Distinguish yourself from other realtors, learn about ‘Green’ home trends, and increase your client base. By informing buyers and sellers about ‘Green’ opportunities, you will also help to save the environment.

Why GREENandSAVE...

• Provides real estate professionals with the knowledge needed to understand the (environmental, health and financial) benefits of going green so they can act as guides for their clients in purchasing green homes and buildings.


• Provides on-going information, tools, and support regarding green building features, thus enabling members to be leaders in their marketplace.


• Supports member efforts with referrals, marketing tools, and consumer awareness campaigns along with increased exposure for the real estate professionals' services.

FACT: Over 1 Million Real Estate Agents work in America.
FACT: Buyers and Sellers look to realtors to advise them on the latest trends.
FACT: The Green Movement is one of the fastest growing trends in America.

Gift Certificates and Referrals to Agents

GREENandSAVE is please to offer Real Estate Agents the opportunity to distribute Gift Certificate ‘Discounts’ to their clients for Home Efficiency Checkups. If an agent’s PAST client is not currently seeking to list their home for sale but simply wants to save energy and money, they may benefit significantly from a Home Efficiency Checkup. If the information from the checkup does not in any way impact a ‘closing’ settlement decision, then the agent is eligible to receive a referral for distributing the Gift Certificate that converts into a Home Efficiency Checkup. However, if an agent distributes a Gift Certificate to an active client that uses the Home Efficiency Checkup information to impact a ‘closing’ settlement or any form of buy/sell transaction, then the agent is prohibited from receiving a referral per the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).

The New RESPA regulations were published on November 17, 2008 and are scheduled to take full effect on January 1, 2010. Under RESPA, referrals on Home Inspections are still prohibited while referrals for Home Efficiency Checkups or ‘Energy Audits’ are deemed acceptable as long as they are not executed in connection with closing. Top legal council from major organizations and associations has corroborated this difference, but each agent and broker should weight the situation and accept referrals ONLY for past clients that seek to reduce their energy consumption and save money on their utility bills. Simply, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act was not designed to restrict agents from assisting homeowners in reaching energy efficiency but more to ensure objective representation at the time of settlement.

Many real estate agents over the years have developed a significant list of past clients that are not necessarily looking to sell their homes in this difficult economic climate, so this referral program rewards the agents that want to help drive American Energy Independence. The referral is typically $50 per Home Efficiency Checkup. With hundreds of past clients, agents can generate referrals that add up to several thousand dollars, which are naturally subject to income tax, accordingly.

• Personalized Marketing
  Material
• REALTOR Directory Listing
• Personalized "2009
  Family Guide to Going
  Green"
• Green Home Performance
  Guides
• RSS Feed "Green"
  Article Content
• Personalized Coupons

Personalized Marketing
Material

Stay "top of mind" with these helpful seasonal tips to help your client and prospects save money, energy and the environment!

REALTOR Directory Listing

REALTOR® Directory Exposure

Over 4 million people visit Philly.com and GREENandSAVE.com (combined) each month – make sure you are seen by potential clients!

In addition to supplying Philly.com with over 60% of the content for their new "green" section, GREENandSAVE powers three featured sections: Carbon Footprint Calculator Energy Savings - Scheduling an Energy Audit Green Homes – Find a REALTOR®

Personalized "2009
Family Guide to Going
Green"

Personalized 2009 Family Guide to Going Green

This twelve page guide is filled with helpful tips for both children and parents and is the perfect gift for past and existing clients.

Green Home Performance
Guides

High Performance Home Guide

This seven page guide will give you the necessary information to make sure you are giving your clients the most recent return on investment calculations for over 50 “green” projects.

RSS Feed "Green"
Article Content

RSS Feed "Green" Article Content

Gain access to our "green" article content for use on your personal website to help engage your visitors with timely news. Our team of writers updates this feed daily.

Personalized Coupons

Give your clients (or take advantage of this yourself) the gift of savings with a $100 off coupon good towards a Home Efficiency Checkup. The Home Efficiency Checkup retails for $395 and guarantees to help save homeowners at least $500 a year (money back guarantee).