All REALTORS® are required to complete ethics training of not less than 2 hours, 30 minutes of instructional time within three-year cycles. We are currently in Cycle 6 running from January 1st 2019 to December 31st 2021. 

Upon completion of “The Code of Ethics:  Our Promise of Professionalism†course, participants will be able to:

• Identify key aspirational concepts found in the Preamble to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Code of Ethics

• Describe “general business†ethics, and compare and contrast the REALTORS®’ Code of Ethics with business ethics, generally

• Describe the concepts established in Articles 1, 2, 3, 11, and 16 of the Code of Ethics and identify possible violations of the Code of Ethics specifically related to those Articles

• Describe the professional standards process for enforcing the Code of Ethics, including the duty to arbitrate

• Identify critical elements of due process as they relate to Code enforcement

Live Webinar
Live Webinar
Links to join the webinar will be emailed to students 1 day prior to class.
Class requirements to receive clock hours are: students must attend the full class.
NOTE: Online attendance is monitored and you must have your camera on., 

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Mark Kitabayashi, AHWD, CIPS, IMS, CSP, ASP, SRES

Mark Makoto Kitabayashi

Managing Broker,
ABR, AHWD, ASP, CIPS, CRS, CSP, C2EX, e-PRO, MRP, PSA, RSPS, SFR, SRES

Mark has been REALTOR® in Washington State, since 2000, still active in assisting clients. He has been involved in REALTOR® education since 2012 for NAR, Washington REALTORS®, Seattle-King County REALTORS®, Windermere Professional Development, and teaches class nationwide and globally.  His experience in International Business and REALTOR® Leadership (Past Local & State President, Past Reginal VP for NAR) brings extra dimension to his teaching. Mark especially enjoys teaching Code of Ethic, Diversity/Global classes such as AHWD, Bias Override, Fair Housing, WA Residential CORE. CIPS (Certified International Property Specialist). His motto of “Global is Local” has help many REALTORS® improve their business skills to assist diverse cliental in their local Market, and his passion to assist fellow REALTORS® to elevate their professionalism shows on his style of teaching.

Multiple national, state, local award winner (Hugh Hawkins Award for 2016 (Instructor of the year) for Washington REALTORS®. Instructor of the Year for Seattle-King County in 2017 & 2025, CIPS instructor of the year 2023,Windermere 2021)