HireVAna Academy

Learn UAE real estate. Earn a badge employers trust.

Free, online courses on the UAE market — Bayut and Property Finder, Trakheesi and RERA, CRMs and lead handling. Each ends in a short test and a verified certification on your public profile.

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The courses

Certifications you can earn

Start with the fundamentals, then specialise. The first module of every course is free to read — sign up to finish it, take the test, and earn the badge.

UAE RE Certified

UAE Real Estate: Laws, Marketing & Compliance

How real estate is regulated across the emirates: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the north: plus ownership, advertising compliance, tenancy and transactions.

~30 min80% to passValid 12 mo
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Portal Certified

Portal Mastery: Bayut & Property Finder

How the two biggest UAE property portals work from the agent side, Trakheesi permits, building and verifying listings on Bayut Profolio and Property Finder PF Expert, ranking, leads and the daily routine.

~46 min85% to passValid 12 mo
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CRM Certified

CRM & Lead Management

How a UAE real-estate VA runs the CRM and leads, using a CRM, clean data, the pipeline, pipeline admin, fast professional lead response, and simple reporting.

~36 min85% to passValid 12 mo
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Content & Media Certified

Content & Media Production

The content skills a UAE real-estate VA needs, listing photography, short-form video and reels, video editing, Canva graphics, listing and ad copywriting, and a tidy production workflow that keeps every asset on-brand and approved.

~35 min80% to passValid 12 mo
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Real Estate Terms Certified

Real Estate Terms & Units

Decode a UAE property listing: price per sqft, sqft vs sqm and BUA vs plot, property types from studio to villa, and view and lifestyle terms like chiller-free, furnished, en-suite and vacant vs tenanted.

~30 min80% to passValid 12 mo
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Leasing Certified

Leasing & Rentals (Residential)

A UAE residential rental end to end: the tenancy contract and addendum, Ejari, deposits, cheques and fees, utilities, legal rent increases (RERA / Smart Rental Index), moving in, and the rights of both tenant and landlord.

~41 min85% to passValid 12 mo
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Conveyancing Certified

Conveyancing & Transaction Coordination

A UAE property sale end to end: the buyer and seller journey, the RERA Forms A/B/F/I, the developer NOC and the DLD Trustee transfer, cash vs mortgage deals, off-plan (EOI, Oqood), and the VA transaction-coordinator job.

~40 min85% to passValid 12 mo
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Paid Ads Certified

Paid Ads & Performance Marketing

Paid advertising for UAE real estate: what a lead, CPL and campaign are, how season shifts strategy, budget maths, targeting by area and audience, the compliance rules that protect the ad account, and fast lead follow-up.

~35 min80% to passValid 12 mo
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Social & Messaging Certified

Social & Messaging Marketing

How UAE brokerages market on social and messaging apps: the channels (WhatsApp, Snapchat, Instagram/TikTok, influencers) and the UAE compliance rules for calls, SMS Sender IDs, consent, the WhatsApp Business API, and ad-permit QR codes.

~35 min80% to passValid 12 mo
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Market Data Certified

Market Data & Analytics Tools

How to READ the UAE market-data tools: Reidin, Property Monitor, DLD data and portal insights (Bayut / Property Finder), understand a CMA, allow for the 1–2 month data lag, and cross-check sources to price a unit today.

~30 min80% to passValid 12 mo
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UAE Developers Certified

UAE Developers & Projects

The major UAE developers and how to talk about their projects honestly, who builds the UAE, what a master community is, off-plan vs ready (and Oqood), and the research method that keeps a VA from ever inventing a project fact.

~30 min80% to passValid 12 mo
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Tech & Integrations Certified

Tech & Integrations

A plain-English, no-code tour of the technology behind UAE real estate: websites and a CMS, what an API is, the DLD, Trakheesi and Ejari government systems, CRM integrations and automation, and data hygiene and security awareness.

~30 min80% to passValid 12 mo
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Investment & Returns Certified

Property Investment & Returns

How UAE property investors make money: rental yield (gross and net ROI), capital growth and CAGR, off-plan and flipping, and how to present returns honestly and never guarantee them.

~40 min85% to passValid 12 mo
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Real Estate SEO Certified

Real Estate SEO (Technical)

SEO for property websites: how buyers search, keywords, on-page and schema, clean URLs, silos and internal linking, technical SEO, programmatic pages, AI search (AEO/GEO), local SEO, and measuring.

~72 min85% to passValid 12 mo
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How it works

Free to learn, yours to keep

1

Read and learn

Work through the lessons at your own pace. The first module of each course is open to everyone.

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Pass the test

Sign up free as a specialist to finish the lessons and take the short test.

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Show the badge

Earn a verified certification that sits on your public profile for UAE employers to see.