McKillop was

awarded the designation after completing 90 hours of classroom instruction,

covering subjects such as contract law, professional standards, sales

and marketing, finance and risk reduction. Courses are taught by leading

real estate instructors from around the country.

Individuals

completing the program learn the fundamentals of brokerage and other areas

of real estate specialization, allowing them to better serve prospective

clients and customers.

McKillop joins

a select group of designees and other residential specialists in Georgia

who have earned the designation this year.

The Institute

is designed to educate practitioners about local, state and national real

estate practices that affect them, their clients and customers. The designation

indicates to the public that the individual has obtained a professional

educational foundation on which to base the services he or she provides.

Only members

of the Realtor organization may earn the Graduate Realtor Institute designation.

Twelve percent of Georgia Association of Realtors membership have earned

the designaiton and only 28 percent of the National Association of Realtors

membership hold the designation.

The Fayette

County Board of Realtors is one of 1,800 local associations of Realtors

that comprise the National Association of Realtors, representing 700,000

real estate professionals around the country.

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