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Wednesday, April 11, 2001 McKillop receives GRI designation Carolyn McKillop, a member of the Fayette County Board of Realtors, was recently awarded the Graduate, Realtor Institute (GRI) designation by the Georgia Association of Realtors. 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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