Fund the Fix
When a deposit, cash to close, a payoff, or a seller's proceeds are stolen, the deal dies or the lien never clears. endREF trains and certifies real estate agents to catch fraud before the money moves.
Why sponsor agent training?
Title and settlement companies have built fraud defenses inside the closing file. But most fraud takes shape months earlier, during the window when agents are the client's only trusted contact. Training agents extend your fraud defense upstream, to where the fraud begins.
“Brokers are encouraged to have a risk-reduction plan in place and regularly offer AI cybersecurity and wire fraud training for agents and staff.”
National Association of Realtors
The return on sponsorship
01
Agent relationships
Sponsors and title agents show up in brokerage offices as protectors, not marketers. Training builds the agent relationships that title companies compete for.
02
Loss avoidance
Every fraud a trained agent helps stop is an escrow loss a title agent never absorbs and a lawsuit no one defends. For underwriters, it's a lien priority claim never paid and a title claim never filed.
Built to be neutral
endREF is independent and vendor neutral. That structure is deliberate, and it protects every sponsor's investment.
Equal footing
Every Founding Sponsor holds the same position. No sponsor owns the program.
Capped financial commitments
No single sponsor can dominate a category. endREF’s mission stays bigger than any brand.
Content autonomy
endREF controls the curriculum. Sponsors fund education, not advertising, and that is exactly why agents will trust it.
Why fund this alongside your competitors?
Fraud is a shared loss. Fraudsters don't check whose name is on the file, and no sponsor wins when funds are stolen from a closing.
A standard, not a course
States mandate topics, not one company's content. A curriculum funded across the industry is the standard regulators can adopt, and every sponsor strengthens that case.
Shared cost, full benefit
Each sponsor funds a fraction of the national build and receives all of it.
A table no one can build alone
Founding sponsors seat their fraud leaders at one table. Only a neutral body can convene competitors.
Competition moves to delivery
You still differentiate: your own branded delivery, your own distribution, your own agent relationships. The standard is shared. The execution is yours.
What your sponsorship builds
Every presentation, CE enrollment, and Agent Toolkit signup is measured. You receive the engagement data from the programs you fund: attendance, survey results, and adoption trends. You will know what your investment is doing.
What Founding Sponsors receive
Founding status, permanently
The founding cohort closes when the launch commitment is met. That distinction never becomes available again.
Brand presence
Your name on the training agents receive and the materials they keep.
Distribution rights
Your name on the training agents receive and the materials they keep.
A seat at the table
Your fraud leader joins the founding council, the one table where competitors sit together. Council members advise endREF on training priorities before courses are built.
The founding window is open now.
Founding status goes to the sponsors who move first. Let’s talk.
Contact Rich Hopen at rich@endREF.com | 908.917.7926 or complete the form below.