Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR)

ABR Schedule 2007

ABR: Harnessing the Power (no CE credit)
The best agents in real estate have harnessed the power of performance management skills to challenge themselves, to manage their time effectively, to build credibility and develop a personal vision. This course, Harnessing the Power, will show you how to eliminate the obstacles that conspire to prevent you from getting to that next leveló in your business and in your life.

Course Objectives:
- Know how to recognize and eliminate self sabotage,
- Challenge yourself to expect and achieve more in the important areas of your life,
- Develop a personal vision for your business and other life areas and gain tools for achievement,
- Understand how to minimize resistance to change and power your performance as a result.

 

Class Date: July 27, 2007
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Instructed by Lori Cox.

NSBAR
450 Skokie Blvd
Bldg 1200
Northbrook, IL 60062

PRICE: $145.00

 

ABR 2-Day Course (3 hrs Core B CE credit AND 3 hrs Elective CE credit)
"The Benchmark of Excellence in Buyer Representation." This two day course covers agency, service delivery, marketing and promotion, and negotiation and risk management.

Class Date: October 11 and 12, 2007
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Instructed by Lori Cox.

NSBAR
450 Skokie Blvd
Bldg 1200
Northbrook, IL 60062

PRICE: $275.00

To register for an ABR classroom course, use the online Registration Form, or call the Education Department at 847-480-7177.

 

ABR: Innovative Marketing Techniques for Buyer's Representatives (No CE credit)
his 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, awareness of marketing principles, and a solution-oriented approach to serving buyer clients.  This course explores the buyer counseling session in great detail and looks at marketing opportunities and points of differentiation.  Counts as one REBAC elective course to be applied towards the ABR designation.

Class Date: October 25, 2007
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Instructed by Lori Cox.

NSBAR
450 Skokie Blvd
Bldg 1200
Northbrook, IL 60062

PRICE: $145.00

 

REGISTRATION

To register for an ABR classroom course, use the online Registration Form, or call the Education Department at 847-480-7177.

To earn the ABR (Accredited Buyer Representative) designation, the candidate must:

• Be a member of NAR in good standing.

• Take the two-day ABR class.

• Pass an exam on legal and practical aspects of agency.

• Take one of the ABR elective classes.

• Document five completed transactions in which the candidate represented the buyer.

The ABR designation has been acquired by 30,000 Realtors® who want to provide the best service possible to their buyer clients. The elective courses are all one-day programs with the exception of the e-PRO course, which is completed entirely online, and is estimated to take approximately 20 hours to complete. (The benefit of taking the e-PRO course is that you can earn the e-PRO designation at the same time!) In addition to the courses offered by NSBAR, the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council (REBAC), which administers the ABR designation program, also offers on-line courses. 

ABR courses offered at NSBAR in 2006 are listed below. All courses except e-PRO meet at the Robert McGuire Education Center, 450 Skokie Blvd., Bldg. 1200, Northbrook. Class hours are 8:30 AM to 5 PM unless otherwise indicated. All classes are sponsored by the Illinois Association of Realtors®. Note: If you have any disabilities that require special accommodation, please identify those special needs at the time you register.

To register for an ABR classroom course, use the online Registration Form, or call 847-480-7177.

To register for the e-PRO course, click on this link.