What is Real Estate Training?

After attending NAR (National Association of Realtors) this year, I began reflecting on what people think of when they hear "real estate training." It seemed to the AgentCampus team that people were confused as to what training we offered. Then we noticed our "competitors" offering classes nothing like ours. We used the same terminology, but not the same product.

I then ran across an article from RISMedia, by John Fuhrman about what is needed most in real estate training.

John's point seems to be that training is not about legal compliance, but about learning how to be a better agent and business person. As a life long student who enjoys education just for the sake of learning new things, I completely agree with his article. He makes some fantastic points about ways to develop yourself as a real estate agent/broker.

What I think is missing though is the point that the legal aspect is still necessary. Professional development courses that he speaks of should be taken in addition to the real estate courses we offer (true Continuing Education).

They are the classes that you NEED to continue in this profession. They are the air you breathe in Real Estate. The core information you need to be a professional real estate agent in the modern world. Professional Development courses are more for those people that have a need to be better, stronger, and faster.

So what is real estate training? It depends on your focus. But online real estate training is first and foremost about keeping your license. The rest is for the betterment of yourself and your business.