ABR- Electives
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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 how real estate professionals can increase their sensitivity and adaptability to future market trends. Additionally, you will learn to thrive as an effective service provider and community leader. The course addresses issues of diversity, fair housing, and cultural differences. All three subjects are closely related and have value for real estate professionals who must serve diverse local markets. |
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CIPS- Global Real Estate: Local Markets Global Real Estate: Local Markets is the first of seven international courses developed by Global Business and Alliances of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR). This course is designed to introduce real estate professionals to the basic skills and knowledge necessary to facilitate international real estate transactions. This is the prerequisite course required to earn the Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation. The course is designed to benefit experienced international professionals, individuals with real estate experience who are considering international specialization, and NAR general membership. |
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e-PRO® Certification Program Day1/Day 2 Bundle NAR's e-PRO® Certification Program NAR's new e-PRO® curriculum shows you how to use the latest social media technologies, such as Facebook and Twitter, to create an online presence vital to reaching today's hyper-connected consumers. e-PRO® also teaches you how to take advantage of rich media and e-office strategies to run your business more efficiently. By becoming an e-PRO®, you not only prove to consumers that you use the most advanced real estate technology to provide exceptional service, you take the lead in your market with the many benefits the e-PRO® certification offers your business including: |
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At any given time, today's real estate professionals may be working with four generations of real estate buyers: Millenials, Generation X, the Baby Boomers, and Matures. So how do real estate professionals assess the distinct wants and needs of these generations and nurture real estate client relationships for a lifetime? Say hello to Generation Buy. In this one-day course, 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. The Generation Buy Course counts as one REBAC elective course to be applied towards the ABR® Designation. For more information, visit www.REBAC.net. |
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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. In addition to completing the core course, students are required to take three of the five listed free webinars and submit an application with a one-time fee of $194.50. |
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Land 101 Fundamentals of Land Brokerage In this introduction to the specialty, students learn the basics of land brokerage, such as: the various types of land; the land brokerage process; the importance of the 1031 tax-deferred exchange and how to use it; how to determine market value; what property rights and restrictions are involved; subdivisions and assemblage. The environmental and regulatory issues that land brokers must know and be ready to deal with are also stressed. *This course is required to attain the ALC designation. |
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Military Relocation Professional Certification (MRP) When military staff and their families relocate, the services of a real estate professional who understands their needs and timetables makes the transfer easier, faster, and less stressful. This 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. |
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New Home Construction and Buyer Representation: Professionals, Product, Process This one-day course will help you gain the product and transaction knowledge in order to guide buyer-clients through the steps for the purchase, construction, and customization of a new home. Learn how to interact with new-home builders and sales representatives to protect clients’ interests while developing productive business relationships. |
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Pricing Strategies: Mastering the CMA (PSA) This course is specifically designed to help residential real estate agents and brokers enhance their skills in pricing properties, creating comparative market analyses (CMAs), and guiding clients through the complexities of valuation. The course begins by putting the CMA in context on the spectrum of valuation services—which also includes appraisals, automated valuation models (AVMs), and broker price opinions (BPOs). In addressing the core CMA activity of determining selling and offer prices, the course offers substantial guidance on comparables and adjustments, including using RPR® tools for these purposes. |
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Real Estate Marketing Reboot: Innovate>Relate>Differentiate Do you think your marketing plans and strategies at the height of the boom work as well for you today as they did then? Think again. It's time to reconsider how you promote yourself and attract new business. It's time for a real estate marketing REBOOT. In this one-day course, students will revisit marketing fundamentals, branding, relationship marketing with an emphasis on electronic tools, social media, blogs, Twitter, podcasts, and really simple syndication (RSS) feeds, Web site search engine optimization (SEO), among other technologies. Practical tips in addition to examples of how agents leveraging these tools in the field make this course a must for all real estate professionals. |
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REO Properties: Responsibilities, Education, and Opportunities for Real Estate Professionals This course covers the basics of working with sellers and buyers of REO properties. The goal of the course is to enable real estate professionals to participate in and take advantage of business opportunities presented by the REO property market. The course focuses on single-family homes and small multifamily properties. Learn about the REO business – from listing to marketing, monitoring and closing REO transactions – and how to represent the buyers of REO properties. The REO Course counts as one REBAC elective course to be applied towards the ABR® Designation |
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Seller Representative Specialist (SRS) Designation Course The Seller Representative Specialist (SRS) Designation Course establishes a foundation of training, skills, and resources to help you succeed as a seller's representative. This course is specifically designed to help you:
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Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES®) COMPLETELY REVISED! Baby Boomers represent the largest and wealthiest group of buyers and sellers in the country. Understand what motivates this growing market and how to address their needs with the prestigious SRES® (Seniors Real Estate Specialist®) designation. |
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Short Sales and Foreclosures: What Real Estate Professionals Need to know This course is specifically designed to show how the real estate professional can serve as a resource for sellers and buyers in the brokerage of distressed properties. Real estate professionals play an invaluable role in helping homeowners and home buyers navigate these transactions and, as a result, real estate professionals can help contribute to the real estate recovery in their markets. |
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Successful Relocation Representation Relocation buyers have all the concerns of other buyers, plus the added stress associated with moving to an unfamiliar area. Starting with a close look at the relocation process, this one-day elective course examines the growing market of buyers transferred by an employer or moving to take up employment. Relationship building is a central skill, helping you learn to identify and meet the special needs of relocation buyers. Of course, you can only provide these services if you have the client, so marketing for relocation business is covered in detail. |