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We offer a full spectrum of career development programs including designation and certification courses
More than just letters after a name. Credentials represent real knowledge, an advanced skill set, and can accelerate earning potential.
We offer a full spectrum of the designation and certification courses recognized by the National Association of REALTORS®.
These credentialing programs raise the bar on professional development and provide skill training to improve performance, business development and management, and profitability.
Credentialing Courses Offered by VCCAR
Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR) designees advocate for homebuyers and are recognized as distinguished agents in the industry. When you earn the designation, you receive benefits that will help advance your brand, business, and network.
The course work for the At Home with Diversity® certification will help you to learn diversity sensitivity, how it applies to U.S. fair housing laws in your business, and ways to develop professional guidelines for working with people in the increasingly multicultural real estate market.
CRB equips brokers, owners and managers with advanced business management education, resources, and tools for achieving maximum profitability, productivity, and performance.
The course work for the At Home with Diversity® certification will help you to learn diversity sensitivity, how it applies to U.S. fair housing laws in your business, and ways to develop professional guidelines for working with people in the increasingly multicultural real estate market.
No matter which audience you cater to, the CIPS designation will provide you with the knowledge, research, network and tools to globalize and expand your business.
Buyers increasingly search for homes that have increased energy performance and provide a healthier, more comfortable living space. Builders of green homes depend on educated real estate professionals to help market newly constructed or remodeled homes.
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.
The Performance Management Network (PMN) is the flagship REALTOR® business leadership designation designed to give you practical tools and provide you with access to a nationwide peer network of business leaders.
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 the PSA certification.
The first and only negotiation credential recognized by the National Association of REALTORS®. The RENE is designed to elevate and enhance negotiating skills so that today’s real estate professional can play the game and win.
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.
The 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.
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.
The Seller Representative Specialist (SRS) designation is awarded to real estate practitioners by the Real Estate Business Institute (REBI) who meet specific educational and practical experience criteria.