RISMedia's Top 5 in Real Estate Network® will provide consumers with a wealth of benefits. A primary benefit will be that consumers will now have both knowledge of and access to those real estate agents who can provide them with the greatest value. In doing so, RISMedia, through its Top 5 in Real Estate Network®, will essentially protect consumers who will now become more cautious regarding how they involve underperforming, less experienced and unskilled real estate agents in their important real estate-related decisions.

By working with a Top 5 member, consumers will benefit from:

- Real estate decision-making tools and resources-Exclusive Top 5 Network information on all real estate-related needs will be provided to consumers and clients of members in print, online and through video.

- The five following criteria that Top 5 members must satisfy:

Experience: Consumers will take comfort in the knowledge that all Top 5 members have a minimum of three years experience (although the average tenure is substantially greater).

Results: All members are ranked within the top 10% of real estate agent productivity within the industry (although a sizable percentage are able to claim they rank in the top 2% or better).

Education: Top 5 members must satisfy professional real estate-related education requirements. The benefit to consumers is that we believe educationally oriented professionals are both better equipped and motivated to respond to the real estate-related needs of consumers.

Information Technology: Knowledgeable and effective utilization of the Internet is indispensable if consumer informational needs are to be met. Top 5 members, in concert with RISMedia, the leader in real estate information systems, are vigilant in their commitment to provide both information and Internet-related services to both consumers and clients.

Commitment to Community: When consumers call upon the services and skills of Top 5 in Real Estate members, they can be assured that members not only reflect the highest standards of real estate excellence, but also that each member has made a personal commitment to support the interest and betterment of the respective community they serve.

How Members Will Benefit from Top 5

Unique Brand Power: Members will enjoy immediate and long-term value from representing and epitomizing a "brand promise," which unmistakably signals to consumers that their search for real estate excellence has finally been simplified, systematized and made reliable.

Because the Top 5 in Real Estate Network® is neither a real estate company nor real estate franchise, those who qualify for Top 5 membership do not leave or change their current real estate company.

Clarity: At last, an achievement-based credential that the consumer does not have to "try to figure out." Rather, Top 5 in Real Estate telegraphically promotes that members rank in the highest percentage of real estate industry professionals.

If you are already among the industry's leading real estate professionals...let Top 5 help you get the word out...and just as importantly, let's get the word out that the majority of your competitors are not among the industry's elite.

Informational Power: RISMedia, the leader in real estate information systems, and parent company of the Top 5 in Real Estate Network®, is prepared and committed to provide each member with dynamic, rich, robust and relevant consumer-oriented real estate content and private label it just for Top 5 members and their websites.

Marketing Your Differentiation: Top 5 members receive print and online press releases, direct marketing materials, including the Top 5 Real Estate Report (an off- and online newsletter), and a plethora of other vibrant and consumer-satisfying marketing and promotional resources. These resources will continue to promote member differentiation by better serving the informational needs of consumers.

Top 5 Member Directory (Online): Members will be featured on the Top 5 in Real Estate website, RISMedia's website and on RealTown.com as members of Top 5 for networking and promotional purposes. Meet the Press: RISMedia will inform fellow international, national, state and local media outlets that

Top 5 members are knowledgeable, successful and accessible to them when seeking expert real estate information and advice. Top 5 Institute: The Top 5 Institute will ensure that members who aspire to ongoing development are satisfied through coaching, webinars, brainstorming and networking opportunities-both formally and informally made available.

Consumer Decision-Making Tools: By providing consumers with Top 5 branded decision-support content in the form of videos, brochures (off- and online), etc., consumers will be compelled to look to Top 5 members to help execute their real estate transactional needs. These dynamic materials will address the following consumer needs: "For Sale By Owners," "Expired Listings," "Foreclosure/Short Sales," "Selecting the Right Real Estate Agent," "Pricing Strategies" and much more.

To find out more call RISMedia at (800) 724-6000.