Realtor association program
GREEN
NAR's Green Designation
Mostly decorativeWho issues it
Green Resource Council, affiliated with the National Association of Realtors
What it teaches
Marketing homes with solar, efficiency upgrades, and green features.
What an agent has to do to get it
Two courses and dues.
What it actually tells you
Useful only if you have real features to sell, like owned solar or a full efficiency retrofit. Otherwise decorative.
Ask this instead
My solar is leased. How does that change my buyer pool and my price?
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.