About Top 5

As president of RISMedia's Top 5 Real Estate Network®, I would like to welcome you to our brand new membership website! By joining this unique real estate network, you are signaling to consumers that you have earned elite status within your profession. Consumers will take note that membership is reserved for only those North American real estate agents who have satisfied five "consumer-valued criteria."

RISMedia's Top 5 in Real Estate is committed to working with you in strategically and relentlessly conveying to consumers that any and all of their real estate needs can and should be managed by our members.

Specifically, as a member of the Top 5 network you will now begin immediately enjoying the benefits of an all-encompassing, real estate credential that goes beyond any one course or singular achievement, a credential that will be instantly embraced and understood by consumers-a credential that will finally allow consumers to easily differentiate leading agents from the rest. And what's best of all? It's a credential that only a small percentage of real estate agents can have.

As a Top 5 in Real Estate member, you will receive the following:

• The power of the Top 5 brand
• Recognition as one of the Top 5 percent of real estate agents
• RISMedia's exclusive and extensive consumer content for Top 5 members, created to populate your website with rich, relevant real estate information to share with your clients
• A multimedia PR and marketing kit that will provide you with print and online press releases as well as direct marketing campaigns to promote your membership in RISMedia's Top 5 in Real Estate Network®
• Inclusion in the Top 5 in Real Estate online directory, also featured in Real Estate magazine
• Member press releases distributed to a vast network of international, national, state and local media outlets, introducing you as a credible source of real estate commentary
• Brainstorming, masterminding and member-to-member networking provided by the Top 5 Institute
• World-class marketing pieces and DVDs for consumers on such timely topics as FSBOs, expireds, selecting the right real estate agent
• And much more!

Our exclusive membership website offers a wealth of information about the Network, including topical articles, membership videos, frequently asked questions and answers, a member directory and information about our exclusive Top 5 in Real Estate® training institute. You will also find password-protected links to digital versions of the content contained in your Welcome Kit, including the exclusive Top 5 consumer information that will be branded to you moving forward and the Top 5 "Value of Membership" brochure, where you can learn the many details and benefits of membership in Top 5.

As a new member, if you haven't already, you will soon be contacted by a Top 5 in Real Estate Member Services representative who will explain how the program will operate and what you can expect in the coming months. Top 5 will work with you hand-in-hand to ensure you are maximizing your Top 5 in Real Estate membership.

Congratulations on joining your fellow leading agent peers in RISMedia's Top 5 in Real Estate Network®! Please take a few moments to look through our exclusive new site built just for our members. We look forward to helping you reap the rewards of Top 5 by becoming even more valuable to consumers and clients. Although our over-arching premise in creating the Top 5 Network is captured in our slogan, "consumers deserve the best", we are pleased that his can only be accomplished through our members.

Sincerely,

Allan Dalton
President, Top 5 Real Estate Network