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Well-trained brokers have an alphabet soup of designations after their name. But what do these designations truly mean? Renown author, blogger and law professor, William Byrnes, explains the importance of these certifications, why they are important and why business owners looking to sell should seek out brokers with professional designations.<\/p>\n

Host:<\/strong> Cress V. Diglio
\nGuest: <\/strong>William H. Byrnes, Executive Professor of Law and renown author
\nTexas A&M School of Law<\/a><\/p>\n

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Well-trained brokers have an alphabet soup of designations after their name. But what do these designations truly mean? Renown author, blogger and law professor, William Byrnes, explains the importance of these certifications, why they are important and why business owners looking to sell should seek out brokers with professional designations. Host: Cress V. Diglio Guest: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-season-3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Business Broker Designations Mean | The Real Deal Podcast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Confused by the string of letters after a business broker's name? 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