Who Are the Seniors Real Estate Specialists®?

Seniors Real Estate Specialists® are REALTORS® qualified to address the needs of home buyers and sellers age 50+. The SRES® Council awards the SRES® Designation to those members who have successfully completed its education program and demonstrated necessary knowledge and expertise to counsel clients through major financial and lifestyle transitions involved in relocating, refinancing, or selling the family home. An SRES® has received special training, gets regular updates, and is prepared to offer the options and information needed in making life changing decisions.

How Can a Seniors Real Estate Specialist® Help You?

An SRES® designee can help you make wise decisions about selling the family home, buying and/or selling your own home, financing, buying rental property, or managing the capital gains and tax implications of owning real estate, among many other issues. Seniors Real Estate Specialists® can offer clients relevant information on current trends in senior real estate transactions.  SRES members are not qualified to give legal or tax advice but they can guide you to the right experts on tax laws, probate, estate planning, insurance, and a variety of equity conversion strategies. 

An SRES Designee has:

• learned the application of federal laws for Housing for Older Persons Act (HOPA).
• adopted methods for counseling the 50+ buyer and sellers
• 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
• learned about the uses of pensions, 401k accounts, and IRAs in real estate transactions
• gained an understanding of how Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security impact 50+ real estate decisions
• the ability to help clients integrate disposition of real property into estate plans
• the knowledge to recognize mortgage finance and loan schemes and scams that victimize 50+ borrowers

  Holding at 49?  Or counting backwards?

I've been expecting you.

Linnie Krug, SRES

Seniors Real Estate Advisors(SM)

at Emory Hill Residential Real Estate

Assisting Home Buyers and Sellers in Wilmington, Newark, Pike Creek, Hockessin, New Castle, Middletown, Delaware and surrounding areas. 

Reprinted and edited with permission from SRES Council.  SRES members are not qualified to give legal or tax advice and the SRES Council does not guarantee the accuracy of its members' information. All clients are strongly urged to contact a real estate attorney or certified public accountant to obtain legal or tax advice.