Property ManagementREBAC/NAR Launch e-Buyer Course
The growing use of the Internet by potential homesellers and buyers is causing
real estate professionals to reassess how they do business, what skills they
need, and what new strategies and technologies they have to learn.
How these changes affect the homebuying process is the cornerstone of a new
elective course being offered by the Real Estate Buyer"s Agency Council of the
National Association of Realtors . The course, called "e-Buyer," is authored by
well-known industry strategist Stefan Swanepoel and is designed to help
participants take the next step after they master computer and Internet basics.
"In the new e-Buyer course, we set out to explore topics that are important
to buyer"s agents right now," said Janet Branton, managing director of REBAC.
"The e-buyer course takes a hard look at how the Internet is changing the
market and how buyer"s representativess can meet those new challenges."
Founded in 1988, REBAC is the awarding body for the ABR (Accredited Buyer"s
Representative) and ABRM (Accredited Buyer"s Representative Manager)
designations. The six-hour course, already approved by many state Realtor
associations for continuing education credits, can be counted towards the ABR
designation.
More than 40,000 Realtors are members of REBAC, the world"s largest
association of real estate professionals concentrating on buyer representation.
To learn more about the e-Buyer course and to find out more about the ABR
and ABRM designations, contact Dawn Headtke at REBAC, 800/648-6224, rebac@
realtors.org; visit the Web site, www.rebac.net, for course listings.