MAPS Coaching now offering CDPE designation training!

Keller Williams^® Realty Inc., the third-largest real estate company in the United States, announced today an agreement with the Distressed Property Institute, LLC (DPI), to bring the industry-leading CDPE designation training to its agents. In accordance with Keller Williams Realty’s high service standards, the company partnered with the DPI to offer its CDPE training courses to its sales associates nationwide as a part of its Mega Achievement Productivity Systems (MAPS) Coaching program.

“Being the real estate company of choice for a new generation of real estate professionals means adapting quickly and effectively to market changes,” said Dianna Kokoszka, president of MAPS Coaching, a division of Keller Williams Realty. “Short sales are an ever-expanding part of today’s real estate market, and the CDPE designation will provide our associates across the country with the ability to better assist distressed homeowners, help stabilize communities and remain a vital part of their markets.”

In a short sale transaction, homeowners sell their property for less than the mortgage amount in order to avoid the foreclosure process.

The Institute, based in Austin, Texas, has trained more than 17,000 real estate professionals since its January 2008 inception, making CDPE the fastest-growing designation in real estate industry history. Through a survey of its membership, CDPE-designated agents reported an average 49 percent decrease in short sale processing time. In addition, these agents typically list seven-times, and close five-times as many properties as the average National Association of REALTORS^® agent.

“It’s a privilege to receive the endorsement from a prestigious real estate institution such as Keller Williams Realty’s MAPS Coaching program,” Alex Charfen, co-founder and CEO of the Institute, said. “With a strong agent-base across the country, Keller Williams Realty associates are in an incredible position to positively affect the lives of millions of distressed homeowners. The CDPE designation will help these agents provide solutions to homeowners facing foreclosure, and help communities recover from the current housing crisis.”

The administration’s Making Home Affordable (MHA) program recently released details of its Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) initiative that would incentivize lienholders, investors and homeowners to pursue foreclosure-avoidance options—including short sales—should a mortgage modification prove unsuccessful. A key element of this initiative is the involvement of real estate agents in the process. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) 2009 3^rd Quarter National Delinquency Survey, one in seven homeowners is not making mortgage payments. The delinquency rate for that quarter was also the highest ever recorded, based on MBA data since 1972.

Learn how to become a CDPE.

Today, foreclosure is an overwhelming reality for millions of homeowners. However, more than 70% of homeowners proceed without seeking assistance and without getting the facts.

At http://www.BaltimoreEventsTeam.com we’ve prepared a list of Short Sale Training and Consulting classes to lay out the steps that should be take when a homeowner is upside-down on a mortgage and unsure of what to do next!

We sincerely hope you will take advantage of this information and feel free to pass it along to anyone you know in need. Getting the right information is the key to getting our communities back on track.

January 26th 1p-2:30p          ~ HAFA Training and Consulting Class

January 27th 9a-10:30a        ~ Short Sale Listing Systems Class

January 28th 6p-7:30p          ~ How To Host Your Own Foreclosure Prevention Seminar

February 2nd 1p-2p              ~ Selling More Real Estate w/Top Producer 8i Class

February 4th 1p-3p               ~ Maryland CDPE Mastermind Meeting w/Vanessa Liddell

February 5th 1p-2:30p          ~Short Sale Listing Systems Class

February 10th 1p-3p             ~ How To Create A Market Trends Report & CMA Class

February 16th & 17th 9a-5p ~ CDPE Live! 2-Day Certification Course

February 18th 6p-9p             ~ Maryland CDPE Rescue Call Night

February 25th 1p-3p             ~ Internet Lead Generation Class  

  

Please, contact me any time with your questions or concerns

We are here to assist you.

Learn How To Buy Short Sales & Bank Owned Properties

Thursday January 21, 2010 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Master the Market of the Moment

 The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a bad hand well. H.T. Leslie.

Register at www.BaltimoreEventsTeam.com  or

www.ForeclosureBuyer.EventBrite.com

Hurry! Sign Up for the CDPE!Become a CDPE and get results!We’re sponsoring the CDPE Live! event coming to the Baltimore area because we want you to take this opportunity to learn about short sales to help your business and community. We’ve mentioned the results they’ve achieved:- Agents have been able to decrease their short-sale processing time by 50% SINCE becoming a CDPE- CDPEs carry 7 times as many listings, and close 5 times as many transactions as the average NAR agent

As a service to the community I’ve created a website to provide answers and assistance, even a free report on a homeowner’s first steps when facing an upside-down mortgage and possible foreclosure: www.luxurydistressedpropertyexpert.com

I would hate for anyone that we know to ever have to struggle with their mortgage and not know that I can help!

“With every passing day, I am profoundly aware of the benefit of the training we continue to receive through this network and the Advanced Training to which I subscribe. Think about it. Where else can you get a minimum of three hours of ongoing monthly education (between Member webinar and Advanced Training), on a topic that is so critical to the success of our business and our efforts to help countless homeowners?” Says Henderson.

Gail will explain how she employs an expert team for Short Sale transactions to work with the bank and track every critical step of the transaction so nothing slips through the cracks. Gayle was recently awarded the prestigious “CDPE Member of The Year Award”. She is consistently in the top 5 of RE/MAX individual sale associates in Arizona and a Star Power Star.

This event is open to all industry professionals.

Register today at: www.MarylandCDPEMastermind.EventBrite.com

Not sure if you need Short Sale Productivity Traning and Consulting?  

Take a quick 2 minute survey http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/F7B2DB37CBF7833D/

Please register for your Short Sale Productivity Training and Consulting events at www.BaltimoreEventsTeam.com

January 5th   10a-12p  How To Create A Market Trends Report For Your Listings

January 7th   6p -9p      Maryland CDPE Rescue Call Night     Baltimore City, MD

January 11th 1p-2:30p   Short Sale Listing Systems Class               Laurel, MD

January 12th 1p-3:00p   Internet Lead Generation Class       Baltimore City, MD

January 13th 9a-10:30a Short Sale Listing Systems Class            Pikesville, MD

January 14th 1p-3p       Maryland CDPE Mastermind Meeting  Baltimore City, MD

January 15th 1p-2:30p  Short Sale Listing Systems Class      Baltimore City, MD

January 19th 9a-5p      CDPE Certification Class Part 1 of 2   Baltimore City, MD

January 20th 9a-5p      CDPE Certification Class Part 2 of 2   Baltimore City, MD

January 21st 6p-7:30p  How To Buy Short Sales & REO’s      Baltimore City, MD

January 26th 1p-2:30p Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) Seminar

January 28th  6p-7:30p Foreclosure Prevention Seminar        Baltimore City, MD

More classes at www.BaltimoreEventsTeam.com 

Not sure if you should take this class?  Take a quick 2 minute survey http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/F7B2DB37CBF7833D/

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Nationwide, the CDPE is showing agents how to achieve success in this challenging market by helping them increase their transactions while helping homeowners.

We have seen the results the CDPE has generated, and we’re excited to be bringing it to you. Turn this market into a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to grow your business and increase your impact on the communities we serve!

CDPE Live! Designation Course

January 19 & 20, 2010

Keller Williams Realty Baltimore

2936 O’Donnell Street

Baltimore, MD 21224

http://www.MarylandCDPE.com

We’ve identified the Certified Distressed Property Expert Designation as a way for you to become an industry leader and an agent of change! The CDPE provides training in foreclosure avoidance techniques, as well as helping you create a referral database that will pay dividends for the rest of your career!

We’ve arranged for the CDPE to let you have a 30-minute preview of their training. We’re providing this at no cost to you because we know you’ll immediately see (as we do) the value of this training for your professional development.

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FREE 30-MINUTE PREVIEW:

http://www.cdpe.com/go?p=DPIBSPL&w=DPIBSPL

We’ve also been able to negotiate an exclusive $100 discount for our broker/agent network to take the CDPE Live! Course. Simply register with the discount code-DISC100-and this course will cost you just $499!

CLICK HERE TO SAVE NOW:

http://www.MarylandCDPE.com

These events often sell out, so we encourage you to register now to secure your seat, or call 443-244-0051.

We can all learn how to make profits by helping our neighbors!

We’ll see you there!

Aaron Rice, CDPE, CLHMS, CRS, GRI, SHS

www.MyForeclosureAlternative.com

aaron@baltimorehometeam.com

443-244-0051

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