REASONS TO JOIN

BECOME A CRS

  • Download the Requirements for CRS Designation. Click Here
  • Download the Local CRS Application Click Here
  • Download the National CRS Application Click Here
  • Download the Local CRS Affiliate Application Click Here

Member Benefits

The benefits of the Council of Residential Specialists are invaluable. The Council confers the Certified Residential Specialists (CRS) Designation, while continuously providing its members with the educational, networking and online tools necessary to help them compete and succeed in the residential real estate market.

Complete Member Benefits

Referrals and Networking
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.

The Residential Specialist
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.

Education
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 ProACT "Professional Accelerated Career Track" helps you to complete the core education requirements for earning the CRS Designation in just six days. Take up to three courses in this fast, convenient program.

Website
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.

Chapters
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.

One-Stop Shopping
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.

Marketing
The Council has tools to help you promote your business locally. Use them all for the most impact!

Monthly newsletter to stay in touch with your customers and reach prospects

Promotional Package: four-color consumer brochure, fact sheets and presentation folder — all emphasize the importance of the CRS Designation.

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.