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Realtors(R) Under 30 Reflect Real Estate Market Trends
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Mon Jun 2, 11:26AM
WASHINGTON, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Realtors(R) are developing expertise in specialized fields within the real estate industry to better serve todays consumers, and this years REALTOR(R) Magazine 30 Under 30 winners are no exception. The 2008 honorees practice in areas as diverse as auctions, green homes, HUD foreclosures, and international real estate.
Young real estate professionals invigorate and revitalize our industry, said National Association of Realtors(R) President Dick Gaylord, a broker with RE/MAX Real Estate Specialists in Long Beach, Calif. Realtors(R) who are young and relatively new to the profession bring fresh perspectives and can truly be industry innovators. These Realtors(R) bring value to the real estate transaction as they embrace technology, engage in their communities and elevate client service to a new level.
For example, in todays real estate market, more and more home sellers are turning to auctions. The real estate auction market rose 39 percent between 2003 and 2007, according to the National Auctioneers Association, and Realtors(R) work with both buyers and sellers in auction sales. Realtor(R) Julie First, a 30 Under 30 winner from Chicago, is an Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate designee and has sold everything from condos to mineral rights to land. I really like the fast pace of auctions, said First.
International real estate is another growing field. Realtor(R) Xiao Hui Ye, from Cambridge, Mass., emigrated from China to the United States when she was seven. Ye is laying the groundwork for her own real estate development company in Macau, China, and has even bigger ambitions on the horizon. I want to create an MLS for all of China, she said.
Social networking is quickly transforming the real estate industry, and one of this years 30 Under 30 honorees, Jonathan Washburn, is the cofounder and CEO of ActiveRain Corp., a blogging network for real estate professionals. Cyber success came early to Washburn, a Realtor(R) in Bellevue, Wash. In his first year as a real estate professional, he created a Web site that generated five to 10 leads a week immediately after launch.
Trends and specialties aside, for most of this years 30 Under 30 crop, their motivation comes from making a difference for the people they serve. In real estate, you know youve impacted someones life, said Eugene Fu, a Realtor(R) in Chicago.
Winners of the 2008 30 Under 30 award are:
Koki Adasi-Efuya
Long & Foster Real Estate
Rockville, Md.
Candace Paige Anderson
Keller Williams Realty LLC
Southhaven, Miss.
Tony Brodie
Keller Williams Realty Preston
Dallas
Michael Dimella
Charlesgate Realty Group LLC
Boston
Amanda Divito
RE/MAX Alliance
Arvada, Colo.
Julie First
Sheldon Good & Co. Auctions
Chicago
Eugene Fu
@properties
Chicago
Stephanie Gasparovic
EXIT Homeplace Realty
Hampstead, N.C.
April Hartmann
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Fort Lee, N.J.
Madison Hildebrand
Coldwell Banker Malibu West
Malibu, Calif.
Jennifer Isaac
RE/MAX Advance
Fairport, N.Y.
Ben Kinney
Keller Williams Realty Bellingham
Bellingham, Wash.
Grady Kohler
Windermere Real Estate Utah
Salt Lake City
David Kres
Buyers Brokers Only LLC
Haverhill, Mass.
Libbi Logan
Lynn Pace Real Estate Inc.
Cleveland, Miss.
Kate Lyons
Markel Homes Inc.
Boulder, Colo.
Angelica Mia Mcleod
McLeod Financial Group
West Covina, Calif.
Jose Medina
RE/MAX Commitment
Canton, Ohio
Tyler Moxley
Alain Pinel, Realtors(R)
Pleasanton, Calif.
Michael Muren
Mackintosh Inc., Realtors(R)
Frederick, Md.
Kim Penny
Prudential Triple S Realty
Durango, Colo.
Matthew Phipps
Phipps Realty
Warwick, R.I.
Candis Pressley-Blackwood
Trinity Real Estate
Philadelphia
Ryan Sampson
Eshenbaugh Land Co.
Tampa, Fla.
Bradley Veneklase
Parkland Realty Inc.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Gilberto Vergara
Sylis Real Estate Inc.
San Antonio
Jonathan Washburn
Brio Realty; CEO, ActiveRain Corp.
Bellevue, Wash.
Adam Watkins
DeLois Smith All-Star Team/
Keller Williams Realty
Hattiesburg, Miss.
Ashley Wilson
Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and
Walston Builder Services
Raleigh, N.C.
Xiao Hui (Jessica) Ye
Keller Williams Realty Cambridge
Cambridge, Mass.
Complete profiles of all of this years winners are online in the REALTOR(R) Magazine section of www.realtor.org.
The National Association of Realtors(R), The Voice for Real Estate, is Americas largest trade association, representing 1.2 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.
Information about NAR is available at www.realtor.org. News releases are posted in the Web sites News Media section in the NAR Media Center.
REALTOR(R) is a registered collective membership mark which may be used only by real estate professionals who are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS(R) and subscribe to its strict Code of Ethics. Not all real estate agents are REALTORS(R). All REALTORS(R) are members of NAR.
SOURCE National Association of Realtors
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