Just one year ago, Metro Brokers started offering Certified Commercial Brokerage (CCB) and Certified Business Brokerage (CBB) courses to sales associates.

Many have chosen to take the series of courses for a variety of reasons. Some are experienced commercial sales associates looking to get a new designation. Others are new sales associates interested in learning about the commercial side of real estate. Some are just looking to find knowledge. However, all agree that the course series stands out as one of the best offered by Metro Brokers.

Metro Brokers is the only real estate company that offers a commercial and business brokerage solution of this type. The course is comprised of 15 classes and gives sales associates the most comprehensive training available for commercial and business brokerage. Once a sales associate takes the course, they receive a CCB or CBB designation.

Each class is worth three hours of continuing education (CE) credit, combining to equal a staggering 45 hours of CE credit. And to top it off, the courses are offered free of charge.

After receiving the designation, sales associates are invited to attend monthly sales meetings to network and boost their business. In addition, Metro Brokers recognizes the top-performing CCB and CBB sales associates in a quarterly combined commercial and business brokerage meeting.

Yesterday, President and CEO Kevin Levent and Vice President of Operations Joe Dabbs congratulated several sales associates for their outstanding performance in commercial and business brokerage at the quarterly meeting. The top business brokerage agents for the second and third quarters of 2007 were Jay Fenello of the North Fulton office and James Welch of the North Fulton office, respectively. Also, George Logan of the Woodstock office was the top commercial brokerage agent for the second quarter, and Gail Barrett of the Forsyth office was the top commercial agent for the third quarter.

Listed below are the top performing commercial and business brokerage agents for each month:

Commercial Brokerage

April 2007 – Butch Springer of the McDonough office
May 2007 – Russell Morgan of the West Cobb office
June 2007 – George Logan of the Woodstock office
July 2007 – Gregory Nobles of the Stockbridge office
August 2007 – Gail Barrett of the Forsyth office
September 2007 – Joseph Pettit and Carla Wall-Gullett of the Gwinnett Place office

Business Brokerage

April 2007 – Jay Fenello of the North Fulton office
May 2007 – Dick Warren of the West Cobb office and Laura Holtzclaw of the Paulding office
June 2007 – CK Singh of the Buckhead office
July 2007 – Dana Smith of the Buckhead office
August 2007 – James Welch of the North Fulton office
September 2007 – Julian McCorkle and Wanda Cahoon of the Gwinnett Place office

The Certified Commercial and Business Brokerage course is offered once a year, and the next course starts in January of 2008. All 15 courses are needed to receive a designation, but each course can be taken individually too. For more information and individual course descriptions, go to MetroNet and choose “Training and Education” from the options on the left.

Dan Hinson, Director of Personal Coaching, is also on hand to answer any CCB or CBB related questions, and is available through the call center.

Metro Brokers/GMAC Real Estate, established in 1979, was recently named the largest real estate service provider in Georgia for the fourth consecutive year by Real Trends. Metro Brokers has 23 metro Atlanta and north Georgia offices and offers a wide range of real estate services including residential and commercial sales; pre- and post-license training; corporate relocation; new home sales and marketing; and insurance, mortgage and title/closing services.

The company is the largest GMAC Real Estate franchise in the world and has more than tripled in size over the last five years with more than 3,400 licensees, making the company the largest license holder in the state of Georgia. Metro Brokers is also the number one selling broker in metro Atlanta and north Georgia.

To contact Metro Brokers, call 404.843.2500 or visit metrobrokers.com.