I hold the following designations:
Accredited Buyer’s Agent/Accredited Buyer’s Agent Manager (ABR/ABRM): The Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) designation is for real estate buyer’s agents who focus on working directly with buyer-clients at every stage of the home buying process.
Certified Brokerage Manager (CRB): The Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB) designation is designed for experienced owners, brokers, managers, and supervisors to raise professional standards, strengthen individual and office performance, and sharpen expertise in brokerage management. Since 1968, CRB has represented the highest level of professional achievement in real estate brokerage management. You do not need a broker’s license to earn the CRB designation.
Certified Residential Specialist (CRS): Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) is the highest credential awarded to residential sales agents, managers and brokers.
Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI): Earning the Graduate, REALTOR® Institute (GRI) designation is a way to stand out to prospective home buyers and sellers as a REALTOR® who has gained in-depth market knowledge, increased proficiency in a broad array of subjects to enhance professionalism and business success.
Seller Representative Specialist: (SRS) designation is the premier credential in seller representation. It is designed to elevate professional standards and enhance personal performance. The designation is awarded to real estate professionals who demonstrate the knowledge and skills essential for seller advocacy. SRS designees represent a global community of REALTORS® who use their advanced training and expertise to go above and beyond their client’s expectations.
Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES): The Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®) designation is for REALTORS® who want to be able to meet the special needs of maturing Americans when selling, buying, relocating, or refinancing residential or investment properties. By earning the SRES® designation, REALTORS® are prepared to approach mature clients with the best options and information for them to make life-changing decisions.
I hold the following certifications:
At Home With Diversity® (AHWD) certification teaches you how to conduct your business with sensitivity to all client profiles and build a business plan to successfully serve them.
The Certified Real Estate Team Specialist (C-RETS) certification is designed to improve team development, individual leadership skills, and financial performance. C-RETS courses provide the tools, strategies, and knowledge that are required of today’s real estate professionals who are either considering or currently operating in a team environment. It is for team leaders, team members, those looking to start a team, and those who simply want to sharpen their management skills.
The RRC Digital Marketing: Social Media certification is for real estate professionals who want to develop expertise with social media resources and the sites that are an essential part of today’s digital marketing mix, whether you are promoting your business or the properties you represent.
e-PRO® certification program helps REALTORS® master the advanced digital marketing techniques of today. With the e-PRO® certification, REALTORS® increases its ability to reach customers, expand its capabilities, and build trust by safeguarding client information.
The Home Finance Resource Certification (HFR) course is designed to teach REALTORS® how to explain key pieces of the loan origination process to clients and confidently answer questions about mortgage options.
Luxury Homes Certification is for agents looking to hone their skills in the ever-growing luxury home market. The courses included will give REALTORS® the knowledge they need to approach the luxury niche, including pricing strategies, negotiation tactics, and how to stand out from the crowd.
Military Relocation Specialist (MRP): The Military Relocation Professional (MRP) certification is for real estate professionals who want to work with current and former military service members. The MRP certification program educates REALTORS® about working with U.S. servicemembers and their families and veterans to find the housing solutions that best suit their needs and to take full advantage of available benefits and support.
Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA): Enhanced 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 PSA (Pricing Strategy Advisor) certification.
The Real Estate Negotiation Expert (RENE): certification is for real estate professionals who want to sharpen their negotiation and client advocacy skills.
Resort and Second Home Specialist (RSPS): The Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist (RSPS) certification is for REALTORS® who specialize in buying, selling, or management of properties for investment, development, retirement, or second homes in resort, recreational, and/or vacation destinations.
Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource (SFR®): certification is for REALTORS® who want to hone the skills that will allow them to help buyers and sellers of distressed properties.
C2EX:Empowering REALTORS® to enhance and showcase your highest level of professionalism.
Since becoming a REALTOR (Member of the National Association of REALTORS) in 1994, I have attended many classes and held many designations. Most of them were when I was a member of the National Association of Homebuilders, but there were other memberships that I discontinued: Employee Relocation Council (ERC) for the Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) and Seniors Real Estate Institute for the Certified Seniors Housing Professional (CSHP).