Designations & Organizations
What the letters mean...

CRP - Certified Relocation Professional - awarded by the Employee Relocation Council. In order to obtain the CRP™ designation, an individual must pass a comprehensive exam that covers relocation issues related to corporate policies, appraising, real estate, legal considerations, and family concerns. Only those relocation professionals who have demonstrated a minimum of two years' experience dealing with relocation issues are allowed to sit for the exam. Industry professionals who have earned the CRP™ designation are dedicated to expanding their knowledge in order to provide the utmost in service and quality to today's transferees and their employers.

CRS - Certified Residential Specialist - awarded through the NAR - denotes an agent who specializes in residential real estate. Only about 3 percent of the members of NAR have earned this designation. Every CRS Designee must understand finance, utilize current technology, have a proven record of accomplishment in the business, and completed the required advanced education courses in related areas and marketing. The training available to CRS Designees includes a strong focus on technology and its applications in the real estate business. Awarded by the Residential Sales Council of the National Association of Realtors.

GRI - Graduate, REALTORŪ Institute - is a national professional real estate designation. This designation may only be earned after successfully completing a rigorous educational program that includes 92 hours of live course instruction from a statewide faculty selected because of extensive experience in their own areas of expertise. This designation is available only to members of the local, state and National Association of REALTORSŪ.

SRES - Seniors Real Estate Specialist - The Senior Advantage Real Estate CouncilŪ, "SAREC", offers this specific designation,"SRESŪ", to identify those members who have successfully completed its education program along with other prerequisites. REALTORS with the "SRES" designation help seniors make wise decisions about selling the family home, buying rental property or managing the capital gains and tax implications of owning real estate. By earning the "SRES" designation, the REALTOR has demonstrated that they have the requisite knowledge, experience and expertise to be a senior's real estate specialist and counselor.

RECS - Real Estate Cyberspace Specialist - Awarded by the Real Estate Cyberspace Society -   http://www.recyber.com/  -  to those agents who successfully utilize cyberspace in their real estate marketing programs.

CLHMS - Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist - http://www.luxuryhomemarketing.com/

The Institute awards the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation to those agents who go through special training and meet performance requirements in the upper tier market. 

CyberProfessionals - http://www.cyberprofessionals.net.   A national group of approximately 60 REALTORSŪ from across the United States that meet twice a year to exchange marketing ideas and present new technology that would benefit the group.  Besides the networking meetings each year, there is also a "Members Only" Intranet website to communicate and share ideas and a weekly group "chat night" to discuss current events and monitor market trends.   Membership is selective and exclusive to each geographic area.

e-PRO - Certified Technology Professional - a designation awarded by
the National Association of Realtors to those Realtors who have
completed the technology certification program and are prepared to
make the most of the internet and other technologies to serve today's
"connected consumer." E-PRO is the only certification program of
its kind recognized nationwide and endorsed by the National
Association of REALTORS(R). Customers have confidence that e-PRO
graduates are savvy about the Internet and that they take the
Internet empowered consumer seriously and can meet their online
needs.