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Contact: Regina Ludes

Communications Manager

Council of Residential Specialists

312.321.4404

 

 

CHICAGO, May 10, 2010 — ProACT® 2010, the Professional Accelerated Career Track presented by the Council of Residential Specialists, makes a return engagement to Las Vegas June 7 – 12, 2010 at Bally’s Las Vegas hotel. Attendees can take up to three CRS core courses at substantial discounts over six days to complete most of the education requirements they need to earn the CRS Designation. At the same time, they can enjoy networking with other REALTORS® from across the country to jumpstart referral opportunities.

 

Participants can sign up for one, two or all three courses. The more courses agents attend, the more they will save off the original price of CRS courses. Individual participants pay $325 for one course (a 5-percent discount), $550 for two courses (a 15-percent discount) or $775 for all three (20-percent discount).

 

Each CRS course offered during ProACT® 2010 provides timely, relevant information for today’s market realities:

 

*  In the Financing and Tax course (CRS 205) on June 7 – 8, CRS certified instructor Dale Carlton, CRS, shows agents how they can become more effective in helping their clients make the right financial decisions. Learn tax-saving opportunities, financing alternatives, debt and mortgage management strategies and tools that help demonstrate these options.

*  In the Sales Course (CRS 202) on June 9 – 10, CRS certified instructor Frank Serio, CRS, shows agents how they can win over prospective buyers by teaching them strategies to make sales quick and efficient. Learn to understand buyer motivations, eliminate sales resistance, create trust and loyalty from buyers and gain insightful negotiating skills.

*  In the Referral Course (CRS 210) on June 11 – 12, CRS certified instructor Ed Hatch, CRS, helps agents refocus their business plan to a customer service centered, repeat and referral business. Identify expectations of the “new consumer,” attract a higher caliber client, create strategies for  referrals and generate a successful referral business through efficient and productive delivery systems.

 

“ProACT was the best education I received since starting in real estate in 2006, hands down. The networking was also amazing,” says Denise Conrad, CRS, with RE/MAX Alliance Group in Venice, Fla., who attended the 2009 event in Las Vegas before earning her designation in July. Conrad was especially enthusiastic about attending the Listing course, taught by CRS certified instructor Jackie Leavenworth. “Jackie’s system to pricing was the most profound and relevant approach for today’s market. The value of her course was worth more than the total cost of my trip [to ProACT®] from Florida,” she says.

 

The CRS designation is the highest professional designation awarded to Realtors® in the residential sales field. Ten percent of all Realtors® hold the CRS Designation, according to the 2009 National Association of Realtors® Member survey. To register or get more information about ProACT® 2010, visit www.proact2010.com, or call CRS Customer Service at 800-462-8841.

 

The Council of Residential Specialists is a not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors® comprised of more than 36,000 members. It awards the CRS designation to experienced Realtors® who have completed advanced professional training and demonstrated outstanding professional achievement in residential real estate.

 

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Contact: Regina Ludes

Communications Manager

312.321.4404

 

Short Sales and Foreclosures: Protecting Your Clients’ Interests is based on the popular CRS classroom course of the same name. Topics include: how to avoid foreclosure; listing procedures for a short sale; representing buyers of short sales; listing a REO property; and strategies for coaching a buyer of a REO property.

 

Keep It Simple with Low-Cost Online Marketing covers low- and no-cost ways for to REALTORS® to promote their services and their real estate business. Topics include: getting your Web site noticed, how to create an online presence, social media tools, blogs and video.

 

“The eLearning courses were developed to provide REALTORS® with education alternatives to earn core credit toward the completion of the CRS Designation,” says Amanda Schulze, the Council’s director of distance learning. “Having more online courses also allows the Council to attract the next generation of real estate agents.”

 

Both courses earn one unit of core credit toward the CRS Designation. The Short Sales and Foreclosures e-Learning course also can be applied toward NAR’s Short Sales and Foreclosure certification. Continuing education credit is currently not available for either of these courses.

 

These eLearning courses are priced at $99 for CRS Designees, $125 for CRS General Members, $149 for all other students. For more information and to register, visit http://crs.com/Education/1782, or call customer service at 1-800-462-8841.

 

The Council of Residential Specialists is a not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors® comprised of more than 36,000 members. It awards the CRS designation to experienced Realtors® who have completed advanced professional training and demonstrated outstanding professional achievement in residential real estate.

 

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