Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Professional Associations

Professional Associations keep their members trained in the latest and greatest tips, honest, in-line ethically and up-to-date in their field. Professional Associations also provide an outlet for the state to regulate/praise/sanction the profession's members, when appropriate. For example, realtors are required to attend ethics courses every four years. Every two years realtors are required to complete four hours of continuing education classes, such as the GRI class.

Today and tomorrow I'm attending at GRI class in Springfield, Massachusetts. GRI is a realtor's training course offered by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. To obtain this professional designation, I'll attend six such courses over the next many months.

Professional real estate consultants, like me, are members of many professional and business associations. For example, I am a member of the Realtor Association of Pioneer Valley, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors and the Amherst Chamber of Commerce.

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