GRI - GRADUATE REALTOR® INSTITUTE
The REALTOR® Institute provides sound fundamental training in the critical skills and the knowledgeable areas of the Real Estate business. GRI is the most widely recognized professional designation in the Real Estate Industry today. If you want to gain greater knowledge, new techniques, different ideas, and the latest, most up to date information, the GRI program is for you! All GRI Series satisfies the Broker elective prelicensing requirement.

APPRAISAL-1
This course is required to obtain a broker’s license. Appraisal-I concentrates on residential appraisal. You will learn residential appraisal formulas and how to evaluate competitive properties. The course provides practice in appraiser techniques to determine values for loans, sales, and insurance. Rules, laws, regulations, and principles governing the USPAP are explained. This course is approved for Broker prelicensing.

ABR® - ACCREDITED BUYER REPRESENTATIVE
The ABR® designation is the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation. All aspects of buyer representation are explored in this comprehensive two-day course including agency relationships, presentation skills and risk management. Visit REBAC’s website for complete designation requirements, a topical outline and an explanation of benefits of REBAC membership: http://www.rebac.net.

EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATING FOR REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS
Effective negotiating on behalf of others is the hallmark of the buyer's and seller's representatives. This course examines positional bargaining and value negotiating. It also examines unique issues when representing someone in a negotiation and breaking a negotiation impasse. This course fulfills the ABR® Designation elective requirement and counts towards the Performance Management Network (PMN) Designation. Visit the Women’s Council of REALTORS® to learn more: http://www.wcr.org.

e-BUYER
You have mastered computer and Internet basics: Now what? This new one-day elective course explores how traditional business practices are changing, and offers strategies to apply new technologies to provide better customer service through the entire real estate transaction. Special emphasis is placed on the increased importance of “high-touch,” quick-response communications to this ever-growing group of real estate buyers. Visit REBAC’s website for complete designation requirements, a topical outline and an explanation of benefits of REBAC membership: www.rebac.net.

SRES: SENIOR REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST
The Senior Real Estate Specialist® designation is the only REALTOR® designation and marketing program specifically designed to serve senior property owners. SRES® designees demonstrate requisite knowledge and expertise to counsel 55 and older clients through the major financial and lifestyle transactions involved with relocating, refinancing and selling a home. Graduates of the program are supported through the outreach, training and tools that position SRES® designees as the trusted real estate resource for this consumer segment. This designation course fulfills the ABR® Designation elective requirement and counts as credit towards the NAR RSPS (Resort & Second Home Property Specialist) Certification. Visit SRES to learn more: http://www.SRES.org.

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REALTOR Designations A complete listing and descriptions of REALTOR® family professional designation and certification programs.