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For Brokers, Owners and Managers. Real Estate Business is today's most relevant and essential publication for real estate brokers, owners and managers. This bimonthly magazine is published by the Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers (CRB Council), a not-for-profit affiliate of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR).

Real Estate Business has a targeted circulation of 10,000 CRB Council members and subscribers. The informational needs of Real Estate Business readers are served through a mix of news, features, professional opinions and practical columns.

Real Estate Business shares proven strategies to increase productivity and profitability, including innovative real estate management, recruiting, sales and marketing techniques that help readers become top-notch brokers, owners and managers.

Real Estate Business addresses timely topics of concern to the real estate industry's most dynamic brokers, owners, managers and sales associates. Our readers include individuals who work for, manage or own national, franchise and independent brokerages. They are all top producers, the elite of real estate sales, earning more than twice the income of the typical residential sales associate.

The typical CRB Council member:

  • Is a 55-year-old male with 21 years of real estate industry experience and 15 years of brokerage management/ownership experience.
  • Has a personal gross income of $152,506.
  • Has been with his present real estate brokerage firm for eight years.
  • Is affiliated with an independently owned non-franchised real estate firm, manages two offices and a median of 39 sales associates.
  • Obtained the CRB designation 10 years ago.
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The CRB Council's products, resources, and education help keep managers, brokers, and owners at the top of their field. In addition to the services and publications, it's the networking opportunities that make my Council experience so valuable.

Jim Kinney, ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI, Rubloff, Chicago, IL, 2008 President-Elect, CRB Council