Realtor association program
ABR
Accredited Buyer's Representative
Mostly decorativeWho issues it
Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council, affiliated with the National Association of Realtors
What it teaches
How to represent buyers.
What an agent has to do to get it
A two day course, an exam, a few documented buyer transactions, then yearly dues.
What it actually tells you
This is a buyer credential. You are selling. It tells you the agent has trained to sit on the other side of your table. That is worth knowing for a different reason: ask them how many buyers they are working right now, and whether any of them might want your house while they also represent you.
Ask this instead
Are you representing buyers right now? If one of them wants my house, what happens?
Where I stand on it
I do not hold these letters. I studied the material behind a lot of them, because the subjects are real and a seller pays for what I do not know. I never bought the initials. If a credential is ever shown to get sellers more money, I will earn it that day and put it on this page myself.
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All designation, certification and program names on this page belong to the organizations that own them and are used here only to identify and discuss those programs. Nothing here is endorsed by, affiliated with, or approved by those organizations. Connor MacIvor does not hold the credentials described on this site and does not claim to. Requirements and program details change. Confirm current requirements with the issuing organization before relying on anything here.
Selling in the Santa Clarita Valley?
Sellers only. One agent, undivided focus, from the pricing conversation to the closing table.