CIPS -or Certified International Property Specialist

CIPS Designees have completed a week of focused study in the area of assisting international real estate clients, both within local markets and globally. This training includes working with different cultures, understanding how to analyze properties around the world, specialized math training to be prepared for different measurement systems and how currency conversions will affect your transaction. Designees have also completed at least 3 international transactions, and are members of the Certified International Property Specialist Network.

The Certified International Property Specialist Network (CIPS Network) is the specialty membership group for international practitioners of the National Association of REALTORS®, the world's largest trade association. The CIPS Network is comprised of 1,500 real estate professionals who deal in all types of real estate, but with one common element: they are focused specifically on the "international" market. Whether traveling abroad to put deals together, assisting foreign investors, helping local buyers invest abroad, or serving an immigrant niche in local markets, CIPS members are consumers' best resource to ensure they are dealing with a professional skilled in the unique aspects of international real estate.

Through NAR's alliances with 70 national and regional Cooperating Associations around the globe, the CIPS Network is attracting a growing number of members from outside the US. The Network has over 1,500 CIPS designees (individuals who have completed a week-long education program on international real estate) with approximately another 300 CIPS Network members working to complete their course work and other requirements for designation status. 300 CIPS Network members live and work outside the US and belong to one of NAR's international partners.

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