April 2025

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® (2963 Amnicola Highway) / ZOOM Courses: April 3rd, June 12th, July 21st, Sept 17th, & Oct 2nd

DESCRIPTION

Code of Ethics courses will be held IN PERSON monthly. ZOOM Courses: April 3rd, June 12th, July 21st, Sept 17th, & Oct 2nd.

(ZOOM link will be emailed prior to class. CLICK HERE for the real estate commissions virtual/streaming rules.)

Students participating in this course will complete their mandatory ethics training requirement*, while understanding how to practice real estate in the most ethical way possible, and the actions taken when ethics are in question.

Course material will be emailed prior to class. 

*This course fulfills the REALTOR® Code of Ethics Training Requirement mandated by National Association of REALTORS®, to be completed once every three years.  The current cycle runs January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027.

COST

Members: FREE / Non-Members: $30.00

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® (2963 Amnicola Highway)

DESCRIPTION

Professional Liability 101: The Errors and Omissions Group Program, Risk Management, and You course will be held IN PERSON.

Join us while Instructor Christine Campbell shares her insight on The Errors and Omissions Group Program! This course on real estate E&O insurance will address coverage, exclusions, claims, and risk management. 

Course material will be emailed prior to class. 

COST

Members: FREE / Non-Members: FREE

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® (2963 Amnicola Highway)

DESCRIPTION

At Home with Diversity® certification course will be held IN PERSON. 

The course work for the At Home with Diversity® certification is designed to enable you to work successfully with and within a rapidly changing multicultural market. It will help you to learn diversity sensitivity, how it applies to U.S. fair housing laws in your business, and ways to develop professional guidelines for working with people in the increasingly multicultural real estate market.

Course Objective:

• Heighten awareness of and sensitivity to the social and cultural constituencies of local real estate markets. Participants will learn about the people who make up the local market, along with their values, customs, real estate needs, and expectations of real estate professionals.
• Provide practical skills and tools to increase professionalísm & effectiveness in servicing all social groups. Specifically, the course builds skills in cross-cultural communication and strategic business planning.

What You Gain:

• Knowledge of the subtleties of U.S. fair housing laws
• Business etiquette for specific cultures
• An edge in expanding your business to include international clientele
• Credit towards the ABR®, CIPS, and PMN designations
• Some states also give continuing education (CE) credit and GRI credit for this course

Course Credits:

• This course will give students that At Home with Diversity certification.
• Counts as one elective course to be applied towards the RSPC certification. 
• Counts as one REBAC elective course to be applied towards the ABR® designation. 
• Credit towards the CIPS designation.
• Students who have taken At Home with Diversity after 1/1/05 receive Eight Elective credits towards the CRS designation. 
• Credit towards NAR's Performance Management Network Designation through Women's Council of REALTORS®

To learn more about the At Home with Diversity (AHWD) certification and how to attain it, click here. 

Click here to print and/or download course material. 

LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED!

This course satisfies the all-REALTOR® fair housing/anti-bias training requirement.

COST

Members: FREE / Non-Members: $70.00

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® (2963 Amnicola Highway)

DESCRIPTION

THDA 101 Basics course will be held IN PERSON.

The THDA 101 Basics class covers the Great Choice Mortgage program and the down payment assistance it provides. In this one-hour class we talk about what THDA is, who the program can help, and how the program works. After completing the class, you will have a basic idea of how to utilize this assistance to make more deals work and help your clients using THDA as a new ‘tool’ in your Realtor toolbox.

Course material will be provided during class.

COST

Members: FREE / Non-Members: $10.00

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® (2963 Amnicola Highway)

DESCRIPTION

The Freddie Mac HFA Advantage (THDA) course will be held IN PERSON.

One of the biggest barriers to homeownership is accessing capital for down payments and closing costs. With THDA’s Freddie Mac HFA Advantage conventional mortgage product, GC97, you now have another tool in your toolbox to help your buyers reach closing day. This two-hour class helps you learn the eligibility criteria and teaches you how to put the program's beneficial lending guidelines to the best use for your clients!

Course materials will be provided during class.

COST

Members: Free / Non-Members: $20.00

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® (2963 Amnicola Highway)

DESCRIPTION

Increasing Minority Homeownership course will be held IN PERSON.

This course reviews minority homeownership data such as average income, DTI, loan channel and homeownership rates across the US and in TN. We discuss the most common barriers to minority homeownership and ways to overcome them. We also introduce you to local resources and tools and explore meaningful partnerships that can help increase minority homeownership in TN. We can’t solve the problem here but we will continue the conversation!

Course material will be provided during class.

COST

Members: FREE / Non-Members: $10.00

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® (2963 Amnicola Highway)

DESCRIPTION

Big Tent Diversity & Fair Housing course will be held IN PERSON. 

Join NAR's 2024 Vice President of Advocacy, Nate Johnson, as he explores Federal Fair Housing Laws, including protected classes, recent issues, and the distinction between explicit and implicit bias. Dive into identity anxiety, stereotype threat, in-group / out-group dynamics, and effective use of privilege. Learn strategies to embrace diversity in real estate and foster inclusive, thriving communities where we live and work.

Course material will be emailed prior to class. 

This course satisfies the all-REALTOR® fair housing/anti-bias training requirement.

COST

Members: FREE / Non-Members: $30.00

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® (2963 Amnicola Highway)

DESCRIPTION

The DO's and DON'T's of Serving Clients with Special Needs course will be held IN PERSON.

An estimated 1.3 billion people – 16% of the global population – experience a significant disability today. Now more than ever it is important real estate professionals learn a proper standard of practice and the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ of serving clients with a disability. In this session, you will hear inspiring stories about everyday actions transforming lives through compassion, responsibility and service. Most importantly, your understanding of diversity will expand to include issues of accessibility, inclusion, compassion, and equity for all individuals.

Course material will be emailed prior to class. 

This course satisfies the all-REALTOR® fair housing/anti-bias training requirement.

Interested in FREE LUNCH? CLICK HERE to REGISTER and to learn more about RRC's Infomational Lunch & Networking opportunity following class from 12-1pm.

COST

Members: FREE / Non-Members: $30.00