What Is the AHWD Certification, and Who Is It For?

The course work for the At Home with Diversity® certification is designed to enable you to work successfully with and within a rapidly changing multicultural market. It will help you to learn diversity sensitivity, how it applies to U.S. fair housing laws in your business, and ways to develop professional guidelines for working with people in the increasingly multicultural real estate market.

Benefits of Becoming an AHWD

• Knowledge of the subtleties of U.S. fair housing laws
• Ability to assess and understand attributes of diversity in local markets and their impact on the real estate industry
• An understanding of the basic competencies to earn the confidence of potential buyers and sellers, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, handicaps, familial status, or national origin
• Knowledge of how to build a business plan that minimizes risk and successfully services all types of clients
• Business etiquette for specific cultures
• An edge in expanding your business to include international clientele
• Elective credit towards the ABR®, CIPS, and (depending on your state) GRI designations, and as a task in the C2EX program
• Some states also give continuing education (CE) credit and GRI credit for this course
• At Home With Diversity® certification certificate of achievement
• Updated education records on nar.realtor and M1 directory listings
• Congratulatory letter from the National Association of REALTORS®
• Exclusive access to At Home With Diversity® marketing tools and resources
• Networking and referral opportunities in the official At Home With Diversity® Certification Holders Facebook group