Five Star Institute Community

Real Estate Professionals

The community for real estate professionals working distressed property, REO, single-family rental, fix and flip, and institutional inventory.

The real estate professional working distressed property, REO, single-family rental investment, fix and flip, or institutional inventory is operating in a market with its own rhythm. Properties come from different sources. Buyers, sellers, and capital partners behave differently. The relationships that drive business take longer to build, and the work itself rewards specialization that conventional residential brokerage does not teach.

Five Star Institute's real estate professional community is built for this side of the business. It serves agents and brokers who specialize in distressed and institutional inventory, SFR investors and property managers scaling portfolios, fix and flip operators, REO specialists earning the FORCE credential, and the conventional practitioners building a path into this work. The infrastructure is purpose-built: education through Five Star Academy, the FORCE credential as the destination designation, lead generation tools designed for how this business actually transacts, and Velocity, the annual conference where this community convenes.

Your Path

Start Here

Free

No membership required. Access FSI's free resources and start connecting with the real estate professional community.

MortgagePoint

MP Daily newsletter, digital magazine, and MP Access podcast

FSI Offers

Free cash offer aggregation on any property address, unlimited

Community

Social communities, select free courses and webinars

Five Star Alliance

$495 per year

FSI's universal membership and the entry point for every real estate professional in this community. Alliance is not an introductory offer. It is the membership foundation that FORCE builds on, and it delivers real value on its own.

Events

Discounted registration to Five Star Conference and all FSI events

Media

Full MortgagePoint subscription with discounted media placement

Education

Select complimentary courses, 20% off all educational offerings

FSI Offers Platform

Monthly leads, lead intelligence, marketing tools, skip trace. Learn more →

Community

Community Corner profile eligibility in MortgagePoint

Channel Discounts

10% off all FSI channel offerings, advertising and sponsorships

One additional closing per year more than covers the cost of membership.

Destination Credential

FORCE

$1,495 per year

Certification Required

FORCE is the destination credential for REO and distressed-property specialists. A vetted membership, requiring current insurance, certifications, and HUD-compliant background checks, built on 15 years of practitioner credentialing through Five Star Academy. That rigor is why FORCE is the designation institutional professionals recognize when building their practitioner networks. The FORCE Red Book is distributed nationally to asset managers, keeping members visible where REO referrals originate.

Everything in Five Star Alliance, plus:

FORCE Red Book

Directory distributed to servicer-side asset managers nationally

FORCE Connect

Structured time with institutional professionals at FSI events

Complimentary Registration

Five Star Conference and FSI events included with membership

Advisory Council Eligibility

Voice in credentialing standards and community direction

Priority MP Coverage

Editorial features and thought leadership positioning

Highest FSI Offers Allocation

25 enriched leads per month, lowest overage rate

FORCE certification is administered through Five Star Academy. The certification course ($395) is offered at Velocity, Five Star Conference, and online.

Founding Institutional Partner

Free, Application-Based

Asset managers, servicer-side disposition teams, institutional SFR operators, GSE and HUD professionals, and NPL fund managers are eligible for Founding Institutional Partner status through December 31, 2026.

Founding Institutional Partners receive Five Star Alliance benefits at no cost, are named in the FSI RE community directory, recognized in event materials, and featured in MortgagePoint's RE community coverage.

This is not a free pass. It is a founding role in the professional network that serves your portfolio. The quality of practitioners you work with is directly shaped by the standards this community sets, and Founding Institutional Partners help set them.

Apply for Founding Institutional Partner status →

Limited Offer at Velocity 2026

Charter Member Rate

The first 100 new Five Star Alliance members who join at Velocity receive:

$300 per year, locked for the life of membership

Plus 20% off all FSI events permanently.

Once 100 spots are filled, the standard Alliance rate of $495 per year applies. Charter Members receive a permanent Charter Member designation in the FSI RE community directory. Charter Member enrollment is available as an add-on during Velocity registration.

Events for RE Professionals

Community Launch

Velocity 2026

May 20-21 | New Orleans, Louisiana

Two days of education, working sessions, and the events that define this community: FORCE Connect, the Asset Manager Panel, the Five Star Alliance launch, the FSI Offers platform launch, and the Charter Member offer for the first 100 Alliance signups.

All Communities

Five Star Conference 2026

September 1-3 | Dallas, Texas

Every FSI professional community converges at Five Star Conference. Three days of cross-community leadership, education, FORCE Connect, and the industry conversations that define direction. FORCE members receive complimentary registration.

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Governance

The FSI real estate professional community is governed by a practitioner-led Advisory Council drawn from active FORCE and community members. The Advisory Council shapes event programming, FORCE credentialing standards, and community direction. The Advisory Council Chair holds a representative seat on the Five Star Executive Council, FSI's unified governing body.

This is the same governance model that drives every FSI professional community. Practitioners lead. The association serves.