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NAR’s Resort and Second Home Markets Course

Be a part of this exciting opportunity to learn about the resort area and second-home specialty and fulfill one of the core education requirements for the RSPS Certification!

If you have helped clients purchase their lake cottage/cabin OR helped find a home for their college student OR take advantage of the great deals out there to use a second home for investment, you are a Resort and Second-Home Specialist. Why not share that with the world? Earn your RSPS certification today.

This two-day course from NAR, focuses on the essentials of assisting customers and clients in tourist-driven areas and other second-home markets, including:

• How to take advantage of community resources and tourism bureaus.
• How to prepare to act when laws that directly affect the resort business are scheduled to change.
• How to handle the media – rather than being handled by it.
• The benefits and challenges of second homeownership.
• The Resort & Second-Home Markets course is one of the core education requirements for the RSPS Certification and fulfills the elective course requirement for the ABR® designation.

For more information about how to earn the RSPS Certification, visit www.car.org/education/designations/RSPS/

If you have already earned one of the approved NAR designations, you might immediately qualify for the RSPS Certification. For the one-time application fee of $195 and having successfully completed the Resort and Second-Home Markets Course, you can become RSPS member with immediate benefits.

It’s all about elevating your business!

Attend the Resort Symposium in Lake Tahoe from June 13, 2010 through June 15, 2010.

Now that you’ve finished your core RSPS Course requirements in Sacramento, come on up and join us in Lake Tahoe to enjoy the benefits of being an RSPS! Visit www.resortsymposium.com for more information.