Real Estate Professionals
Your path into the Five Star Institute real estate professional community.
The agents and brokers who work REO, distressed property, and institutional real estate operate in a market that looks nothing like conventional residential. The relationships are longer to build. The transactions are more complex. And the professionals on the other side of every assignment have their own standards for who they work with.
Five Star Institute’s real estate professional community exists because this market requires its own infrastructure: a credentialing system that asset managers and servicers recognize, events where the institutional professionals who control inventory actually participate, and membership benefits built specifically for how this business works.
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 (17,000+ subscribers), digital magazine, and MP Access podcast
FSI Offers
Free cash offer aggregation on any property address, unlimited, no membership required
Community
Social communities across platforms, select free courses and webinars through Five Star Academy
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 and access to the Five Star Editorial team
Education
Select complimentary courses through Five Star Academy, live virtual webinars and events, 20% off all educational offerings
FSI Offers Platform
Free monthly leads, cash offer aggregation, website visitor intelligence, property marketing tools, and skip trace
Community
Community Corner profile eligibility in MortgagePoint and connection to the broader FSI professional network
Channel Discounts
10% off all other FSI channel offerings, including advertising and sponsorships
One additional closing per year more than covers the cost of membership.
FORCE
$1,495 per year
Certification Required
FORCE is the destination credential for REO agents and brokers. Built on 15 years of practitioner credentialing through Five Star Academy, FORCE is the designation that institutional professionals recognize when building and managing their practitioner networks.
Everything in Five Star Alliance, plus:
FORCE Red Book
The directory distributed to servicer-side asset managers and disposition teams nationally
FORCE Connect
Structured meeting format with direct, scheduled time with institutional professionals at FSI events
Complimentary Event Registration
Five Star Conference and FSI events included with membership
Advisory Council Eligibility
Voice in credentialing standards, event programming, and community direction
Priority MortgagePoint Coverage
Community editorial features and thought leadership positioning
Highest FSI Offers Allocation
25 enriched leads per month, lowest overage rate, dedicated platform support
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.
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, structured introductions, and the debut of the FSI real estate professional community. FORCE Connect, the Asset Manager Panel, FSI Offers platform launch, and the Charter Member offer.
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.
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.
Five Star Institute | Real Estate Professional Community
thefivestar.com |
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membership@thefivestar.com |
(214) 525-6700