Work With a Certified Residential Specialist
to Ensure a Successful Real Estate Transaction

Today, home buying and selling is faster, more complex, and more competitive in every way.

"In this fast-paced market place, home buyers and sellers need more than just a REALTOR^®," says Toni Sherman, CRS. "Home buyers and sellers need a professional with unique training and know-how to create opportunities, identify potential pitfalls up front, and make the transaction an unqualified success. Home buyers and sellers need a Certified Residential Specialist."

Sherman, 1999 president of the Council of Residential Specialists, the organization of the nation's top 5% of REALTORS®, says agents who hold the Certified Residential Specialist Designation have experience, commitment and advanced training to help home buyers and sellers get the most out of their real estate transaction.

• EXPERIENCE - To earn the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designation, every REALTOR^® must have significant experience and volume of real estate transactions.
• ETHICS - Every CRS Designee is required to maintain membership in the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^® and to abide by its strict Code of Ethics.
• A FOCUS ON HOME BUYING AND SELLING - To help make the home buying and selling process more rewarding, every CRS Designee must have a proven track record in the business, as well as advanced education in related areas like finance, technology and marketing.
• TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE - The training available to CRS Designees includes a strong focus on technology and its applications in the real estate business.
• AN ABILITY TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS AND MINIMIZE COSTS - Every CRS is trained to help clients understand the local market, screen prospective buyers and sellers, negotiate in the best interest of the client, and ultimately ensure a successful home purchase or sale.

Sherman says the rare combination of education and experience makes the Certified Residential Specialist more than just another real estate agent. "I encourage consumers to discover the difference a CRS makes and how enjoyable and successful a real estate relationship can be. A CRS will help make your buying or selling experience a successful one."

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A real estate broker or an associate who holds active membership in a  local real estate board and is affiliated with the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^®. These professionals also voluntarily subscribe to the strict Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice

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 BUYERS AGENT Council (REBAC) of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^® who met the specified educational and practical experience criteria.

Association of REALTORS^® members may earn The Graduate, REALTOR^® Institute designation by successfully completing various modules, each providing classroom hours of instruction in real estate education. It is recognized nationwide as a sound, fundamental training program in the critical skills and knowledge areas of the real estate business.