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Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR)

ABR

Earn the most well-known designation for REALTORS® who represent buyers.

Awarded to REALTORS® who:

  • Complete the ABR required course.
  • Pass an elective course or hold the GRI, Green or SRES designation or e-PRO certification.
  • Act as a buyer’s representative in at least five closed transactions (no dual agency) during a three-year period. This can include up to two leases.
  • Maintain Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) membership ($110 annually).
  • And, complete the designation application (see REBAC.net).

Designees may be easily located at REALTOR.com by consumers and at REALTOR.org for referrals. Earn the ABR and receive:

  • Regular updates and marketing tips.
  • Today’s Buyer’s Rep monthly publication.
  • And, exclusive invitations to events.

Required Course:

Accredited Buyer Representative

Discover how to become an efficient and profitable buyer’s representative, providing the quality of service and degree of fidelity today’s buyers expect. Satisfies New York State two-hour agency coursework requirement.

You will:

  • Gain a thorough understanding of agency relationships, policy options and disclosure requirements.
  • Learn how to avoid conflicts of interest and reduce your legal liability.
  • Develop negotiating skills and build buyer commitment.

Course tuition includes your first year’s REBAC dues – a $110 value.

CE Credit: 15 hours
Cost: $295 members/$350 non-members

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • March 20-23
  • May 15-18
  • July 17-20
  • October 23-26

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.

 

Elective Course Options:

Global Real Estate: Local Markets

Last year, foreign buyers invested more than $82 billion in residential real estate in the U.S., paid $100,000 more on average than the overall U.S. median price, and the majority paid all cash. Local Markets will show you how to connect with this client base and help you uncover global opportunities in your local market. This course provides elective credit toward the ABR designation and the RSPS certification as well.

This course covers:

  • The advantages of international investment in the US market.
  • How to position your local real estate market in a global economy.
  • Serving foreign-born clients.
  • Building a global presence.

CE Credit: 7.5 hours, including 2 hours in Cultural Competency
Cost: $150 members/$350 non-members

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • April 17-18

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.

 

Global Real Estate: Transaction Tools

This course explains the concepts and tools to serve clients in a global market including how to research markets; convert metric measures; monitor currency trends, and alert clients to tax and visa matters affecting their transactions.

This course covers:

  • Researching foreign and local markets and compiling dossiers of market information.
  • Alerting clients to currency, fund transfer, and financing issues, and guide them to seek expert advice.
  • Convert and combine currency, area, and time calculations.
  • Alert foreign clients and customers to tax considerations of real estate transactions.
  • Compile, organize, and present financial data so that clients can make informed decisions
  • Identify properties that meet the personal and investment objectives of clients and customers

CE Credit: 7.5 hours, including 2 hours in Cultural Competency
Cost: $150 members/$350 non-members

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • April 24-25

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.

 

Military Relocation Professional (MRP)

Serve those who serve our country. When military staff and their families relocate, the services of a real estate professional who understands their needs and timetables make the transfer easier, faster, and less stressful.

This certification course teaches you how to help current and former military service members find housing solutions that best suit their needs and make the best use of their available benefits.

CE credit: 6.5 hours
Cost: $125 members/$350 non-members

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • February 16-17
  • June 19-20

To earn the MRP certification, complete pre-class assignment, pass the course, view two one-hour webinars, and submit an application with a $195 one-time fee. This course may be used as an elective for the ABR designation.

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.

 

Resort & Second-Home Markets Course

Many areas include prime second-home markets and, along with resort markets, these have weathered economic changes. This course gives you the knowledge and skills you 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. This course provides elective credit for the ABR and CIPS designations.

CE credit: 7.5 hours
Cost: $150 members / $350 non-members

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • March 13-14
  • June 14-15
  • September 20-21

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.

 

Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA) Certification

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 NAR’s Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA) certification.

To earn the Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA) Certification:

  • Be a member in good standing of NAR.
  • Complete the Pricing Strategies course.
  • Complete two free webinars.
  • Submit a one-time application and fee of $179.

Certificate holders may be searched on REALTOR.com and REALTOR.org and receive a monthly e-newsletter.

Pricing Strategies: Mastering the CMA Course

CE credit: 6 hours
Cost: $150 for NAR members

Description: The 21st century has presented multiple challenges to the real estate industry, notably a housing boom and rising property values in the early 2000s, followed by economic decline, mortgage defaults, and a very unsettled marketplace that has only recently begun to stabilize. Determining property values depends more than ever on professional expertise and competence, the best use of technology tools, and a commitment to approaching the pricing assignment from all relevant perspectives. This course is designed to help residential real estate agents and brokers enhance their skills in providing clients property pricing guidance, creating CMAs, working with appraisers, and educating clients on potential misconceptions about home values.

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • May 1-2
  • August 16-17
  • November 9-10

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.

Short Sales and Foreclosure Resources (SFR®): What Buyer’s Representatives Need to Know

Provides the framework for understanding how to: qualify sellers for short sales; develop a short sale package; negotiate with lenders; tap into buyer demand; safeguard commissions; limit risk; and protect buyers. This course also provides elective credit for the ABR designation.

CE credit: 6 hours
Cost: $125 members/$350 non-members

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • March 27-28
  • august 28-29

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.

 

Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) Course

Develop the business-building skills and resources for specialization in the 50+ real estate market by: expanding your knowledge of how life stages impact real estate choices; connecting to a network of resources and fostering empathy. This course also provides elective credit for the ABR designation. Tuition includes your first year’s SRES Council dues.

CE Credit: 12 hours
Cost: $295 members/$350 non-members

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • March 18-21
  • July 11-14
  • October 16-19

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.

 

Seller Representative Specialist (SRS) course

From effective prospecting, generational marketing, compensation policies, listing models, and preparing for the presentation all the way through to closing, this course will provide a blueprint for a successful transaction.

Satisfies New York State two-hour agency coursework requirement.

CE credit: 15 hours
Cost: $295 members/$350 non-members

Upcoming 2023 classes:

  • March 6-9
  • August 7-10
  • November 6-9

Register online or mail or fax our registration form. Click here for the calendar of events and classes.