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 designation prepares REALTORS® to service the growing international market in their local community by focusing on culture, exchange rates, investment trends, and legal issues.

The CIPS Network is comprised of real estate professionals in 50+ countries who deal in all types of real estate, but with one common element: they are focused specifically on the international market, most often in their local area. Whether assisting foreign investors, helping local buyers invest abroad, or serving a growing immigrant population in local markets, CIPS members are consumers’ best providers of professional skills in the unique aspect of international real estate.

Through NAR’s alliances with 81 national and regional Cooperating Associations around the globe, the CIPS Network is working for your advantage.The Network has over 2,000 CIPS designees. Twenty percent of CIPS Network members live and work outside the US and belong to one of NAR’s international partners.

CIPS professional can help you with specific real estate needs around the world, including location and/or language specialties.cultural diversity, market data, investment trends, marketing strategies, currency issues and financing.

Consumers can benefit from the representation of real estate professionals who have earned the CIPS designation. NAR International administers the CIPS program and designation which focuses on ownership and transaction principles of international real estate, including specifics on real estate markets in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East/Africa and the Asia/Pacific regions.

**Excerpt from National Association of Realtors website…

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• GAR-Gallatin association of Realtors
• MAR-Montana Association of Realtors
• NAR-National Association of Realtors
• NAHREP-National Assoc of Hispanic Real Estate Professional
• SWMBIA- Southwest Montana Building Industry Association
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Furthermore, after completing Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI), Luci will become ONE OF THE MOST EDUCATED REALTORS IN THE FIELD. 

The Graduate REALTOR® Institute (GRI) symbol is the mark of a real estate professional who has made the commitment to provide a high level of professional services by securing a strong educational foundation. REALTORS® with the GRI designation are highly trained in many areas of real estate to better serve and protect their clients.

Why Choose a REALTOR® With a GRI designation?

Buying property is a complex and stressful task. In fact, it’s often the biggest single investment you will make in your lifetime. At the same time, real estate transactions have become increasingly complicated.

New technology, laws, procedures and the increasing sophistication of buyers and sellers require real estate practitioners to perform at an ever-increasing level of professionalism.

So it’s more important than ever that you work with an agent who has a keen understanding of the real estate business. The GRI program has helped the best and the brightest in the industry achieve that level of understanding.

GRIs are:

 A GRI can make a difference

When you see the letters “GRI” after an agent’s name, you can count on receiving the knowledge and guidance you need to make your transaction go smoothly. In short, you can count on getting the best service available from a real estate professional.

Don’t you deserve the best?

**Excerpt from realtor.org website

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