REEA Membership

The single most valuable tool in achieving and maintaining the attributes of successful real estate educators.

All successful people have these characteristics:

1. They know their business and they continue to learn.
2. They know the right people.
3. They share their knowledge and encourage others.
4. They are respected by their peers.
5. Their income reflects their success.

Education

"Education costs money, but then so does ignorance."
-Sir Clause Moser

• Keep in touch through our REEA Members Only Facebook Group Page.
• Expand your curriculum and learn new classroom presentation techniques at Instructor Development Workshops earning your Gold Standard Instructor (GSI) certification and Course Development Workshops.
• Learn how to become a Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (REEA DREI).
• Discover new books and literature and meet the authors.
• Practice your craft in a national arena at REEA's Annual Conference.
• Develop a national perspective on issues.

Relationships

"The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless...."

-Vactar Havel

• Meet many of the authors of the textbooks and source materials you use in your classes.
• Get to know the state regulators personally. Discuss the issues with them and gain a better understanding of what they expect.
• Develop a national network of peers.
• Socialize with other real estate professionals in pursuit of excellence.
• Connect with experts nationwide through the REEA Directory. 
• Chat with other members via e-mail and the REEA Members Only Facebook group page.

Sharing

"It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water from the well."
-Henri-Frédéric Amiel

• Exchange competitive strategies with peers in other markets.
• Encourage others through your own success.
• Network with trainers, speakers, and fellow educators at the REEA National Conference and through the REEA Members Only Facebook group page.

Respect

"Honest people will respect us for our merit; the public for our luck."
-François, Duc de la Rochefoucould

• Earn the coveted, nationally recognized, REEA Distinguished Real Estate Instructor (REEA DREI).
• Earn your Gold Standard Instructor (GSI) through REEA.
• Receive awards and be recognized for outstanding accomplishments while attending the National REEA Conference.

Income

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." 
- Woody Allen

• Generate referrals through networking with other REEA professionals.
• Introduce new concepts, books, training aids, and promotions.
• Increase your business by learning new marketing techniques.
• As in any craft, improve yourself and you improve your returns.