Qualifications for the star:

• The agent does not overburden their home page with excessive links.

• One of our graphic links appears on the agent's home page.

• There is a text link to our site in the "links" section of the agent's site.

• official members only

Disqualifications for the star:

• Links to more than three directory sites appear on the agent's home page

• Links to more than three directory sites appear in the agent's links section.

• The graphic link appears more than three scroll clicks from the top of the page.

Comments & Reasoning:

If a site demonstrates choice and loyalty in something as fundamental as who they link to, this is a trait that probably carries over into the rest of their business, including how they represent their clients.