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Primary Focus:
- How global economic forces impact local real estate markets
- Identifying international opportunities in your hometown
- Building cultural literacy and global business networks
Build Your Global Expertise in Local Markets
Learn how global economic forces shape real estate and uncover opportunities in your own community.
You don’t have to leave home to be part of the global real estate market. Global Real Estate: Local Markets introduces you to the economic, demographic, and cultural forces that shape real estate opportunities worldwide—and shows you how they directly impact your local market.
This course will help you monitor global trends, understand the flow of capital, and identify how international buyers and investors are influencing property markets in your area. You’ll develop cultural literacy, learn how to adapt your core real estate skills for diverse clients, and explore strategies to build a global network that strengthens your business at home and abroad.
Whether you’re working with foreign-born buyers, international investors, or clients with global ties, this course provides the foundation to serve them with professionalism, cultural sensitivity, and confidence.
What You Will Learn
Why This Course Matters
- Monitor global trends and apply them to your business decisions
- Identify and serve international buyers and investors in your local market
- Adapt your core real estate skills for diverse clients
- Develop cross-cultural business practices and cultural sensitivity
- Build and expand your global referral network
- Fulfills one core requirement for the CIPS Designation
- Delivers practical transaction-level knowledge tailored to global real estate
- Provides essential tools to support due diligence and client decision-making
- Builds confidence in handling the complexities of cross-border transactions
- CE credit is not available for this course
- This is a 6 hour self-paced course. You have 1 year from date of purchase to complete.
- This course counts toward the CIPS Designation application. Learn more here.
- International students may register at the member price by becoming an International REALTOR® Member. Join now.