Designation Courses
Specialization is one way to differentiate yourself from the pack. Formalize your experience and get the training you need to improve your skills and increase your knowledge on a host of topics. The National Association of REALTORS® currently offers more than 20 courses designed to help agents and brokers develop specialized knowledge.
See the current listing of designation courses offered through the National Association of REALTORS®.
Below is a list of some of the training topics, including but not limited to:
- Accredited Buyer's Representative / ABR®
- Accredited Land Consultant / ALCsm
- Certified Commercial Investment Member / CCIMsm
- Certified International Property Specialist / CIPS®
- Certified Property Manager / CPM®
- Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager / CRBsm
- Certified Residential Specialist® / CRS®
- Counselor of Real Estate / CRE®
- General Accredited Appraiser, GAAsm
- NAR's Green Designation / GREEN
- Graduate REALTOR® Institute / GRIsm
- Performance Management Network / PMN
- REALTOR® association Certified Executive / RCE
- Residential Accredited Appraiser / RAAsm
- Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® / SIOR®
- Seniors Real Estate Specialist® , SRES®
- At Home With Diversity / AHWD®
- Real Estate Professional Assistantsm / REPAsm
- Resort & Second-Home Property Specialist / RSPS
- Short Sales & Foreclosures Resource / SFR
- Transnational Referral Certification
For the first time since the Resort and Second Home Property Specialist (RSPS) Certification was launched in January 2006, a new path to earning the Certification has been created and the list of electives that applicants can choose from has been expanded. Applicants must still complete the two required core courses.
The RSPS Workgroup has approved the addition of the ABR® designation, the e-PRO® certification and all of the CIPS courses to the list of electives. This increases the list of electives from 11 to 18. In addition to the expanded list of electives, another path to earning the certification has been created. The CIPS (Certified International Property Specialists), CPM® (Certified Property Manager), and CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) designations are now accepted in place of the two elective courses. Members of the RSPS Workgroup decided that because the CIPS, CPM® and CRS designees have completed such extensive education and training, REALTORS® with these designations have already fulfilled the elective requirement needed to earn the RSPS Certification.
The new requirements will help foster networking and referral opportunities between members of IREM, CRS, REBAC, and NAR's Resort and International Groups. NAR's Resort and Second Home Markets course will count as an elective for the CRS designation. The course is already an elective for the ABR® designation.
See the current listing of designation courses offered through the National Association of REALTORS®.
Do you have questions? Please contact:
Karen Alleva
Education Team Leader
302.762.4800 ext. 116
kalleva@nccbor.com
