What is a CRS and Why should I use one?
Buying or selling a home is one of the most significant financial transactions of your life. In all areas of life, we rely on specialists for their advanced expertise and skill. For example, if we need medical or legal advice, we consult a specialist who has the credentials to address our specific needs. Similarly, to fill the specific residential needs of home buyers and sellers, the Council of Residential Specialists of the National Association of Realtors® represents a class of expert real estate professionals designated as Certified Residential Specialists (CRS).
The Council created the CRS designation, considered the "CPA" of residential real estate, to give home buyers and sellers an easy way to identify agents who have significant experience and demonstrate higher volume of real estate transactions or gross sales, as well as complete rigorous, advanced educational requirements.
Approximately 35,000 Realtors® have earned the CRS designation, equaling only 4 percent of all Realtors® in the world.
These are among the distinctive values offered by CRSs:
- Realtors® with the CRS designation have taken the initiative and time to expand their education beyond what is just required by law for licensing purposes.
- CRSs maintain professional affiliation with thousands of other real estate professionals on the local and national levels.
- CRSs have up-to-the minute industry information with respect to taxes, investments, legislation and other areas of critical importance.
- CRSs provide the highest level of residential expertise in your market area.
