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SREI is a training and coaching company dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering real estate professionals to serve the mature market competently and confidently — offering in-depth certification programs, field-tested business models, and national events, all designed for mature market mastery.
SREI is a training and coaching company dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering real estate professionals to serve the mature market competently and confidently. Founded in 2012 by Dr. Nikki Buckelew and Chris Buckelew, SREI offers in-depth certification programs — including the CSHP® (Certified Senior Housing Professional) and CSDC® (Certified Senior Downsizing Coach) — alongside field-tested business models, ongoing coaching, and a professional community. Each year, SREI’s national Legacy Conference brings CSHP®-credentialed professionals together for continued education and connection, reinforcing a shared standard for mature market mastery across the industry.
SREI is a training and coaching company dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering real estate professionals to serve the mature market competently and confidently. Founded in 2012 by Dr. Nikki Buckelew and Chris Buckelew, SREI offers in-depth certification programs built around two core credentials: the CSHP® (Certified Senior Housing Professional), earned through the Success in Seniors Real Estate® course, and the CSDC® (Certified Senior Downsizing Coach), an advanced credential earned through Downsizing Coach Skills Training.
Beyond certification, SREI provides field-tested business models, ongoing group coaching, and an active professional community — including the M3 Circle, an ongoing coaching membership for CSHP®-credentialed professionals. Each year, SREI’s national Legacy Conference brings CSHP®-credentialed professionals together in Oklahoma City for education, connection, and shared standards in serving the mature market.
Now in its 11th year, the conference reflects SREI’s ongoing commitment: equipping real estate professionals — through certification, coaching, and community — to serve the mature market competently and confidently, for the long term.
SREI was founded by two practitioners — one with a doctorate in psychology and decades of fieldwork with older adults, the other with the operational and business background to scale a national training organization.
Co-Founder and CEO of Seniors Real Estate Institute and the primary architect of its curriculum, certifications, and coaching programs. 30+ years at the intersection of real estate sales and coaching, family counseling, senior move management, and adult education — specializing in the mature market since 2000.
B.S. in Family Studies & Gerontology (Magna Cum Laude), M.S. in Counseling Psychology, and a Ph.D. in General Psychology with a focus on residential decision-making in older adult couples. Former Licensed Professional Counselor, Maxwell Leadership Certified Team Member, master practitioner of NLP, and licensed real estate broker.
Nikki is a coach, trainer, author, speaker, professor, and advocate — and the reason SREI’s training sounds nothing like anything else in the industry.
Co-Founder and COO of Seniors Real Estate Institute, where he oversees operations, technical support, events, coaching, and training. Licensed real estate broker since 1995, with 25 years specializing in the mature market — particular depth in probate, estate transactions, and the many complexities that accompany late-life real estate transactions.
BBA in Legal Studies from the University of Central Oklahoma. Certified John Maxwell Leadership Trainer and Coach, and Certified Master Practitioner of NLP.
Chris is the operational backbone of SREI — the person who makes sure everything that’s supposed to work, works.
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