Local realtor earns GRI title

A Maricopa realtor was recently awarded the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designation.

The Southeast Valley Regional Association of Realtors member who completed the curriculum required to achieve the highly acclaimed designation is Suzie Rotter of Maricopa Properties. She joins other top producers in the residential real estate industry who hold the designation across the nation.

Rotter earned the “Graduate Realtor ® Institute” (GRI) designation by attending a specific, intensive series of a minimum 90 hours of classroom instruction, covering a variety of subjects including contract law, professional standards, sales and marketing, finance and risk reduction.

In addition, instruction covered the fundamentals of brokerage and other areas of real estate specialization. With this designation and through increased awareness of current topics important to the real estate professional, such as legal issues, these realtors can better serve prospective clients and customers.

The institute, which has been in existence for more than 25 years, is designed to educate practitioners about local, state and national real estate practices that affect them, their clients and customers. It is taught by leading real estate professionals from around the country.

The GRI designation sets the individuals who have attained it apart from other practitioners because it indicates to the public that the individual has obtained a professional educational foundation on which to base the services they provide and that they are a member of the National Association of Realtors.

Obtaining the GRI designation is a beneficial way for a realtor to advance their professional image. The extra measure of knowledge and prestige achieved by completing this coursework is a tool that will advance a career in real estate in attracting and building new business.

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