Property Specialist). A copy of the course completion certificate is required to receive credit towards your ABR® designation and/or RSPS® Certification.

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  Seller Representative Specialist (SRS)

The SRS - Seller Representative Specialist Designation awarded by the SRS Council, LLP, has been delivered nationwide and has received rave reviews.  This 2-day program focuses on providing the Realtor® practitioner with the tools necessary to represent seller clients in a variety of formats.  Particular attention is given to differing listing models, office policies, field issues, legal and code ramifications to representing sellers in today’s changing environment.  Topics include manual and e-methods of procuring listings, securing the listing, staging the property and marketing venues, representing the seller client when converting consumer inquiries, co-broking with cooperating agents, protecting the interests of the client when fielding multiple offers, negotiating the offer and inspection phase issues, in addition to following the pending transaction to closing.  If you are looking for a formula to compete in the market place, this is the course for you.

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September

20 & 21, 2010