About Donna's Advanced Real Estate Degrees:

GRI (Graduate, Realtor Institute)

To earn the GRI designation a REALTOR must attend many advanced training courses. The comprehensive curriculum covers real estate law, contract law, laws of agency, advanced finance, appraisal, marketing, fair housing, ethics and environmental issues. A REALTOR has five years to complete all of the requirements necessary for the GRI designation.

Each module of the GRI courses requires a test to confirm that the candidate has the understanding and ability to implement the course teachings in everyday real estate practices.

 

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CRS (Certified Residential Specialist)

The most prestigious residential real estate designation a REALTOR can obtain. Less than three percent of all real estate licensees nationwide have earned the CRS designation in the last twenty years.

 

The CRS designation requires a comprehensive knowledge of the class material. It also requires testing and demonstration of conceptual understanding of all facets of real estate practice. In addition, the CRS designation requires evidence of an everyday working knowledge of real estate practices and the ability to apply that knowledge by completing a certain number of transactions before the CRS designation is awarded.

 

A CRS brings special qualifications to your needs:

• Membership in a local Board, State Association, and the National Association of REALTORS®. Every CRS is part of a much larger network of real estate professionals.
• Successful completion of the courses leading to the Certified Residential Specialist designation, one of the most successful residential real estate education programs in the country. Every CRS is a real estate professional equipped with special expertise, thanks to advanced study in listing, selling, investment, tax and more.
• A history of demonstrated sales performance through the documented execution of residential sales transactions.
• Every REALTOR® must conform to the National Association of REALTORS® code of ethics.

 

What all this means is that when you work with a CRS, you're working with someone who is more connected. more knowledgeable, and more experienced.

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CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member)

The Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute, through an extensive education curriculum, programs, and publications, enhances the professional development of those engaged in commercial-investment real estate. The CCIM designation denotes that the agent is recognized for an expertise in commercial real estate brokerage, leasing, asset management, valuation, and investment analysis, and upholds the industry's highest professional and ethical standards.

 

Membership consists of 5,000 candidates and nearly 5,000 designees throughout North America. Regions and chapters provide designees and candidates the opportunities to promote business and education goals though local and regional forums and meetings. The CCIM network includes brokers, leasing professionals , investment counselors, property managers, appraisers, corporate real estate executives, developers, attorneys, asset managers, bankers, and other allied professionals.

 

This prestigious designation takes years to get and involves extensive training and verifiable experience in the field.