Awards/Designations:
1: CIPS – Certified International Property Specialist/1 of 1600 worldwide
2: ABR – Accredited Buyers Representative
3: TRC – Trans Referral Certified
4: CLHMS – Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist
5: CREO – Certified REO Specialist
6: Several Top Producer Awards
7: CDPE – Certified Distressed Property Expert
International Affiliates/Associations
NAR – National Association of Realtors
FAR – Florida Association of Realtors
NABOR – Naples Area Board of Realtors
Naples Area CIPS Council
REBAC – Buyers Agent council
RAMB – Real Estate Association of Miami and the Beaches.
CBIA – Collier County Building Association Sales & Marketing Council.
1: International Real Estate Federation
In today’s competitive and global real estate market, it’s not only what you know, but who you know. FIABCI membership links us to leading real estate professionals from around the world.
Through individual and association members in 65 countries, FIABCI membership gives us access to more than 2 million potential contacts. FIABCI-USA (the US Chapter) is the only international real estate organization representing the entire spectrum of the real estate industry in the US.
Conduction business globally FIABCI is also represented in the United Nations.
2: Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate
Rated “Best of the Best” by Forbes Magazine Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate is the widest provider of Luxury Real Estate Information. A collection of the world’s finest Real Estate Firms with approximately 13,000 of the best agents in the business. LuxuryRealestate.com encompasses $3 Billion in Luxury Real Estate from 25 different countries.
3: Certified International Property Specialist Network
The CIPS Designation is one of the most prestigious of real estate designations. Approximately 1700 CIPS designates exist worldwide. NAR (National Association of Realtors) studies show that CIPS designees tend to be highly experienced both in real estate and in dealing with clients from diverse cultures. For example, 85 percent of CIPS designees have been working in real estate more than 10 years; 35 percent have more than 20 years experience. Over 30 percent of CIPS designees were either born outside the US or are now based outside the US. CIPS designees are increasingly relied upon by local community and business organizations — including Chambers of Commerce and boards of REALTORS® — as international business resources. The CIPS Network is also comprised of foreign real estate organizations located in more than 50 countries around the globe. Each has signed a bilateral cooperating agreement with NAR, creating a potential international network of 1.4 million real estate practitioners connected through a common commitment to ethical real estate practices and high standards of service. NAR assigns a U.S. President’s Liaison and Ambassador Association to each foreign organization. This provides for increased contact and more individualized communication between the two groups.
4: Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist
The Institute exists to help real estate professionals provide high quality service to the buyers and sellers of luxury homes and in so doing, maximize their own success in the upper-tier residential market.
5: Global Referral Network & International MLS
A global Referral Network of Real Estate agents from around the U.S. and 60 other countries. An International MLS for advertising properties globally with the ability to limit the amount of agents who may see the listing. The ability to translate listings in 7 different languages.
6: International Consortium of Real Estate Associations
ICREA sets standards for international real estate practice and facilitates worldwide real estate transactions through its website, WorldProperties.com. ICREA and its member associations are committed to high standards of professional conduct for member brokers. Each member association has a country-specific code of conduct and, collectively, the organization has adopted a statement on International Principles of Conduct.