Real Estate Agent Qualifications – What do They Mean?
When you’re making quite possibly one of the largest transactions of your lifetime, you want someone with real expertise in your corner. There are many real estate agents out there for you to choose from, so what makes one real estate agent different from another?
One way to differentiate between realtors is by examining their qualifications. You’ll come across a lot of acronyms in your search for a qualified agent. So what does all this alphabet soup mean when it comes to real estate qualifications? Learn to decode real estate qualifications so you know you’re getting the cream of the crop when you select your realtor.
- CRS – Council of Residential Specialist – This is the mark of an experienced agent who has completed advanced professional training and demonstrated outstanding professional achievement in residential real estate.
- GRI – Graduate Realtor Institute – To get this designation, your realtor has to be a member of the National Association of Realtors in good standing. The coursework for this includes market knowledge, business skills, systems and avoiding setbacks, fines and lawsuits.
- CNE – Certified Negotiation Expert – This professional certification means that your agent is an expert negotiator. They have learned how to best bargain to get you the deal you want when buying and selling.
- ABR – Accredited Buyer Representative – This designation is for realtors to focus on working directly with buyer-clients. They learn valuable skills to help you purchase your home and learn specialized information to help them stay on top of trends and issues in home buying.
- e-PRO – Electronic/Internet certification – This certification expands real estate agents’ digital skills so they can connect with the online market. They learn to properly leverage social media to get your home sold quickly and at the best price.
- ASP – Accredited Staging Professional– Real estate agents learn how to professionally prepare homes through staging to get top dollar when selling your home.
- SRES – Seniors Real Estate Specialist – If you’re over the age of 50 and looking to buy or sell a home, a Seniors Real Estate Specialist is best equipped to help you. They learn how to counsel clients through major financial and lifestyle transition in relocating, refinancing or selling their family homes.
- Real Estate Broker – This designation requires many hours of education and testing. Real estate brokers are licensed to run their own real estate businesses as well as help you buy or sell a home.
Being a realtor requires quite a bit of training and continuing education, and those letters mean many late nights studying and hours of test taking to stay on top of the latest information out there in the real estate world. Being up to speed with the latest trends, laws, ways to market, negotiation techniques, lending procedures and more is critical when you want to get the most for your sale and sell in the quickest amount of time or scoop up the deal of the decade that just went on the market. For a fully credentialed realtor, visit Jacobson Realty and Home Staging or contact Belinda at (703) 753-0125 orBelinda@JacobsonRealty1.com.
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