Humboldt Association Of Realtors

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The Education Committee is needing feedback on what classes and designations agents would be interested in.  By filling out the survey below the Education Committee can offer members quality classes.

Your Guide to the RPA:  

4 hour course on the California Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions Form (RPA-CA) is the cornerstone of every successful real estate transaction.  Learn about the new 2010 changes to the form. Click here for more information

AIR Commercial Agreement and Forms:

Course will provide a general overview of the AIR Commerical Purchase Agreement and other related legal forms for commerical transactions. Click here for more information.

Cameras, Phones & Practical Applications:

Course will show you everything you need to know, as a Realtor, about the best phones, cameras, flip video cameras, websites and how to utilize them to enhance listings and improve traffic. Click here for more information.

Create the Ultimate Paperless Office:

3 hour course will show you everything you need to know about how to begin and conduct a paperless, virtual real estate business. Click here for more information.

Distressed Properties:

4 hour course will teach you the procedures used in the sale and disposition of distressed proeperties.  This course will reveal opportunities for business with sellers, buyers, and lenders, and provides a clear understanding of agents responsibilites. Click here for more information.

Mastering REOs and the Broker Price Opinion:

Course is designed to enable real estate professionals with a thorough knowledge of the concepts of valuation, marketing, and management of lender real-estate-owned (REO) properties and the execution of each including the BPO (Broker Price Opinion). Course will teach procedures, guidelines, and requirements of the lender to achieve the desired goals in the cost-effective liquidation of the bank's REO properties. Click here for more information.

Navigating Through the Mortgage Process:

4 hour course will give a clear understanding about how to effectively work with your lender and potential homebuyers to address new lending paradigm, mortgage regulations, and increased processing requirements. Click here for more information.

Residential Property Management For the Real Estate Licensee:

4 hour course will help you understand the responsibilities, functions, and skills involved in property management.  This course will teach you how to distinguish between off-site and on-site property managers and their duties, positions, training and expertise. Click here for more information.

Residential REO Buyer Specialist:

6 hour course helps agents understand the guidelines and requirements needed during the loan qualifying process.  Students will gain a thorough knowledge of loan programs which lend themselves to REO property sales and identify the most appropriate loan for the buyer. Click here for more information.

Risk Management:

3 hour course is designed to help minimize the chance of having a claim or lawsuit filed against you by following some simple Risk Management steps and by becoming educated  in the areas which cause the greatest incidence of claims. Click here for more information.

At Home with Diversity:

6 hour course is an educational experience designed to present a picture of the changing face of the real estate industry.  This class teaches Realtors how to work effectively with, and within, a rapidly changing multicultural market.  It also teaches  real estate professionals how they can increase their sensitivity and adaptability to future market trends. Click here for more information.

Designations

e-PRO:

2 day certification provides a roadmap to help you serve hyper-connected consumers of today and tomorrow.  Course topics for Day 1 include the changing market, how to connect with consumers, the online conversation, and reputation management.  Day 2 provides hands-on discovery of business tech tools, such as an e-strategy, mobile office, micro-blogging, rich media, and NAR resources. (Pending DRE approval for CE credit) Click here for more information.

Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA): Real Estate Professional Education and Certification Program:

1 day course that CAR along with AssetPlanUSA are presenting involves unique HAFA education and certification program for Realtors.  With 45 pages of forms and guidelines, the new HAFA program is critically important but complex.  Grow your business by learning the ins and outs of a HAFA transation, including details on the HAFA process, timelines and documents. Click here for more information.

Short Sale & Foreclosure Resource (SFR) Certification:

1 day course teaches agents how to maneuver the complexities of short sales, as well as how to identify the distinct real estate opportunities in foreclosure.  Skills that are not merely good  to have in today's market, they are ESSENTIAL.  Click here for more information.

Accrediated Buyer's Representative (ABR) Designation:

2 day course is designed  for real estate buyer agents who want to focus on working with buyer-clients.  Learn how to successfully serve the buyer in today's buyers market. Course requires additional electives and experiential requirements constitute the ABR designation. Click here for more information.

Green Designation:

2 day course, plus a six-hour elective completed online are required for this NAR designation.  The core curriculum includes green builidng principles and practices, as well as regulatory issues.   Learn the financial advantages of eco-friendly, energy effiicient properties and how to market to the green consumer. Click here for more information.

Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES):

2 day course qualifies to meet the special needs and concerns of maturing Americans.  By earning the SRES designation you will demonstrate the requisite knowledge and expertise to counsel older clients through major financial lifestyle transactions involved in relocating, refinancing or selling the family home.  (Approved for 12 hours of DRE contining education) Click here for more information.

Realtor Social Media/Networking Courses

Facebook for Realtors

YouTube for Realtors

Twitter for Realtors

Blogging for Realtors

Internet Marketing for Realtors

Click here for information on Social Media Courses.

Please complete the survey below by Friday, April 29th. If you have any questions, contact Kristen at (707) 442-2978 or email kristen@harealtors.com.