Upgrade Your Career: Become a Luxury Real Estate Agent
Meet The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing
Since 2003, The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing has been the premier gold standard for licensed real estate agents who want to enter and excel in the luxury real estate market. The Institute has been attended by over 40,000 agents with 20,000 having earned the Certified Luxury Home Marketing SpecialistTM (CLHMS) designation, proven to increase agents’ earning power dramatically.
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Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS) in Washington
The Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS) is the luxury designation from The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, and it gives Washington agents a recognized way to prove their expertise in the high-end market. The path combines luxury training with documented sales performance at the top of your local market.
Washington licensees get an added benefit: the Institute’s two-day Luxury Livestream is approved in Washington for 12.5 hours of continuing education credit. CE credit applies to the livestream format, not the self-paced course.
What to expect from
The Institute experience
Experience captivating and immersive training sessions led by industry experts specializing in luxury real estate. You’ll gain invaluable knowledge to secure high-end listings, establish yourself as a trusted authority in luxury properties, effective market upscale homes, attract potential buyers, and unlock numerous other essential skills.
You’ll also enjoy a comprehensive one-year membership that provides access to a wealth of tools and benefits valued at $3,000. A few highlights are:
- Access to unlimited, free CE courses through McKissock Learning to stay up to date with your compliance requirements.
- Luxury Market Reports: released monthly, the reports provide an in-depth look at more than 150 of the most active luxury markets across the USA and Canada.
- A complimentary ACESocial account: weekly automated social posts and customized landing pages so you can consistently post content and capture leads
- Entrance to The Institute Network, an exclusive, online community for luxury real estate professional where you can network, learn, and grow.
How to Earn the CLHMS Designation
Earning the CLHMS designation is a combination of education and sales performance. Here is the path:
First, complete the Institute’s luxury home marketing training. Finishing the course makes you a Member of the Institute, which is required to hold the designation.
Next, document your sales performance. You need three closed luxury residential transactions within the last 24 months, priced at or above the qualifying threshold for your market. You can qualify as the buyer’s or seller’s agent, and co-agents count too. The properties must be single-family residential, including townhomes and condos.
Finally, submit your CLHMS application and maintain your Institute Membership, which renews at $295 a year.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS) is The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing’s designation for agents who have completed luxury training and documented top-tier sales performance in their market.
Complete the Institute’s luxury training to become a Member, then document three closed luxury residential transactions within 24 months at or above your market’s qualifying threshold, and submit your application.
Yes. The Institute’s two-day Luxury Livestream is approved in Washington for 12.5 hours of continuing education. The self-paced course does not carry CE credit.
A year of membership with luxury tools and benefits, including monthly luxury market reports and McKissock CE access, renewable annually at $295.
They recognize higher production tiers. GUILD is for agents working in the million-dollar market, and GUILD ELITE recognizes top agents performing at the $3M+ level.