CPD Real Estate

CPD is compulsory for all Real Estate Certificate of Registration and Real Estate Licence holders in NSW. Have a look at the suite of CPD courses RETS has on offer.

CPD 2019 Residential Tenancies Update

Do you need to get your head around the proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act?

This course covers:
Changes have been made to the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 by the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Review) Bill 2018. The commencement date of these changes has not yet been announced, however it is expected to be sometime early in 2019.

This CPD course looks in detail at these amendments:
What are the parts of the current legislation that are changing and what will it be changing to?
What you will need to do to adapt your property management practices and procedures to take into account these amendments.
CPD Compliance & Best Practice 2019

Staying up to date with changes in the property industry is vital. Changes occur quickly and frequently.

This CPD course covers recent changes to be aware of, including: NSW Fair Trading compliance actions and consequences of agent breach, changes to Real Estate Award, case studies related to Safety in the Workplace, Disputes over agency sales fees and commissions , Effective cause of sale, Misrepresentation in sales, Off the plan contract amendments, the latest in Short- term holiday letting regulations, Managing a property through a natural disaster and the new NSW Tenants Union Rent tracker tool. This CPD course will help you to stay up to date with the important changes that have occurred through out 2018 and recent past.
CPD Dealing Across Cultures for Property Agents

Understanding cultural differences is an important skill in todays workplace. Australia is increasingly a multi cultural society, and as property agents, we often need to interact with clients who are form a different cultural background as us.
Negotiating in the Property Sector

Effective negotiation skills are core to all functions of work within the property industry.

This CPD course will assist you to understand how conflicts develop, how to plan for and structure a negotiation in stages, as well as inter personal communication tips for helping parties achieve a mutually beneficial solution.

Since negotiating in the property sector also has many legal pitfalls, this course also looks at the legislative requirements that agents need to consider when negotiating.
Rules of Conduct

This CPD session is designed to provide you with an overview of the Rules of Conduct that all agents must follow as a requirement of the Property Stock and Business Agents Act 2002
Strata for Property Managers

More and more, real estate agents are expected to manage strata property as part of the agency’s property management portfolio. The purpose of this CPD course is to provide basic information about strata management. It covers basic strata law and terminology and how to improve your working relationship with strata managers.
Workplace Health and Safety in Real Estate

This CPD session is designed to

provide you with a general understanding of the Work Health and Safety (WHS) requirements in agency practice

provide you with a workable model for identifying and qualifying risks in agency practice and assist you to formulate strategies to minimise identified WHS safety risks.

understand the particular WHS risks involved in the provision of property management services as an agency
CPD Compliance & Best Practice Update (2017/2018)

This CPD course will update you on legal and compliance issues that agents will need to understand throughout 2018 and beyond.