Classes: Designations & Certifications

LOCATION: ONLINE ZOOM FORMAT
CE CREDIT: 6 CE
COST: $129 Members / $159 for Others
INSTRUCTOR: Rich Sands

CLASS DESCRIPTION: 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.

The key to competitive home pricing is becoming proficient at comparative market analyses (CMAs). In this class, you will learn how to evaluate the existing real estate market to take the guesswork out of pricing homes.

This course will enable you to:

• Determine the market-based value range of a home
• Choose the most appropriate comparabales for a property
• Compile a CMA report for proper presentation
• Collaborate with appraisers

Visit http://pricingstrategyadvisor.org/ to learn how to earn the PSA Certification

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LOCATION: THIS IS AN ONLINE ZOOM CLASS
CE CREDIT: 12 CE
**This is a 2 day class. You must be present both full days to be eligible for CE credit and the designation
COST:  $225 for Members / $275 for Others
INSTRUCTOR: Rich Sands

CLASS DESCRIPTION: Accredited Buyer’s Representative Designation – The designation designed to help you, help buyers. For more information about ABR Certification, Application, Annual Dues:
https://www.nar.realtor/education/designations-and-certifications/accredited-buyers-representative-abr

If you are working with buyers be sure to take advantage of any resources and educational opportunities that will help you better represent them. And what better way to start than with a designation that was specifically designed to help you help buyers? Your buyers will thank you!

Earning an Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) designation may be just the thing you need to stake your claim as a local real estate market expert and give you an edge over your competition.

Reasons to Earn Your ABR®:

1. Build your credibility. When you focus your real estate business on one type of customer, the homebuyer, you gain a reputation as the local expert for homebuyers in your community.
2. Build a referral network in your local market. You can build a referral network among listing agents by becoming an ABR®. They see you as an ally and not a competitor. Homebuyers view you as having the “inside scoop” on the available housing inventory because of your referral network.
3. Become a buyer’s advocate. Become your client’s advocate by using your skills to search for homes beyond traditional MLS services and opening a wider range of options for your clients

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LOCATION: ZOOM ON-LINE FORMAT
CE CREDIT: 6 CE
COST: $129 for Members / $159 Others
INSTRUCTOR: Mickey Sanders

CLASS DESCRIPTION: During this course, we will focus on building your skill set and knowledge on various topics, including short-sale proceedings, foreclosures, and the agent’s role in dealing with such tasks. At the completion of the course, you will be prepared to effectively tackle a short sale or foreclosure from contract through close.

Topics Include:
 · Direct distressed sellers to finance, tax, and legal professionals
 · Qualify sellers for short sales
 · Develop a short-sale package
 · Negotiate with lenders
 · Tap into buyer demand
 · Safeguard your commission
 · Limit risk
 · Protect buyers

To earn the SFR Certification

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