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4. Begin the journey ... Enroll

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You will be glad you did.

3. Learn about the value we provide

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Unlike many programs that offers education to real estate agents, ACRE® is designed, implemented and coached by real estate agents. We practice what we preach. Here's what you get for the $499 course fee:

Lifetime use of the ACRE® designation and logos with no mandatory renewals to keep it
12 months of coaching on the Graduate Coaching Exchange, a learning community of like minded professionals facilitated by practioners (private for graduates only)
Participation in teleseminars for active graduates
Logo pack for your website, business cards and publications
Free subscription to the ACRE® Alert newsletter
Free profile page on The Consulting Times :: Locate an ACRE® with a consumer friendly search facility using an interactive Google Map (under development)
Free home page exposure on The Consulting Times under Testimonials if you choose to submit one (you will be listed in the Testimonials section of The Consulting Times and randomly displayed on the home page)

Participation in the Coaching Exchange provides graduates with numerous documents that are free to use. These include:

Postcard series for mailings
Sample needs assessments
Various Power Point presentations
Brochure samples
Ad samples
Sample sphere letters
Sample press release
and much more

Optional services:

Annual renewal of the coaching program after the first year (currently priced at $100)
SmartPlan™ with 2 hours of personal instruction (currently priced at $350 for license to 1 agent)
Personalized ACRE® web page using Mollie's My Real Estate Consultants content (currently priced at $200)
One on one coaching from a member of the ACRE® Council (price varies depending on coach and quantity)

The course and exam will not take long at all. Most can study the workbook and take the test in just a few short hours. When you pass the test you will be automatically enrolled in the coaching program and can start learning the nuts and bolts of implementation immediately.

Continue to the final step ...

2. Learn about the program

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While the Accredited Consultant in Real Estate® course is helpful in learning the basic consulting concepts, the Graduate Coaching Exchange is where you will put these concepts into practice. One full year of access to the Graduate Coaching Exchange is included in the ACRE® course fee. The Graduate Coaching Exchange is exclusively for ACRE® graduates.

The ACRE® Council designed the ultimate platform for the exchange of ideas and tools. A cross between a blog and a list-serve, the Coaching Exchange has proved to be an incredible learning and networking tool for our graduates. On the Exchange, you can not only tap into the ideas and knowledge of your coaches, but also an ever-growing population of your fellow ACRE®'s across the U.S. and Canada.

Participation in the Graduate Coaching Program also provides graduates access to the ever growing set of marketing tools we have created to educate the public on the value and benefit of working with an ACRE® through website links, books, marketing and business literature. In addition, we provide print-ready logos to use on stationery, business cards, and websites.

Sound good? Then take the next step and learn about what you get for the course fee:

Step 3: Learn About the Incredible Value of the ACRE® Program.

1. Ask yourself these questions...

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If you can answer yes to any of these questions:

Are you tired of working for FREE?
Tired of being asked to cut your commission to get a deal?
Fed up with losing business to FSBO or MLS Entry-Only Companies?
Are your negotiating skills valuable?

... then you should consider becoming an Accredited Consultant in Real Estate®.

Doctors do not provide free exams, CPAs do not do free tax consultations and attorneys do not give free legal advice. Twenty years ago, financial professionals gave away their advice and knowledge, hoping for a commission. However, since the inception of the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) designation, they no longer have to do that. Yet, Realtors® continue to give away their expertise today.

Get empowered ...

Earning the ACRE® designation will empower you with a powerful set of new tools to deal with today's Internet-savvy consumer. By offering responsible choices, you will not only win more listings and buyers, but more importantly, you will have a structure to work with for-sale-by-owners, investors and homeowners where you will not be dependent on closing a transaction in order to get paid. You will be able to earn fees for advising clients and performing other important services, whether or not a home sale occurs.

Learn important skills ...

When you become an Accredited Consultant in Real Estate (ACRE®) and learn to apply your skills through our comprehensive Graduate Coaching Program, you will gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to charge fees, an hourly rate, for the services and counsel you may have given away in the past. Consumers often pay fees to companies that charge for website exposure and marketing signs, but little else. Those companies will no longer be valid competition when you have the ACRE® designation.

Tools you can use ...

Any agent can call themselves "a consultant," but if you want the tools to offer REAL choices, choose to become an Accredited Consultant in Real Estate (ACRE®). The ACRE® logo and name recognition is fast becoming a testament to a real estate professional's training and ability to provide quality real estate consulting and services.

Consumers want choice.
You can provide choice ...

Finally you can provide what the consumer has wanted for years - quality choices in the real estate services they can receive and how they can pay for them without being discounted!

STEP 2: LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM ... or

... take the final step to your transformation and self empowerment by

ENROLLING NOW.

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