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Your Horizons with Buyer Agency
The WRA will be offering the two-day ABR course August 21-22, 2002 in Madison. As Buyer Agency becomes the way more buyers want to do business, this is becoming one of the WRA's hottest classes.
Register now for the August class in Madison. Fee is $250.
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.
Early registration is $125.
New Requirements for the ABR Designation
Since January 1, 2002, students are 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.
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.
2001-2002 Continuing Education
The Clock is Ticking!
Don't wait until the last minute! There are only six 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!
Take the Next Step With GRI August 12-15
To earn your GRI designation, you must complete three 4-day courses (GRI Course 1, 2, and 3) and pass an exam for each course. Courses may be taken in any order. Wisconsin's GRI program also includes CRS courses, which means you are completing education requirements for your CRS designation at the same time as you are earning your GRI designation. GRI Course 1 contains CRS 200, GRI Course 2 contains CRS 201 and GRI Course 3 contains CRS202. Once you begin the GRI program, you have five years to complete the coursework.
GRI Course 1-You have options!
option one - 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.
The GRI Course 1 Equivalency Exam will also be given at your local Board or at the WRA during the week of August 5-9, 2002. This exam allows you to "test out" of the GRI Course 1 and continue with GRI Course 2 or 3 in February 2003. Exam cost is $85. Call your Board/Association and register.
option two - Attend the 4-day GRI Course 1 class scheduled August 12-15, 2002 at the WRA in Madison.
JumpStart Your Career - QuickStart
New agents will want to attend the four-day QuickStart Program (offered in two parts as two-day sessions). Course contents include listing skills, how to work with for sale by owners, presenting the offer, plus much more.
Modules 3 and 4 will be offered July 29-30, 2002 in Madison and Modules 1 and 2 will be offered on
August 19-20, 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.
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.
Need Another CRS Course to Earn Your CRS Designation?
Do you need the mandatory CRS 200 course to complete the requirements for the CRS designation? CRS200, "Business Development for the Residential Specialist," will be offered
August 14-15, 2002 in Madison. This course will help you learn the business planning fundamentals that lead to increased profit and productivity. Content includes business plan development, budgeting and cost analysis, and prospecting and personal promotion techniques.
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Spanish Lead Paint Disclosures Now Available!
Under federal law, sellers and landlords of most residential housing built before 1978 are required to disclose the presence of known LBP to prospective buyers and tenants. The federally approved "Protect Your Family From Lead" pamphlet and WRA's Addendum S comply with this disclosure. However, providing these same disclosures to non-English speaking clients and customers is difficult. To aid you in bridging the communications barrier, the WRA is now offering Spanish versions of the EPA lead paint pamphlet and WRA's Addendum S. To order, contact the WRA or visit us
our Products Section.
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As a member of the Wisconsin REALTORSŪ Association, you have many member benefits available to you. The WRA has carefully selected programs that offer valuable services to you, like healthcare, errors and omissions insurance, credit cards, retirement funds, phone service and more.
Our endorsed programs are with companies that have a long history of quality products and customer service.
Just look at our line-up:
- PRoFIT (Planned Retirement Future Investment Trust) through M&I Trust.
- Health insurance plans through REGIT, Inc. are specifically designed with REALTORS in mind.
- Errors and omissions insurance through Pearl & Associates, Ltd. and underwritten by Kemper Insurance.
- Worker's compensation through Insurance services and underwritten by SECURA Insurance, in business since 1900.
- Credit card availability through MBNA.
- Discounted delivery plan from UPS.
- Long distance service through AMI Communications.
For more information about the WRA's member
benefits, contact us at 800-279-1972 or 608-241-2047.
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