Agents will evolve into real estate consultants... (experts at selected stages... manage the client instead of the transaction...)" - A.D. Little Consulting from a survey commissioned by NAR, 1999 on real estate trends for the decade.

Course Overview:

The C-CREC™ designation is designed to:

1) Educate the consultant on what the empowered real estate consumer needs and why s/he needs it.

2) Translate these needs into a higher level of professional skills foreign to today's business model using the Consumers Needs Assessment™ (CNA™) tool for results-oriented, not service-oriented activities.

3) Train these skills in an application-based program that provides a certified consultant designation, placing the agent on a par with other professional consultants ( i.e. CPAs, attorneys, etc.)

Designation Requirements:

To obtain the C-CREC designation, the student must:

1) Compete the 14-hour course and pass an exam with a minimum score of 80%

2) Complete and submit the following post-course work to NAREC Headquarters within six months of completing the course:

A. Copies of two completed Consumer' Needs Assessment™ (CAN) forms initialed by the consumer

B.  A copy of the designee's three-page business plan (provided during the course) showing how two or more fee-for-service    components will be integrated into current business practices