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Note: Continuing Education (CE) credit is not available for this course.
Date:
Monday, June 17th, 2024 - Tuesday June 18th, 2024
Cost:
$0 No Cost
Show Homebuyers You’re Serious
The Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) Designation Course will give you the professional tools and knowledge to be an advocate and guide for your buyer-clients.
Recently updated with new information and research relevant to today’s market, the ABR® Designation Course explores every aspect of residential real estate transactions from a buyer’s perspective. Learn how to attract more buyer-clients and elevate your services to ensure you are meeting all your fiduciary responsibilities when representing buyers.
With a live interactive webinar, you can experience the benefits of an interactive classroom setting from the convenience of your home, office, or whichever location is best suited to your learning style.
After completion of the course, you'll be on your way to earning the Accredited Buyer's Representation (ABR®) Designation.
Topics Covered
Additional Information
- Conveying your value to the buyer-client
- Conducting a seamless, productive buyer counseling session
- Guiding a buyer-client through the search-showing-selection process
- Negotiating buyer-clients' offers
- Bringing the transaction to a successful close
- Providing exceptional service
- This course is the main requirement for the Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) Designation. Successful completion of this course also fulfills the elective-course requirement to earn the Seller Representative Specialist (SRS) Designation.
- Please note there are annual dues that must be paid to earn and maintain this designation. Visit the How to Earn Your ABR® page to learn more.
- International students can purchase this course at the Member price by becoming an International REALTOR® Member. Click here for more details.
- Continuing Education (CE) credit is not available for this course.
Instructor
Kimberly Allard, ABR®, CBR, C2EX, CFS, CRS, e-PRO®, GREEN, GRI, HFR, LMC, PSA, RENE, SRS, AHWD®, ITI, WCR
Kimberly Allard is the Broker/Owner of Century 21 Professionals in Braintree, MA, and a faculty member at Dynamic Directions with Adorna Carroll. She has been licensed in the Commonwealth since 1998. She travels nationally to present on leadership, the DOJ issues in real estate, and much more.
Most recently she served as one of 13 Regional Vice Presidents for the National Association of Realtors(R) representing Region 1, which is VT, NH, ME, MA, RI, and CT in 2022. She was awarded the Milton H. Shaw Distinguished Service Award from MAR in 2022. She was the 2017 recipient of the Massachusetts Associations of Realtors® Real Estate Educator of the Year.
In 2017 she was inducted into the Realtor® Political Action Hall of Fame, which at the time had been achieved by less than 750 of over 1.2M Realtor® Members. She was awarded the 2016 Public Policy and Advocacy Award from MAR. In 2013 she was elected President of MAR and still lends her time and talents to chair and serve on numerous NAR committees as well as serving on the NAR Board of Directors since 2010.
In 2010 she was not only the Realtor® of the Year for the South Shore Realtors® but was selected as the State Realtor® of the Year for MA. Since 2013 she has served as the Federal Political Coordinator for Congressman Stephne Lynch (D-MA). She was elected as 2006 President of the South Shore Realtors® and received the Association’s Outstanding Service Award in 2007.
Kimberly is approved to teach real estate continuing education in MA and was appointed in 2016 by the Governor to serve as a commissioner for the Board of Real Estate Brokers and Salesperson for the Division of Occupational Licensure for the Commonwealth of MA through 2022.
She is an approved REBAC and REBI trainer. She is certified RPR and NAR’s Ethics and Realtor® Safety courses. She has her ABR®, CBR, C2EX, CFS, CRS, e-PRO®, GREEN, GRI, HFR, LMC, PSA, RENE, SRES, AHWD, ITI, and WCR professional real estate designation and serves as Ombudsman for her local association of Realtors®.
Minimum time spent in course to be marked as complete is 90% (not including lunch and breaks). Continuing Education (CE) credit is not available for this course.