New certification achieved - Professional Housing Provider, PHP

If you have not heard of this certification, it is because it is not a certification awarded by the local and national Realtor associations. The Realtor associations train you how to be a great Realtor which is certainly important and I have plenty of designations and certifications from them as well. This certification is from the National Real Estate Investors Assocation (NAREIA) and our local group Central Florida Realty Investors (CFRI). The Professional Housing Provider a/k/a PHP certification provides extensive training of both classroom and hands-on in a long variety of subjects - 60 hours of course work required. It actually took me a little over 2 years of training to achieve this certification. Check out the course requirements from NAREIA's website: http://nationalreiau.com/php-program/

• Appraisal – 2 hours
• Contract Law – 3 hours
• EPA Regulations – 1 hour
• Ethics – 1 hour
• Fair Housing Law – 2 hours
• Federal Regulations – 1 hour
• Finance – 6 hours
• Inspections – 2 hours
• Insurance (Liability) – 1 hour
• Insurance (Property) – 1 hour
• Insurance (Worker’s Compensation) – 1 hour
• Local Regulations – 2 hours
• Management – 4 hours
• Marketing – 2 hours
• Negotiation – 3 hour
• Purchasing – 2 hours
• Rehab (Classroom) – 2 hours
• Rehab (Hands-On) – 2 hours
• Tax Law (Income) – 1 hour
• Tax Law (Other) – 1 hour
• Tenant-Landlord Law – 2 hours
• Elective training - additional 18 hours

Keep in mind that when a Realtor tells you they work with investors and know about investors, seriously now, what do they really know? As the veteran broker of Sand Dollar Realty Group Inc., I can assure you that I know plenty about investing and have the certifications to prove it. Not to mention over 100 investment properties that I have personally bought and sold in Central Florida - over 15 just since January 2011. Go with a pro you know.