(Houston, TX, January 13, 2006) -- Diane and Bruce Kink with Keller Williams Realty, The Woodlands, TX recently completed a luxury home marketing training course conducted by The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing.

The course - which covered such topics as demographics of the affluent, lifestyle segmentation, trends and amenities in today’s luxury home product, and creating a marketing plan for the multimillion dollar property – was taught by Laurie Moore-Moore, President of the Dallas-based Institute and author of the book, “Rich Buyer, Rich Seller! The Real Estate Agents’ Guide to Marketing Luxury Homes.”

“The course, coupled with their previous success in the luxury home market segment garnered them the prestigious Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation. The Institute awards this designation internationally to sales professionals who meet performance standards in the upper-tier residential market,” said Moore-Moore. Diane and Bruce Kink are examples of real estate sales associates who work to hone the special skills and core competencies necessary to provide exceptional service in the fine homes and estates marketplace.”

Diane Kink is an award-winning real estate sales associate. She began her career in 1997 and specializes in The Woodlands, Texas market. Ranked in the top 50 of 60,000 Keller Williams agents world-wide and ranked in the top 25 of all real estate agents in the entire Houston marketplace by the Houston Business Journal, The Kink Team exemplifies quality service and discretion with their clientele.

“The training provided new insight about the upper tier market, helped us polish our skills, and provided valuable networking contacts with other agents across the country that specialize in luxury properties,” said Kink. “In addition, we discovered new and creative tools for promoting expensive homes and estates and new resources for locating qualified buyer prospects. Home buyers and sellers will benefit from our unequalled knowledge of the luxury home market.”

For current information on the upper tier market, contact Diane or Bruce Kink at The Kink Team, 281-364-4828 or email info@thekinkteam.com.