Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES)®

 

 

 

  The SRES®  Council is the world's largest association of real estate professionals focusing specifically on representing senior clients in real estate transactions. There are more than 16,000 active members of the organization world-wide. As part of the requirements to earn this designation, we completed a comprehensive course in understanding the needs, considerations, and goals of real estate buyers and sellers aged 55 and older.

 

With earning the SRES®  designation, we have attained the necessary knowledge and expertise to help you through major financial and lifestyle transitions involved in relocating, refinancing, or selling the family home.  We have received special training, get regular updates, and are prepared to offer the options and information needed in making life changing decisions.

 

How Can a Seniors Real Estate Specialist®  Help Me?

 

An SRES®  designee can help you make wise decisions about selling the family home, financing, buying rental property, or managing the capital gains and tax implications of owning real estate, among many other issues.  In addition to guiding clients to the right experts on tax laws, probate, estate planning, and a variety of equity conversion strategies, Seniors Real Estate Specialists can offer clients relevant information on current trends in senior real estate transactions.

 

Your SRES®  Designee has:

 

  • Learned the application of federal laws for Housing for Older Persons Act (HOPA)
  • Adopted methods for counseling the 50+ buyer and seller
  • Committed his/herself to focus on the transaction and avoid inappropriate involvement in family matters
  • Developed sensitivities to 50+ issues on priorities when counseling buyers and sellers, showing properties, and managing transactions
  • Established reputable services that win and sustain client and customer relationships and position his/herself as a trusted real estate advisor
  • Assembled a team of experts to help serve 50+ clients and customers
  • Been educated on the uses, benefits, procedures, and issues involved in reverse mortgages
  • Ability to help clients integrate disposition of real property into estate plans
  • The knowledge to recognize mortgage finance and loan schemes that victimize 50+ borrowers
  • Learned about the uses of pensions, 401k account, IRS in real estate transactions
  • Gained an understanding of how Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security impact 50+ real estate decisions.

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Housing for Older Persons Act Website (HOPA)