Certified Residential Specialists®

Experience

To earn the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designation, every REALTOR® must have significant experience and demonstrate volume of real estate transactions or gross sales, as well as complete rigorous educational requirements.

Ethics

Every CRS designee is required to maintain membership in the National Association of Realtors® and to abide by its strict subheader of Ethics.

Technology Expertise

The training available to CRS designees includes a strong focus on technology and its applications in the real estate business.

The Top 4 Percent

Less than 4 percent of all licensed Realtors® are Certified Residential Specialists.

Median Income Much Higher*

The typical CRS designee earns an average income of $160,500 four times that of a Realtor® who is a typical sales agent.

GRI – Graduate, REALTOR® Institute is a nationally recognized educational institute dedicated to furthering the fundamental knowledge and skills of REALTORS® with less than five years experience.  The GRI series is also available to more experienced real estate practitioners to help them stay current on timely issues and to freshen and reinforce their basic skills.  

The GRI designation is earned by completing a national program of specialized and advanced education for the licensed REALTOR®. It involves intense study, covering many special aspects of real estate such as residential marketing, cost basis, appreciation methods, investment real estate, construction, real estate tax concepts, exchanges, capital gains, and various types of mortgage programs.

This designation may only be earned after successfully completing a rigorous educational program. This program requires 92 hours of live course instruction from a statewide faculty selected because of extensive experience in their own areas of expertise.

Senior Real Estate Specialists® are REALTORS® qualified to meet the special needs and concerns of maturing Americans. A national program since 1998, The Senior Advantage Real Estate Council® (SAREC®) offers a specific designation, SRES®, to identify those members who have successfully completed its education program along with other prerequisites.

By earning the SRES® designation, your REALTOR® has demonstrated necessary knowledge and expertise to counsel senior clients through major financial and lifestyle transitions involved in relocating, refinancing, or selling the family home. Your REALTOR® has received special training, gets regular updates, and is prepared to offer the options and information needed in making life changing decisions.

Accredited Staging Professional  Accredited ASP® Stagers and Real Estate Agents are true Professionals trained under strict guidelines using proven Staging techniques developed for over 35 years by Barb Schwarz, The Creator of Home Staging®. When you bring your home on the market and Stage® your house for sale always hire an ASP® because ASPs® must pass a detailed written examination, agree to follow the ASP® Code of Ethics and the ASP® Consumer Foundation of Service Creed, renew yearly to maintain their ASP® Designation and the guidelines therein and their membership with Stagedhomes.com.

ASP's® are taught to: Hold a Business License or RE License, Carry Staging or E and O Insurance, Hold a Sales Tax ID number as an ASP® Stager, Have a commercial checking account for their Business, Continue their education by returning to additional ASP® Courses and Hold a current active membership in The International Association of Home Staging Professionals®. The ASP® Designation is the benchmark designation of the entire Home Staging Industry.

What is Home Staging?

Home Staging is the very best proven way to get top dollar for your home as you prepare it for sale. Homes that are Staged with an ASP Professional Home Stager sell faster and for more money! This is because Staging sets the scene throughout the house to create immediate buyer interest in your property. This will then lead to your home selling for the highest possible price in today's market. Remember, "The way you live in your home, and the way you market and sell your house are two different things." This gives you "The Staged Homes Advantage®"