Certified Mountain Area Specialist

This education designation is offered only by Mountain Metro Association of REALTORS®.  All classes are approved for CE credit by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Real Estate. MMAR will follow the NAR designations guidelines and promote the CMAS designation only to the REALTOR® population and will educate the public about the designation. MMAR will also offer the CMAS designation to MMAR Affiliate members who work in support of MMAR REALTOR® members.

Mountain and rural areas are properties with unique features such as domestic and household wells, septic systems and leach fields, fire mitigation concerns, and easement issues, just to name a few. Our CMAS continuing education program covers these issues and more to provide the education needed to effectively market and sell these properties.

CMAS Revised Guidelines (effective October 2019):

  1.  CMAS applicants must complete the designation within 24 months of their first CMAS class completion and then submit their application to MMAR for the CMAS designation after completing all other requirements.
  2.  Applicants must maintain REALTOR membership throughout the application period and while holding the designation.
  3.  Applicants do not have to be a MMAR member to obtain the designation. However, class pricing structure is different for MMAR and non-MMAR members.
  4.  New CMAS applicants must close a minimum of 2 transactions (listing or selling side) in the foothills area to earn the designation. If the transactions are outside of the areas covered by our MLS, applicants will need to attach proof of the transactions showing their involvement, to their applications. All property sales are subject to review by MMAR.
  5.  Applicants must complete 8 classes including:
    •  at least 4 CMAS Core classes
    •  4 additional classes (CMAS Core and/or CMAS Elective)
  6.  Repeating the same class will not apply towards the designation credit.
  7.  To maintain the CMAS designation, CMAS designees must take one CMAS course (either Core or Elective) per calendar year.

CMAS Affiliate Revised Guidelines (effective June 2017):

  1. CMAS Affiliate applicants must complete the designation within 24 months of their first CMAS class completion, and then submit their applications to MMAR for the CMAS designation. 
  2.  Applicants must maintain MMAR Affiliate membership throughout the application period and while holding the designation.
  3.  Applicants must complete 8 classes including:
    •  at least 4 CMAS Core classes
    •  4 additional classes (CMAS Core and/or CMAS Elective)
  4.  Repeating the same class will not apply towards the designation credit.
  5.  To maintain the CMAS Affiliate designation, CMAS Affiliate designees must take one CMAS course (either Core or Elective) per calendar year.

List of Classes*:

*Classes are added/removed and sometimes class titles change. 

CMAS Core Classes

 CMAS Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems

 CMAS Wells, Water Quality, and Water Rights

 CMAS Mountain Wildfire Safety and Mitigation

 CMAS Wildfire II Home Assessment, Defensible Space, & Home Hardening

 CMAS Planning and Zoning Jefferson County

 CMAS Planning and Zoning Clear Creek County & Park County

 CMAS Mountain Survey

 CMAS Advanced Title

CMAS Elective Classes

 CMAS Living with Wildlife and Colorado Law

 CMAS Insurance in the Foothills

 CMAS Radon

 CMAS Appraisal Basics for Mountain Properties

 CMAS Noxious Weeds

 CMAS Basics of Building on Land in the Foothills

 CMAS Mountain Real Estate Law

 CMAS Home Inspections in the Foothills Local Inspector Panel

 CMAS Expert Panel - Avoiding and Solving Most Common Pitfalls in Foothills Transactions

 CMAS Conservation Easements

 CMAS Fireplaces