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词条 Residential Real Estate Council
释义

  1. History

  2. Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designation

  3. Political Action

  4. References

  5. External links

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Founded in 1976, the Residential Real Estate Council, formally the Council of Residential Specialists, is the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors, with its headquarters in Chicago, IL. It is composed of nearly 40,000 Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designees and Candidates/General Members and over 52 chapters across the United States.[1] According to the Council's website: "the association was created to attract and retain those Realtors seeking the knowledge, tools and relationship-building opportunities needed to maximize their income and professionalism in residential real estate."{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

The Council also quality tests products related to the real estate industry by seven independent reviewers followed by a committee and upon approval will receive the CRS Quality Tested Seal.[2] Examples of products that have received this seal are: Pro Step Marketing’s Action Agent Web System,[3] Point2 Agent,[4] Agency Logic[5] and Single Property Sites.[6] The Council is also recognized by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Better Business Bureau (BBB).[7]

History

The Council began in 1923 when Realtors National Marketing Institute (RNMI, then known as the National Institute of Real Estate Brokers) was established to provide "practical education for its Members and working with them to establish sound and ethical practices...and to promote the professional standards of Realtors."[8] In the 1960s, the Institute established divisions for commercial real estate and residential brokerage whose main focus was education. By 1974, the residential brokerage division began to discuss the development of training courses for sales agents that could potentially lead to a professional designation. Those plans culminated in 1977 when charter members who "had demonstrated extensive experience and knowledge of residential real estate" received the Certified Residential Specialist Designation.[9] In 1985, RNMI endowed what was then called the Residential Sales Council, Real Estate Brokerage Managers Council and the Commercial-Investment Real Estate Council with their own bylaws and governing powers.[9]

Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designation

The main function of the Council of Residential Specialists is to oversee and provide benefits to the CRS Designees. To earn the designation, realtors must fulfill one of several education and transaction options:

Option A Option B Pro-Program *(minimum of 10 years licensed)* Managers Program
Transactions Required 75 within five years
OR
$25 million over five years ($5 million/year average)		 25 with no time frame
OR
$8 million with a minimum of 10 transactions within any 2 years		 150 with no time frame
OR
average of $1 million per year with a minimum of 40 transactions		 Directly oversee a minimum of 400 closed residential transactions
OR
Directly oversee $80 million in closed residential transactions
OR
Have 4 years of real estate management experience
Core Units 4 6 2 6
Elective Units 4 4 N/A 4
[10]

Realtors must also be in good standing with the National Association of Realtors which has drawn some criticism because of the independence of the organization but is ultimately required due to its affiliation with NAR. The Council also has strict guidelines on which transactions count and has limited them to: single family home, townhouse, cooperative, up to and including four-unit building, duplex, condominium or permanently affixed mobile home unit.[11]

Upon earning the CRS designation, the Realtor abides by a strict code of conduct which includes many rules and regulations such as: keeping confidential information safe, fully disclosing any issues with the property that is apparent to someone with that level of expertise and informing clients of any additional compensation or commission if a sale or referral is made.[12] Violations of the code of ethics could eventually lead to revocation of an individuals real estate license.

Political Action

During the period 1998-2009, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) spent the 10th largest amount lobbying out of any political action group in the United States.[13] Despite the Council's affiliation with NAR, they currently have no active PAC group and do not contribute any funds to RPAC (Realtor Political Action Group).

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.crs.com/About_CRS/58 |title=About CRS |work=CRS Web site |publisher=Council of Residential Specialists |accessdate=February 2010}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.crs.com/Products/72 |title=CRS Quality Tested Product Seal & Approval Process |work=CRS Web site |publisher=Council of Residential Specialists |accessdate=February 2010}}
3. ^{{cite press release|title=CRS features Pro Step Marketing and its quality-tested product for February|publisher=Pro Step Marketing via TransWorldNews|date=February 9, 2009|url=http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=75792&cat=1|accessdate=25 February 2010}}
4. ^{{cite press release|title=Point2 Technologies Receives Council of Residential Specialists "Quality Tested" Approval for Point2 Agent Real Estate Solution|publisher=Point2 Technologies|date=September 7, 2005|url=http://point2newsroom.com/2005/09/07/point2-technologies-receives-council-of-residential-specialists-%E2%80%9Cquality-tested%E2%80%9D-approval-for-point2-agent-real-estate-solution/|accessdate=25 February 2010}}
5. ^{{cite press release|title=AgencyLogic Receives Council of Residential Specialists 'Quality Tested Seal of Approval' for PowerSites, an Innovative Single Property Website Creation and Marketing Tool|publisher=AgencyLogic via IssuesWire|date=August 29, 2006|url=http://issueswire.com/releases/2006/08/prweb430208.htm|accessdate=25 February 2010}}
6. ^{{cite press release|title=Single Property Sites Awarded CRS Quality Tested Seal of Approval|publisher=Single Property Sites via PR.com|date=June 16, 2009|url=http://www.pr.com/press-release/159093|accessdate=25 February 2010}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbb.org/online/consumer/cks.aspx?ID=10202259273121881&n=36853|title=BBBOnLine Participation and BBB Accreditation Confirmed For Council of Residential Specialists (CRS Profile)|date=25 February 2002|work=BBB Online|publisher=Better Business Bureau|accessdate=25 February 2010}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.realtor.org/letterlw.nsf/pages/mmmAppendixB|title=Appendix B: Other Marks and Logos.|work=National Association of Realtors web site|publisher=National Association of Realtors|accessdate=25 February 2010}}
9. ^1 Council of Residential Specialists: History of the Council of Residential Specialists, page 8. Council of Residential Specialists, 2009.
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.crs.com/File/PDF/designation_requirements.pdf |title=CRS Designation Requirements |work=CRS Web site |publisher=Council of Residential Specialists |format=PDF |accessdate=February 2010}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.crs.com/Designation/63 |title=CRS FAQs |work=CRS Web site |publisher=Council of Residential Specialists |accessdate=25 February 2010}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.realtor.org/mempolweb.nsf/pages/code |title=Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the National Association of Realtors |work=NAR Web site |publisher=National Association of Realtors |date=1 January 2010 |accessdate=25 February 2010}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indexType=s |title=Top Spenders |work=Lobbying Spending Database |publisher=The Center for Responsive Politics |accessdate=February 2010}}

External links

  • crs.com
  • realtor.org
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