a real estate agent or broker who is a member of the US NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS and its local and state associations or of a national real estate institute.
a mortgage that covers the costs of rehabilitating (repairing or Improving) a property - some rehabilitation mortgages allow a borrower to roll the costs of rehabilitation and home purchase into one mortgage loan.
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act; a United States law protecting US consumers from abuses during the residential real estate purchase and loan process by requiring lenders to disclose all settlement costs, practices, and relationships.