What is a CRS?

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Certified Residential Specialist - CRS

These days, it's faster, more complex and more competitive in every way.

Homebuyers shop the Internet. Offers arrive by cellular phone. And on-line mortgage companies make it possible to obtain pre-approval financing right in the privacy of your own living room.

In this supercharged marketplace, you need more than a REALTOR. You need a professional with the unique training and know-how to create opportunities, identify potential pitfalls up front, and make your home buying or selling experience an unqualified success.

You need a Certified Residential Specialist.

What is a Certified Residential Specialist?
A Certified Residential Specialist is a REALTOR who has earned certification from the Council of Residential Specialists by completing a rigorous course of advanced training, and by meeting significant experience requirements.

It's not the same old real estate market anymore.

4 reasons to work with the top 4%

Just 4% of all REALTORS in the U.S. can call themselves Certified Residential Specialists. That's because just one in 25 has the experience, the commitment and the hours of advanced training necessary to call themselves a Certified Residential Specialist.

Yet, despite all the extra expertise you get, a Certified Residential Specialist doesn't cost any more than any other REALTOR. In fact, the skills and know-how you get wit a Certified Residential Specialist may actually save you time and money.

And that's just the beginning. Here are some of the other reasons you should consider hiring a Certified Residential Spescialist when you buy or sell a home.

1) Experience and Ethics

A hallmark of Certified Residential Specialist 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 Tesidential Specialist Designation, every REALTOR must have a significant mix of experience and number of real estate transactions.

These strict requirments are your assurance that your Certified Residential Specialist is able to apply his or her education in the real world, giving you the knowledgeble, skilled service you expect.

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.

2) A Focus on Home Buying and Selling

whether you're looking to buy or sell a home, you face many risks along the way. Financial risks, legal risks, ecen the risk that a home purchase or sale may fall through. A Certified Residential Specialist is trained to minimize those risks.

With that in mind, a Certified Residential Specialist is quaranteed to bring you the benefits of their significant experience and variety of successful real estate transactions. That expertise , combiined with advanced education in areas like finance, technology and marketing, lets you know that your Certified Residential Specialist is able to make your home puchase or sale a success in every way.

3) Technological Expertise

Techology is changing the face of real estate. Computers, the Internet, mobile communications - each has helped make the market more efficient, and a the same time more daunting. More than ever, the success of you 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 ectensively on technology and its 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 ust it to make your home purchase or sale a worry-free experience.

4) An Ability to Maximize Profits And Minimize Costs

Buying a home isn't simply about paying the lowest price. And selling a home isn't jsut 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 sucerssfully on your behalf and get a clear picture of a proposed transation. The result is a more rewarding experience, whether your're buying or selling, or both.

You Need a Certified Residential Specialist

A rate combination of experience and education makes a Certified Residential Specialist more than just another real estate agent. But it's the ability of this professional to make a real difference in the purchase or sale of your hame that makes Certified Residential Specialist among the best in the business. Discover how enjoyable and successful a real estate relationship can be.