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Designations
5 REASONS
TO WORK WITH THE TOP 5%
A Mix of Experience & Sales
A hallmark of Certified
Residential Specialists isn’t
just the advanced training and
education they receive. Just as
important is the marketplace
expertise they bring to the sale
or purchase of your home. To
earn the Certified Residential
Specialist Designation, every
REALTOR® must have a significant
mix of experience and number of
real estate transactions.
These strict requirements are
your assurance that your
Certified Residential Specialist
is able to apply his or her
education in the real world,
giving you the knowledgeable,
skilled service you expect.
2. The Highest Standard of
Ethics
Ethics aren’t just important in
a REALTOR®. They’re essential.
That’s why every Certified
Residential Specialist is
required to maintain membership
in the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® and to abide by its
strict Code of Ethics. That
means, when you work with a
Certified Residential
Specialist, you can rest assured
you’re dealing with a trained
real estate expert who will
treat you fairly and
professionally every step of the
way.
3. A Focus on Home Buying &
Selling
Whether you’re looking to buy or
sell a home, you face many risks
along the way. Financial risks,
legal risks, even the risk that
a home purchase or sale will
fail through. A Certified
Residential Specialist is
trained to minimize those risks.
With that in mind, a Certified
Residential Specialist is
guaranteed to bring you the
benefits of their significant
experience and variety of
successful real estate
transactions. That expertise,
combined with advanced education
in areas like finance,
technology and marketing, lets
you know that your Certified
Residential Specialist is able
to make your home purchase or
sale a success in every way.
4. Technological Expertise
Technology is changing the face
of real estate. Computers, the
Internet, mobile communications
- each has helped make the
market more efficient, and at
the same time more daunting.
More than ever, the success of
your home purchase or sale
depends on the ability of your
REALTOR® to harness that
technology, and make it work for
you.
For that reason, the training
required of your Certified
Residential Specialist focuses
extensively on technology and
its effect on the real estate
business. You can count on a
Certified Residential Specialist
not just to understand
technology, but to use it to
make your home purchase or sale
a worry-free experience.
5. An Ability to Maximize
Profits & Minimize Costs
Buying a home isn’t simply about
paying the lowest price. And
selling a home isn’t just about
getting the money you asked for.
Along the way, there are fees,
taxes and numerous other costs
that can impact the bottom line
of your home purchase or sale.
A Certified Residential
Specialist is trained
specifically to help you
understand the marketplace,
negotiate successfully on your
behalf and get a clear picture
of a proposed transaction. The
result is a more rewarding
experience, whether you’re
buying or selling, or both.
ABR
The ABR® Designation
The Accredited Buyer
Representative (ABR®)
designation is the benchmark of
excellence in buyer
representation. This coveted
designation is awarded to real
estate practitioners by the Real
Estate BUYER'S AGENT Council ("REBAC")
of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® who meet the specified
educational and practical
experience criteria.
The criteria are:
Completing a comprehensive
two-day REBAC course in buyer
representation.
Obtaining a passing grade on the
written examination.
Demonstrating practical
experience by completing and
closing five real estate
transactions in which you
functioned as a buyer's
representative. Transactions
must be completed and closed
anytime prior to and up to 36
months after completing the ABR®
course.
Maintaining membership in good
standing with the NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and
with the Real Estate BUYER'S
AGENT Council.
CRS
You need a Certified Residential
Specialist.
GRI
The Graduate Realtor Institute
designation, conferred by the
National Association of
Realtors, is presented to
Realtors who have completed a
comprehensive education program
in residential real estate. The
program’s focus in on practical
real estate training. GRI is the
symbol of the Graduate Realtors
Institute professional
designation series. The symbol
is recognized nation wide. It
shows clients that the holder
has a solid grasp of real estate
fundamentals.
The program is the foundation
for the National Association of
Realtors (NAR) real
estate advancement program. GRI
consists of three, five day
programs, GRI-I-
Residential Real Estate, GRI-II
- Advanced Residential Real
Estate, GRI-III
Specialty Real Estate.
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