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2001-2002 Continuing Education
The Clock is Ticking!
Don't wait until the last minute! There are only four more months left to complete your CE for the current
biennium. Take your 2001-2002 Continuing Education now! Check the
online course
schedule for dates and places of live classes. Unable to attend a class? Go to
our distance
learning section and find out about completing your CE requirements by using our video-Internet or self-study-Internet options.
Register today!
Looking to Earn Your Broker's License?
Video Course Now Available!
If you are interested in obtaining your broker's license, you must complete 36 hours of education. Areas of study include: contracts, marketing, trust accounts, business ethics, personnel, and more.
A video course is now available, or you can attend one of our live courses scheduled for Sept. 10-13, 2002 at the GMAR in Milwaukee and Oct. 21-24, 2002 in Madison.
Completion of the class, passing the exam and applying for the broker license will fulfill your 2001-2002 Continuing Education requirements.
The Next Elective Course for Your ABR Designation!
Innovative Marketing Techniques for Buyer's Reps-September 26, 2002 in Madison.
This course has been designed to increase your awareness of how significantly the home buying process has changed in the past decade. Learn how to develop useful strategies for marketing your services to any home buyer. This course is for anyone who wants to tie together their knowledge of homebuyer needs, an awareness of marketing principles, and a solution-oriented approach to serving buyer clients. The course explores the buyer counseling session in great detail and looks at marketing opportunities and points of differentiation.
Registration
is $125 until Sept. 12, 2002.
1999-2000 CE - Still Available!
Real estate licensees can still complete their continuing education by WRA's distance learning Continuing Education program. The required 12 hours of continuing education are available through this program.
Contact the WRA to register.
Buyer Agency Course - It's a Great Idea!
This is probably the hottest class right now...because Buyer Agency is becoming more and more the way buyers want to do business. This two-day course covers agency, service delivery, marketing and promotion, and negotiation and risk management. The next course offering is November 14-15, 2002 in Sheboygan.
Register now
New Requirements for the ABR Designation
Since January 1, 2002, students have been required to take the two-day ABR course in addition to one elective course to obtain the ABR designation. Current members who have obtained the ABR designation are grandfathered as to this requirement. Current electives include The e-Buyer, Innovative Marketing Techniques for the Buyer's Representative, Successful Buyer Representation in New Home Sales-REBAC, Successful Relocation Representation-REBAC, CIPS Essentials Course, e-PRO Internet Course, and ABRM Course-REBAC.
Members who joined REBAC between March 15, 2001 and January 1, 2002 are grandfathered IF they complete the requirements within three years of the course completion date. If the three-year timeframe passes from the time the course was completed, the individual must apply as a new member and fulfill all the requirements.
Home Inspectors CE Now on Video.
Modules can be purchased individually or in multiples.
module 1 Standards, Ethics and Report Writing - 4 hours
module 1a Electrical - 4 hours
module 2 Exteriors - 8 hours
module 3 Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning - 8 hours
module 4 Interiors, Insulation, Ventilation, Fireplaces, Basements, Crawl Spaces - 8 hours
module 5 Structural Systems and Components - 8 hours
Included is the home inspector's "HomeBook," a professional reference book with more than 365 pages and more than 600 possible inspection items, detailed drawings and the "what to" and "how to" of repairs.
For New Recruits! Sales Prelicense Course - Madison
This program is also available through self-study video or a self-study Internet program.
To obtain a real estate license in the state of Wisconsin, you must first complete 72 hours of approved education courses such as our sales and prelicensing course.
Second, you must pass a state-administered exam. The WRA is offering an 8-day Accelerated 72 Hours Sales program on September 9-12, 16-19, 2002 and October 28-31; November 4-7, 2002 at the WRA in Madison. Brokers can purchase a $50 discount coupon for only $10, which entitles your new recruit to a $50 discount on the registration fee.
Your new recruits can be ready to take the exam as soon as they complete the class. Call 1-800-279-1972 to
register or register
online!
Want to be at the Top?
GRI Course 2 & 3
Courses 2 & 3 will be offered February 3-6, 2003 in Appleton. Mark your calendars.
GRI Course 1
Use your experience and save time by testing out of Course 1. You can take the
online version
of the GRI Course 1 Equivalency Exam. Call to register and you can take the exam on the Internet. The cost is only $85.
It Will be Smooth Sailing with Quickstart
New agents will want to attend the four-day QuickStart Program (offered in two parts as two-day sessions). Course contents include working with FSBO and expired listings, farming, advertising, technology tools, creating a business plan, time management, listing presentations, overcoming objections, working with buyers, closing techniques and more.
Modules 3 and 4 will be offered on on Sept. 24-25, 2002 in Madison and Modules 1 and 2 will be offered October 14-15, 2002 in Madison.
The fee is only $230; however, the WRA offers a new member discount of $40, making the cost of this course only $190. This is a fantastic price for four days of instruction for new
agents. Upon completion of the four modules, participants can take a GRI Course 1 Equivalency Exam and move directly into GRI Course 2 or 3.
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