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HomesUSA Alliance offers New Home Sales certification to licensed real estate agents who complete the coursework. More information is available at homesusaalliance.com.<\/h5>\n

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Bob Hafer, co-founder of the HomesUSA Alliance, is a 40+ year veteran of the housing industry, having held management positions with a large national home builders for 23 years. Bob also provided sales training, merchandising, and marketing strategy expertise to over 100 home builders coast-to coast for 15 years.<\/h5>\n

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Ben Caballero, co-founder, HomesUSA Alliance, is also founder and CEO of HomesUSA.com. A two-time Guinness World Record title holder for “Most annual home sale transactions through MLS by an individual sell side real estate agent,” Ben is ranked by REAL Trends as America’s top real estate agent for home sales since 2013, making him the most productive real estate agent in U.S. history. Learn more at HomesUSA.com.<\/h5>\n

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DALLAS, Jan. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — An effort to provide new home sales education to Texas real estate agents has already helped more than 4,000 real estate sales professionals statewide learn how to better work with home builders. HomesUSA Alliance<\/a>, founded by the real estate industry giants Ben Caballero<\/a>andBob Hafer<\/a>, is now empowering hundreds of agents annually to become certified as new home sales specialists while earning educational credits required to maintain an active real estate license in Texas. <\/p>\n

During the pandemic, the two-day immersive coursework offered by HomesUSA Alliance became available remotely via Zoom. According to co-founder Bob Hafer, its popularity exploded as accessibility increased, with 1,100 agents have now taken either the two-day program or signed up for individual classes.<\/p>\n

The next 2-day series of classes, available via Zoom, is set for January 19-20, 2022, and open to agents throughout Texas and nationwide. Registration is via the HomesUSAAlliance.com website on its Calendar page (https:\/\/homesusaalliance.com\/education\/course-calendar<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Hafer, who created and teaches the classes, notes the number of agents he can teach has nearly doubled during the pandemic as previously, in-person class attendance was required. In addition, the locations for classes were limited to Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Austin, Texas. Now the program is available to agents nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with builders offers agents a new way to grow their business rapidly. Ben became the No. 1 ranked real estate agent in America by becoming a new home sales specialist,\u201d said Hafer, \u201cand I\u2019ve spent my lifetime in the home building business. We created HomesUSA Alliance knowing from personal experience builders and real estate agents can benefit greatly from a closer working relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Alliance delivers a comprehensive source of new home information for agents that provides better insight into how the building industry works.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgents often misunderstand why builders do what they do, and the same is true for builders when it comes to knowing why agents do what they do,\u201d said Ben Caballero, co-founder of the Alliance, founder and CEO of HomesUSA.com, and a two-time Guinness World Record title holder. \u201cThrough a targeted education, we are helping to close this knowledge gap,\u201d Caballero explained.<\/p>\n

Because the classes are approved for continuing education (CE) credits by the Texas Real Estate Commission, agents can earn 11 credits from the six courses during the two-day program. Priced affordably at $200, once agents complete all six (6) CE courses, they also can earn their New Home Sales Certification from HomesUSA Alliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Texas Real Estate Commission requires agents to take 18 hours of approved Continuing Education credit every two years,\u201d notes Hafer, “and the Alliance course covers about two-thirds of your two-year requirement in just two days.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the biggest benefit the courses deliver, based on testimonials of agents who have completed the program, isn\u2019t the CE credit, but the fact they get information about how to work with builders and sell new homes that\u2019s not available anywhere else,\u201d explains Caballero.<\/p>\n

\u201cNiches create riches in real estate is an old saying but one that may be truer today than ever,\u201d Caballero said. \u201cThe fact is there are more than 220,000 agents in Texas, and the vast majority never show a buyer a new home. Yet, we know that nationally, more than 80 percent of all real estate sales involve an agent. So, we teach real estate agents to specialize in a great business niche \u2013 how to work with builders and sell new homes. Agents who take this training will create a competitive advantage in the marketplace for themselves and will be able to serve their clients better,” he added.<\/p>\n

There are six bi-monthly two-day classes, and they can be taken all at once or individually. Class titles are \u201cBuilding Your Real Estate Business Through New Home Sales,\u201d \u201cEverything You Need to Know About New Home Construction,\u201d \u201cHow to Negotiate Successfully with a New Home Builder,\u201d \u201cUnderstanding New Home Builder Contracts and Addendums,\u201d and \u201cNew Home Construction Blueprint Reading for Realtors,\u201d and \u201cHow to Recognize a Green Built New Home.\u201d Registration is available online at HomesUSAAlliance.com.<\/p>\n

About HomesUSA Alliance<\/strong>
The HomesUSA Alliance’s mission is to improve builder-agent relationships through better communication. With these classes Agents benefit greatly with better insight into how home builders work. Founded by real estate industry giants Ben Caballero and Bob Hafer, the Alliance is their way of giving back to an industry that has enriched their professional and personal lives.<\/p>\n

About Ben Caballero and HomesUSA.com\u00ae<\/strong>
Ben Caballero, founder and CEO of HomesUSA.com, is a two-time Guinness World Record title holder<\/a> for “Most annual home sale transactions through MLS by an individual sell side real estate agent.” Ranked by REAL Trends as America’s top real estate agent for home sales since 2013, Ben is the most productive real estate agent in U.S. history. He is the only agent to exceed $1 billion in residential sales transactions in a single year, a feat first achieved in 2015 and repeated each year through 2018 when he achieved more than $2 billion. An award-winning innovator and technology pioneer, Ben works with more than 60 home builders in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. His podcast series is available on iTunes<\/a> and Google Play<\/a>. An infographic illustrating Ben\u2019s sales production is here<\/a>. Learn more at HomesUSA.com |Twitter: @bcaballero – @HomesUSA | Facebook: \/HomesUSAdotcom.<\/p>\n

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