Steps to obtain your ABR® Designation

1. Successfully complete the two-day ABR® Designation Course.

2. Successfully complete one elective course.

3. Submit the designation application detailing five completed transactions as a buyer's representative.

4. Be a member in good standing in both REBAC and NAR.

The overall goals of the Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR®) Designation course are to:

• Prepare real estate professionals to represent buyer-clients in real estate transactions and provide the quality of service and degree of fidelity to buyers that sellers have customarily enjoyed.

• Offer ideas and methods for building a buyer representation business.

• Develop a self-customized tool for conducting a buyer counseling session.

Topics include:

• Buyer Representation

• Understanding Types of Agency Relationships

• Creating an Agency Relationship

• Client and Customer Relationships, Duties, and Responsibilities

• How We Work with Buyers

• Buyer Services

• The Buyer Counseling Session

• Offers and Negotiations

• Building a Buyer Representation Business