Designations
Why earn a Designation or Certification?
- Increase Your Income – REALTORS® with a designation typically earn more than those without a designation, according to NAR surveys.
- Gain a Competitive Advantage – You will stand out from your competition with the added expertise from designation courses
- Maximize Your Exposure – Buyers and sellers can find you by your designation/specialty at REALTOR.com
Scholarships
The NYS Real Estate Education Foundation (NYSREEF) provides REALTOR® members with scholarships to participate in national designation programs. Visit NYSREEF.org for more information.
Designation Course Information
Gain a solid base of knowledge on all aspects of residential real estate and grow your business into practice with this most widely recognized national designation.
Get the tools you need to fully represent a buyer with the ABR designation, the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation.
Gain the skills, training, and resources you need to represent the interests of sellers in today’s marketplace.
Enhance your skills in pricing properties, creating CMAs, working with appraisers, and guiding clients through the anxieties and misperceptions they often have about home values.
Learn the unique skills necessary to successfully provide seniors and their families with professional consultation about real estate.
Earn the newest NAR certification and learn to help buyers and sellers with short sales or foreclosure properties.
When you join CRS, you join a group of elite professionals who generate three-time higher sales and income than the average REALTOR®.
Discover the building blocks of mortgage and financing to confidently explain key pieces of the loan origination process to clients and offer information on various mortgage options available to buyers.