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Angie Ignatowski Earns NAR's Military Relocation Professional Certification

ST. LOUIS – Angie Ignatowski, one of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties owners, has recently earned the nationally recognized Military Relocation Professional (MRP) certification.

The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) confers the MRP certification to Realtors who want to help military personnel and veterans find housing solutions that will best meet their needs and allow them to take full advantage of their military benefits.

Ignatowski received the certification while at the St. Louis Association of Realtors.

When military staff and their families relocate, the services of a real estate professional who understands their needs and timetables can make the transfer easier, faster, and less stressful. Realtors who earn this certification know how to work with active duty military buyers and sellers, as well as veterans.

“We are very proud of Ignatowski and her accomplishment,” said Maryann Vitale Alles, President and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties. “Achieving this certification is not easy, but her hard work and dedication helped her reach her goals.”

The certification provides members with resources to accommodate current and former military service members at any stage of their military career. To earn the MRP certification, Realtors are required to be in good standing with NAR, complete a one-day MRP certification core course, complete pre-class readings to learn military background information and better understand important acronyms and military culture, and complete two webinars.

Formed in 2002, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties specializes in St. Louis, St. Louis County, St. Charles, Jefferson County, and Lincoln County real estate, and is part of the largest relocation and referral global networks.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties has also been named the 16th Largest Female-Owned Business in the Greater St. Louis Region. It has also recently been recognized as a Top Workplace for 2014 by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was listed as the second largest local residential real estate agency by the St. Louis Business Journal.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties ranks as the No. 1 locally-owned real estate firm in St. Louis and also ranked No. 26 in the Prudential Real Estate Services national network, No. 2 in real estate transactions recorded by the St. Louis Association of Realtors, and is in the top 20 percent of real estate firms nationwide. They also rank 6th nationwide in donations to the Sunshine Kids Foundation among participating Prudential and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices real estate affiliates.

For more information, please call Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties at (314) 835-6000 or visit them online at www.BHHSselectSTL.com. For more information about the MRP certification, please visit www.militaryrelocationpro.org.

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