The Real Estate Career Academy (RECA) is the award winning education division of the Fredericksburg Area Association of REALTORS®. Overseen by the FAAR Education Working Group, this program has rapidly advanced over the past three years to meet and equip today's REALTORS® with the tools they need to succeed in a challenging and competitive market place. Servicing not only the local Association body but other areas as well, we strive to ensure that good quality educators and materials are delivered to our students.

The Real Estate Career Academy provides a multi-faceted menu of Educational Programs with something for everyone from Rookies to Managing Brokers, to meet the challenge of today's real estate market.

This power packed four-week program supplements the basic tools of licensure. From contracts to closing, our area's top producing agents and instructors deliver pertinent and timely information for post licensing and continuing education credit, all for a very low investment!

RECA is proud to offer the full spectrum of NAR's REBAC training courses, that includes the Accredited Buyer Representative®, Accredited Buyer Rep Manager®, Senior Real Estate Specialist®, and Real Estate Professional Assistant®.

Takes a serious look at an action plan designed for veteran agents with more than one year of experience. If you are ready to work harder, and smarter, this series delivers an advanced and aggressive training program aimed at accelerating your career.

Welcome to the biz! The CARE program gives you what you need to survive against the pros! Targeted at new agents who want to be more productive and successful, this series enhances the basics to boost productivity.

Learn the secrets of good management, and how to avoid litigious pitfalls from the best in the business. This series is intended to help the REALTOR® Broker stay on the top of the game. Catch up on today's management issues and learn how to protect your business and your agents! (This class provides the required 8 hours of Broker CE requirements)

Do you want to schedule training in your office for REALTOR Tech tools, Fair Housing, ABR, or Ethics? Look no further! RECA's Road Show will travel! At your request, RECA's highly qualified team of Educators is happy to come to you, to provide training from our assortment of CE/PL approved courses. In addition, VAR approved GRI, CRS, AHWD, Fair Housing, and Ethics, are available upon request. Contact the Education Director at FAAR to schedule.

Come join us! See what today's practitioner needs to know to get the job done.

Got an idea for a new class? We're happy to hear what you'd like to see in the future. Contact Matthew Rathbun, Education Director at (540) 373-7711, x213, or by e-mail: education@faarmembers.com for more information.

Watch for educational opportunities in your "Updates" membership email.

Register for classes by faxing in a completed registration form with payment information to (540) 736-0301; attention Membership Director, Lori Hillard-Wehr.

 

   CSP - Certified Short-Sale Professional

   The housing market is different.  Gone are the days when   

   anyone could get financing for a home.  People who may

   have over extended themselves now need help. This    

   creates a tremendous opportunity and responsibility for   

   real estate agents who understand the “in’s and out’s” of

   the short sale process.

The biggest problem with short sales transactions is knowing if a deal will be successful.  This course is unique because we show you how to pre-screen and select which short sales will be successful before investing a ton of effort.  Plus, this course teaches you how to work short sales just like the experts do everyday.  You’ll know how to make the process systemized, streamlined, and super easy.

 

AHS - Accredited Home-Staging Specialist

Do you want to help your clients sell their home faster and for more money? Now you can by quickly tapping into the power of staging to make every home sell quicker! Take the one-day Accredited Home-Staging Specialist course offered exclusively through RealtyU Schools and learn how to help your clients showcase their house for the best first impression.

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ALHS - Accredited Luxury Home Specialist

This sector of the real estate market is often the least affected and therefore creates a unique opportunity for agents to develop a highly profitable niche business and tap into the elite luxury home market! Tap into this high end market by getting the exclusive Accredited Luxury Home Specialist designation that is managed by the Luxury Home Council. The ALHS program is designed to provide agents with advanced training in the field of listing and selling luxury homes and is another exclusive offering of RealtyU Schools.

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ASR - Accredited Seller Representative

Whether you are in a hot of cold market, working with sellers requires a unique skill set. The Accredited Seller Representative course focuses on enabling agent to more effectively and professionally serve the wants and needs of today's home sellers, while packaging their home correctly for the right buyer. This exclusive two-day course offered by RealtyU Schools teaches you all the important skills you need to list and sell homes. It can now be taken online anytime, anywhere over a six month period.

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CNS - Certified Neighborhood Specialist

Consumers have access to more and more information online and are getting better at searching for home buying data. It is therefore crucial that professional real estate agents are aware of what information, facts and statistics are online, where to find them, what they mean and how best to present them to prospective homebuyers and sellers. The one-day Certified Neighborhood Specialist course, brought to you exclusively through RealtyU Schools, teaches and certifies that you are the most knowledgeable, trusted and professional agent in your neighborhood.

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