Sorry, this course has been cancelled!
Instructors: May Wan and Mark Kitabayashi
7.5 Clock Hours
Location: Seattle King County REALTORS®, 12410 SE 32nd St #100, Bellevue, WA 98005
Cost: Members $159.00 & Non-Members $179.00
**Only Active REALTOR members of SKCR are eligible to receive Member price online. If you are a REALTOR member of another Association, you are eligible to receive Member price. Please call the Association office at 425-974-1011 to register.
Click here to register for the Complete CIPS Institute, Feb. 27 - Mar. 3, $595.00
$92.2 Billion of purchases sold to foreign buyers, 12 months ending March 2014
This course provides the tools and concepts real estate professionals need to serve clients and customers in the global real estate market. Students learn how to research markets, convert metric measures, monitor currency trends, alert clients to tax and visa matters, begin analyzing financial data for transactions, and follow a process for compiling transaction information.
You will learn to:
< Research foreign and hometown markets and compile dossiers of market information.
< Evaluate markets’ pros and cons.
< Share information with clients and customers to help them make real estate decisions.
< Convert measurements between the metric system and U.S. system of measurements.
< Monitor currency value trends.
< Alert clients and customers to currency, fund transfer, and financing issues, and guide them to seek expert advice.
< Calculate currency conversions and express value in terms of a client’s home-country currency.
< Combine currency, area, and time calculations.
< Alert foreign clients and customers to tax considerations of real estate transactions.
< Begin to perform basic financial analysis using standard formulas.
< Compile, organize, and present financial data so that clients can make informed decisions.
< Follow a systematic approach to preparing for a transaction.
< Identify properties that meet the personal and investment objectives of clients and customers
Course Note: In order to receive this designation, you must be a member of the National Association of REALTORS®. Non-members can take these courses but will not be awarded the REALTOR® family designation.
To be eligible for the CIPS Designation, you must complete 2 Core courses and 3 elective courses.
Core Courses (2 required):
- Global Real Estate: Local Markets
- Global Real Estate: Transaction Tools
Elective Courses (3 required):
- Europe & International Real Estate
- Asia/Pacific International Real Estate
- The Americas & International Real Estate
The Certified International Property Specialist Network of NAR International provides specialized services to real estate professionals-—both domestic and international—who are interested or involved in the international real estate arena. Buyers and sellers involved with international real estate transactions are encouraged to work with a REALTOR® who is a member of NAR's CIPS Network and has earned the prestigious CIPS professional designation.
Cancellation Policy:
*Pre-registration required. Only Pre-Paid registrants will guarantee reservation.
(Cancellations must be made 7 days in advance of scheduled class for refund)