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September Education & Events

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AI / DATA / SOCIAL MEDIA

Wed - Sep 9 | Fake, Fraudulent, or AI? Outsmarting Wire Fraud, Deepfakes...

Virtual | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Safety in real estate extends beyond REALTOR® safety to protecting everyone involved in a transaction. As generative AI fuels increasingly sophisticated scams—with the FBI reporting more than $893 million in AI-related losses in 2025—REALTORS® need stronger verification and cybersecurity practices. By educating clients and making safety part of the client experience, REALTORS® can protect transactions, build trust, demonstrate their value, and earn lasting loyalty and referrals. | MORE + REGISTER >

Wed - Sep 9 | AI's Legal & Ethical Pitfalls

Virtual | 1:00 – 2:00 pm | AI can streamline real estate marketing and operations, but it also creates serious legal and ethical risks. Learn how to use AI safely while avoiding Fair Housing violations, misrepresentation, NAR Code of Ethics issues, and client data/privacy breaches. | MORE + REGISTER >

Thu - Sep 10 | Conquering Social Media & AI: Strategies That Work

Virtual | 10:00 – 11:00 am |$20 |  Energize your business with this high-energy, motivational course featuring expert coaching and practical strategies for today’s real estate professional. Explore ChatGPT and other leading AI tools, social media best practices, video marketing, Facebook advertising, SEO, blogging, Stories, Reels, and more—all designed to help you grow your business and stand out online. | MORE + REGISTER >

Tue - Sep 29 | RPR Mobile AI CMA

Virtual | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Learn how RPR Mobile AI CMA helps you create professional, client-ready CMAs from your phone in minutes. Use AI-scored comps, apply your own market expertise, develop pricing strategies, and send branded reports—all without opening a laptop. | MORE + REGISTER >

Wed - Sep 30 | Building A Digital-First Real Estate Business

Virtual | 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Learn how to modernize your real estate business with digital-first workflows that improve efficiency and the client experience. Explore scalable processes for lead management, communications, paperless transactions, marketing, and smarter technology adoption. | MORE + REGISTER >

BROKERS & OFFICE MANAGERS

Fri - Sep 4 | C.A.R. Industry Town Hall for Brokers, Office Managers, Principals

Virtual | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | FREE | The California Association of REALTORS® hosts Industry Leader Town Halls twice a month to provide brokers and key brokerage staff to meet virtually with C.A.R. Leadership, C.A.R. staff and brokers throughout the state to discuss the latest information impacting real estate brokerages and transactions. Rotating list of guest speakers provides updates on the latest issues including transactional, legal, market and legislative issues. | MORE + REGISTER >

Fri - Sep 18 | C.A.R. Industry Town Hall for Brokers, Office Managers, Principals

Virtual | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | FREE | The California Association of REALTORS® hosts Industry Leader Town Halls twice a month to provide brokers and key brokerage staff to meet virtually with C.A.R. Leadership, C.A.R. staff and brokers throughout the state to discuss the latest information impacting real estate brokerages and transactions. Rotating list of guest speakers provides updates on the latest issues including transactional, legal, market and legislative issues. | MORE + REGISTER >

Wed - Sep 23 | NAR Broker Power Hour

Virtual | 10:00 – 11:00 am | FREE | Learn how to protect clients and transactions from increasingly sophisticated real estate fraud. This session covers emerging fraud threats, best practices for reducing risk, tools to help agents prevent scams, and ways your brokerage can support disaster recovery through the REALTORS® Relief Foundation. | MORE + REGISTER >

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

Tue - Sep 8 | Intro to RPR Commercial

Virtual | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Discover how RPR’s commercial tools can help you find listings, analyze demographics and consumer spending, access traffic and tenant data, identify business opportunities, and create professional client reports. Whether you’re new to commercial real estate or an experienced practitioner, learn how to leverage RPR data and AI-powered insights to better serve clients and grow your business. | MORE + REGISTER >

CMAs

Tue - Sep 15 | Intro to Cloud CMA

Virtual | 2:00 – 4:00 pm | FREE | Learn how to create professional CMA reports, property flyers, and buyer tour packets with Cloud CMA. This class also covers lead generation tools, virtual listing presentations, and strategies to help you demonstrate your value and win more listings. | MORE + REGISTER >

FINANCING / MORTGAGE

Wed - Sep 9 | STEPS To Financing the Dream of Homeownership

Virtual | 10:00 – 12:45 1m | FREE | Learn how to help clients achieve affordable, sustainable homeownership through financial literacy, financing options, down payment assistance programs, and homebuyer education. This program provides REALTORS® with practical tools and resources to better serve first-time buyers, renters, past homeowners, and families planning for future homeownership. | MORE + REGISTER >

Thu - Sep 17 | Mortgage - The Truth Behind The Headlines

Virtual | 10:00 – 11:00 1m | FREE | Join Padi Goodspeed once a month to learn the truth behind the headlines and interpret the news in a way that matters most, for you and your clients! | MORE + REGISTER >

FORMS / REPORTS

Thu - Sep 3 | zipForms/Transact: Explore Advanced Tools

Virtual | 1:00 – 2:00 pm | FREE | Learn advanced tools in Lone Wolf Transactions zipForm and Transact to streamline your workflow, manage complex transactions, customize templates and checklists, organize offers, and track transaction activity more efficiently. | MORE + REGISTER >

LEGAL & RISK MANAGEMENT

Tue - Sep 8 | C.A.R. Legal Live Webinar - Structural Pest Control Board

Live Virtual | 1:30 – 2:30 pm |  California’s Structural Pest Control Board regulates and licenses the structural pest control industry to protect the public. The seven-member Board includes four public representatives and three licensed industry members. | MORE + REGISTER >

Wed - Sep 16 | All About Disclosures: Close Deals & Stay Out of Court

Live Virtual | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | $79 | Learn essential C.A.R. disclosure forms and requirements for residential transactions, including when disclosures are required, possible exemptions, and how proper disclosure can better serve clients and reduce liability. | MORE + REGISTER >

Wed - Sep 23 | CCAR Risk Management with Shannon B. Jones

Live Virtual | 9:00 am – 11:00 am | FREE to Members | Attorney Shannon B. Jones joins us once again to bring us all up to speed on current legal issues that impact REALTORS® every day—from new liabilities to the kinds of actions and cases her office is seeing the most in recent months. You’ll also get quick updates from CCAR staff and leadership. | MORE + REGISTER >

LICENSE RENEWAL

Fri - Sep 4 | CA Real Estate Compliance & Industry Update

Virtual | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm | $85 | Stay current and compliant with updates on California real estate laws, forms, buyer representation, compensation, disclosures, Fair Housing, ethics, risk management, and other essential topics for today’s real estate professional. | MORE + REGISTER >

Fri - Sep 18 | CA Real Estate Compliance & Industry Update

Virtual | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm | $85 | Stay current and compliant with updates on California real estate laws, forms, buyer representation, compensation, disclosures, Fair Housing, ethics, risk management, and other essential topics for today’s real estate professional. | MORE + REGISTER >

MARKETING

Wed - Sep 9 | Intro to CubiCasa - Learn to Create Free and Easy Floorplans

Virtual | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | FREE |  Learn more about CubiCasa, the go-to app used by thousands of real estate professionals every day to create floor plans in only 5 minutes. Greatly improve your listings and listing presentations – FOR FREE! We’ll talk about the benefits of adding a floor plan to your listing media, and how the technology works. | MORE + REGISTER >

Wed - Sep 16 | Stop Over-Editing - CapCut Hacks to Edit Real Estate Videos in Minutes

Virtual | 1:00 – 2:00 pm | FREE |  Learn how to quickly create polished real estate videos with CapCut. Master easy editing, auto-captions, trending audio, transitions, and time-saving techniques for engaging Reels, TikToks, and YouTube Shorts. | MORE + REGISTER >

MLS

Thu - Sep 3 | Intro to Paragon Connect

Virtual | Anytime | FREE |  Learn how to use Paragon’s Collaboration Center to enhance client communication and automate listing alerts. This course covers setting up client portals, managing buyer searches, tracking client feedback, receiving real-time notifications, and collaborating with buyers online from any device to deliver a more responsive, personalized experience. | MORE + REGISTER >

Tue - Sep 8 | Intro to Paragon

Virtual | 2:00 – 4:00 pm | FREE |  Get started with Paragon MLS for property searches, client collaboration, and business management. Learn how to customize your profile and settings, navigate the system, search properties, manage contacts, use the Collaboration Center, access integrations and member benefits, and work efficiently from any device. | MORE + REGISTER >

RPR – REALTORS PROPERTY RESOURCE

Thu - Sep 17 | Intro to RPR - Your 1-Stop Shop for Real Estate

Virtual | 2:00 – 4:00 pm| FREE |  Learn how to use RPR® to access exclusive property data, search listings, create branded reports and CMAs, analyze comps, prospect neighborhoods, and use RPR Mobile. | MORE + REGISTER >

REALTOR SAFETY

Fri - Sep 4 | Putting REALTOR Safety First - Safety Strategies for the Modern REALTOR

Virtual | Anytime | $30 | Learn practical strategies to reduce risk and protect yourself and your clients, including safe property showings, open houses, situational awareness, data security, social media practices, and creating a culture of safety. | MORE + REGISTER >

Fri - Sep 11 | C.A.R. REALTOR Safety

Virtual | Anytime | $49 | Learn simple, practical safety strategies to reduce risk when working with buyers and sellers, hosting open houses, and marketing online—helping protect both you and your clients. | MORE + REGISTER >

Fri - Sep 18 | Putting REALTOR Safety First - Safety Strategies for the Modern REALTOR

Virtual | Anytime | $30 | Learn practical strategies to reduce risk and protect yourself and your clients, including safe property showings, open houses, situational awareness, data security, social media practices, and creating a culture of safety. | MORE + REGISTER >

Fri - Sep 25 | C.A.R. REALTOR Safety

Virtual | Anytime | $49 | Learn simple, practical safety strategies to reduce risk when working with buyers and sellers, hosting open houses, and marketing online—helping protect both you and your clients. | MORE + REGISTER >

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