Seniors RE Specialist
This SRES® certification is the only designation and marketing program specifically designed for senior property owners. These designees demonstrate excellent knowledge and expertise to counsel senior clients through the major financial and lifestyle transitions involved in relocating, refinancing, or selling a home.
SENIOR REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST
Programs Designed For Each Generation, 1920's to 1970's
Downsizing-Saving Taxes-Maintain A Lifestyle-Time To Enjoy Life
A ONE STOP SERVICE SOURCE
FINANCING OPTIONS: Many Programs To Meet Immediate/Future Needs
TAX DEFERRED EXCHANGES: Different Types & The Many Benefits
CONVERSION OF EXISTING PROPERTIES
SENIOR CENTERS INFO
Structure Current & Future Real Estate Transactions
Free "Special Reports"
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What's Our Story?
Tim Corliss was all about seniors - and kindness.
A former Franciscan monk, who later left the order and spent 42 years in real estate, created the Senior Advantage Real Estate Council® in 1997 to focus on the needs of buyers and sellers 50 years of age and older.
Corliss, a huge man with an irrepressible smile and relentless encouragement for others, passed away in January of 2002 after an 18-month battle with cancer. A past president of the 90,000-member California Association of REALTORS®, Corliss anticipated the senior niche long before the industry realized the net worth locked up in seniors' homes - and the anxiety they experienced selling their long time residences.
Now, Corliss' efforts are not only being recognized but they also are paying dividends for real estate professionals who choose to focus on older folks. In late 2002, the National Association of REALTORS® granted C.A.R. permission to endorse and confer the Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®) designation through its Senior Advantage Real Estate Council® subsidiary.
Corliss and his wife, Jill, owned and operated SAREC® from their home in Murphys in the heart of California's gold country southeast of Sacramento. The couple focused on providing agents with the specialized training and education materials needed for the SRES® designation. After Tim died, Jill sold the assets of SAREC® to Real Estate Business Services Inc., a subsidiary of the California Association of Realtors®.
Tim Corliss knew that seniors were living longer and sought to provide a core service for that group. He encouraged real estate professionals to take the time to truly understand senior needs - and to learn to ask the right questions at the right time and in the right tone of voice.
Corliss was right on - the senior growth came faster than the industry imagined.
Tim Corliss' valuable wrinkle for consumers and real estate professionals is beginning to receive the national attention it deserves. Unfortunately, the terrific force behind the service is no longer with us.
