Sierra Nevada CRS Chapter Membership Benefits
Superior Education CRS develops real estate courses that are continuously updated to give practical, ready-to-use skills and techniques that help REALTORS® achieve the next level of success. Sierra Nevada Chapter Members are offered a discount on all courses that we sponsor.
Continuing Education In conjunction with our title company affiliates, many discounted continuing education classes are offered to our Chapter members.
Networking Opportunities Luncheons and Member social events provide Members with the chance to meet and mingle with top REALTORS® in the area as well as enjoy informative speakers assisting Members in keeping abreast of current community and legal issues.
Chapter of the Heart Project The Chapter orchestrates a Fashion Show Fundraiser benefiting a local charity each year. The CRS organization encourages every Chapter to make a difference through humanitarian efforts in their community. The Chapter helps those in need with our donations and with our time in various endeavors.
Referrals The CRS Referral Network can boost your business and your bottom line through allowing you the confidence in placing referrals to other CRS agents who have experience, education and expertise in the real estate business.
Leadership Chapter and National leadership opportunitiesoffering specialized leadership training and opportunities to attend National meetings in Washington DC and NAR Conventions.
Newsletter and E-mail The Chapter newsletter and timely e-mails keep you up to date on Chapter information, events and meetings.
Jo Ann Allen Scholarship As a lasting memorial to our friend Jo Ann Allen CRS, who believed in the professionalism that education brings, scholarships to CRS classes are awarded to Chapter Members.
SierraNevadaCRS.com The Chapter website gives you access to our membership roster, our calendar of events, news from the Chapter as well as the National Council and links to CRS online classes and CRS endorsed products.
Recognition The CRS designation is known in the industry as the “Proven Path to Success”. Holding the designation along with participation in your local chapter sets you apart from other REALTORS®.
Our over 48,000 members comprise a network of today's top real estate professionals. The CRS Membership Referral Directory puts you in front of REALTORS®, buyers and sellers looking for a qualified agent across the country. One referral could pay your membership many times over. The directory is available in print and online. The Directory lists CRS Designees and is sent to all members.
Our magazine, The Residential Specialist, is a superior educational resource, providing information and the tools you need to be exceptionally successful in selling residential real estate. The Residential Specialist is published six times a year.
The CRS.com Courses, held nationwide throughout the year, offer you the opportunity to learn key skills from the industry's top professionals and gain continuing education credit and the CRS Designation. It is without question, the best educational resource in the real estate business.
The Council's Web site links you to current Council information and tools to help you thrive in your career: the CRS Membership Referral Directory; course schedule; Quality-Tested products; promotional materials, including CRS logos and ads, member update forms and more.
Council members are eligible for membership in their CRS Chapter, which offer a wide variety of programs: locally sponsored education events, social functions with great networking opportunities, newsletters, state membership directories to encourage referrals, community service projects and local promotion of the CRS Designation. Members independently manage each Chapter.
The CRS.com Online Store is your source for CRS Quality-Tested software, videos, books, marketing tools — the products you need to work smarter and sell more. Join the Buyers Club and save even more. Visit http://www.crsstore.com/. You can shop 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Council has tools to help you promote your business locally. Use them all for the most impact!
Public Relations Program
Proactive public relations efforts have involved arranging interviews for CRS spokespeople to air and appear in articles for consumer and real estate trade publications. CRS has received media coverage from coast to coast including USA Today magazine, National Relocation Real Estate, Copley News Service, Associated Press Broadcast, Bloomberg Radio News and hundreds more publications. Visit our Newsroom for more.
