Realtors education paramount when chossing a realtor

Any realtor who thinks that 24 hours of continuing education every two years is sufficient to keep them in the game is not only dreaming in technicolor, but is likely not serving clients with the most up to date information on today's ever-changing market.

With banks and government changing the rules of engagement about once a week, every realtor should be taking continuing education courses as often as that, just to stay abreast of new developments.

And realtors who only take courses they can utilize for their required continuing education hours, need to wise up and be taking courses for the sake of their own edification and the better serving of clients, not just because the have to take a certain number of hours to hold onto their license.

It's a different world out there, and realtors need to realize that we will never return to a market like we had even a couple of years ago. Times have changed and realtors need to change too.

I take at least 60 hours a year of continuing education, plus I subscribe to dozens of websites, news feeds, twitters, blogs, etc and even some snail mail magazines, which I read every day. And I learn something new every day that I can use in my business.