Having completed Default School and earning the RDCPro designation, I thought I would share my experience with you all. On the topic of certifications, designations and education, I am of mixed mind. You may ask...Why? And the answer is simply because some of these programs are too much 'fluff,' just trying to suck a quick couple hundred dollars out of Realtors and thin on material. Some on the other hand are put together by honorable people, truly trying to offer value and improve their industry. You never really know for sure until you take the course(s).I am all for continuing your education throughout your career, but I am also leary of some programs and try to research them before jumping on board. Everything I could find about RDCPro and Default School pointed toward it being a good designation and the required courses being valuable, so I went for it.After completing it, I felt that the courses required for the RDCPro designation (taken through Default School and administered by RealEstateEducate.com) were both very legitimate courses. Almost everything in it was, in my opinion, quality material and meaningful. The designation requires the completion of 2 courses: REO Best Practices (formerly Learning the REO Ropes) and Advanced Evaluations.The REO Best Practices portion covered REO's from start to finish. Filled with information crucial to understanding the REO process and to keeping Asset Managers happy! The presentation was good and the information was legitimate, current and useful. I appreciated that there wasn't a bunch of what I would call 'filler' material in it.Advanced Evaluations was also done well. On this one I felt it did stretch the material a bit, but this is somewhat understandable in that it there is just less to doing BPO's than there it to REO's. While I personally got much more out of the Best Practices portion, the Advanced Evaluations portion did act as a good refresher.All in all, I think the RDCPro designation is wothwhile and definitely adds value. While it has not directly led to any additional REO listings, I think it will and even if it didn't I still would be glad I completed it. Expanding your knowledge and learning new things about your profession will never be a bad thing.I can't speak on any of the other REO designations, but I would say that I give the RDCPro a thumbs up for providing good, useful and current training.Best of luck and let me know your thoughts on any other training/designations you know about or have completed.
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