Accredited Buyer’s Representative
The Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) designation is the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation. This coveted designation is awarded to real estate practitioners by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (“REBAC”) of the National Association of REALTORS® who meet the specified educational and practical experience criteria.
At Home With Diversity®
At Home With Diversity® is an educational experience designed to present a picture of the changing face of the real estate industry. More importantly, the class teaches REALTORS® how to work effectively with — and within — a rapidly changing multicultural market.Since its inception in 1998, At Home with Diversity® has addressed the topics of diversity, fair housing and business planning development in a full-day certification course.
Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS)
The Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation prepares REALTORS® to service the growing international market in their local community. This designation is awarded by the National Association of REALTORS® to real estate practitioners in over 50 countries who meet the specified educational and practical experience criteria.
e-PRO®
NAR’s e-PRO® certification program helps REALTORS® master the advanced digital marketing techniques of today. With the e-PRO® certification, REALTORS® increase their ability to reach customers, expand their capabilities, and build trust by safeguarding client information. For more information, please email ePRO@realtors.org.
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Military Relocation Professional
NAR’s Military Relocation Professional Certification focuses on educating real estate professionals about working with current and former military service members to find the housing solutions that best suit their needs and take full advantage of military benefits and support.For more information, please email mrp@realtors.org. Learn More View eligible MRP courses
NAR’s Green Designation
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Green Designation is the definition of green professionalism, excellence, and leadership for today’s real estate practitioners. Specifically designed to address the educational needs of practitioners in residential, commercial, and property management markets, this training program is a true cross-over designation and the only green designation recognized by NAR.For more information, please email GreenDesignation@realtors.org.
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Pricing Strategy Advisor
Determining property values depends more than ever on professional expertise and competence, the best use of technology, and approaching the pricing assignment from various perspectives. Enhance your skills in pricing properties, creating CMAs, working with appraisers, and guiding clients through the anxieties and misperceptions they often have about home values with the PSA certification. For more information, please email psa@realtors.org.
Real Estate Negotiation Expert
The Real Estate Negotiation Expert (RENE) certification is for real estate professionals who want to sharpen their negotiation skills. The RENE certification program gives REALTORS® the tips and tools they need to be skillful advocates for their clients.
Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist (RSPS)
The RSPS certification prepares REALTORS® to service the growing resort and second-home market in their communities. This certification is awarded by the National Association of REALTORS® Resort Specialty division to real estate practitioners in the United States and foreign countries who meet the specified educational criteria.
Short Sales and Foreclosures
Nearly one-third of all existing homes sold recently were either short sales or foreclosures, according to National Association of REALTORS® data. To help REALTORS® meet the needs of home buyers and sellers who need these services, NAR has launched a new Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource (SFR).
SRES® Designation Program
The SRES® 12-hour designation program trains REALTORS® to profitably and ethically serve the real estate needs of clients age 50+. Includes first year membership in SRES Council and its umbrella of services.
Home Sweet Second Home Vacation Investment Luxury Properties
This core course focuses on the knowledge and skill base that real estate professionals need to specialize in buying, selling, or managing second homes in a resort, recreational, and/or vacation destination and properties for investment, development, or retirement.
Discovering Commercial Real Estate
This course offers a broad overview of the basics of commercial real estate and how it differs from residential real estate. Students will be able to distinguish and understand the broker’s role and discover the different types of commercial properties, terms, valuation methods, marketing and resources for further education. While it will not equip an agent with the needed tools to practice commercial real estate, it will explain the business and introduce many of the resources needed to pursue a commercial transaction or a career in commercial real estate. This is an ideal introductory course for those who are newly licensed and/or residential agents who want to learn more about commercial real estate.
Real Estate Investing: Build Wealth Representing Investors and Becoming One Yourself
As a real estate professional, you invest a lot of time, effort, and resources in building client-for-life relationships with home buyers. But what happens when your home-buyer client is ready to become a real estate investor? Do you have the skills, knowledge base, and contacts to work with real estate investors? Or, do you refer your client to another agent or firm and wave goodbye to the stream of future business? Real Estate Investing: Working with Investors, Becoming an Investor covers the fundamentals of real estate investment that practitioners need to know to expand their business services. The one-day course looks at how practitioners can adapt core real estate skills and learn new skills to serve clients who want to invest in single family homes, condos, townhomes, and small multifamily properties. You will learn how to work with investors as they goal set, plan, evaluate, and acquire properties as well as manage them. You will also learn how to ‘walk the talk’ and become a real estate investor yourself.
Generation Buy
Students will examine the characteristics of these home buying generations and evaluate their expectations (expectations of the agent and the transaction) as well as communication preferences. As a turnkey resource, this course offers generation-specific marketing tools, networking tips, scripts, and counseling strategies to help real estate professionals formalize their agency relationships.
