Realty Executives Associates, with more than 550 real estate experts serving all of east Tennessee, has been named Realty Executives International’s Brokerage of the Month for May 2017.
Founded in 1979 by Vance Burkey, the brokerage is led by Steve Fogarty (President), Tony Rodgers (Broker/Owner), Pat McGill (Broker/Owner) and Greg Cates (CFO). Realty Executives Associates has led the east Tennessee market for nearly four decades and has once again ranked amongst the industry’s best, gaining national recognition in the 2017 REAL Trends 500 and in RISMedia’s 29th Annual Power Broker Report. The prestigious reports list the top 500 largest residential real estate companies in the country, ranking them by closed transaction sides and total closed sales volume for 2016. Continue reading →
Laura Harbison saw the value of working within a real estate team before the idea became trendy.
“The brokerage that I was with prior to Realty Executives discouraged team structures, and Realty Executives was supportive of my ‘out of the box’ dreams and goals for my business,” she says.
Harbison hasn’t looked back since joining Realty Executives in 1997 and launching her winning team, which has taken home the Realty Executives Top Gun Award since 1999. The Top Gun Award recognizes the peak achievements of the top-performing team lead in the Realty Executives network, and Harbison is the epitome of that.
Whether you want to update your home, customize it, or integrate smart technology into your design, you can’t go wrong these high-value home renovation projects:
Summer is starting to heat up, and that means your energy bills may soon pay the price. About six percent of a household’s annual expenses come from cooling costs, resulting in a net $29 billion in utility spending each year across the country. That’s a lot of green!
But that doesn’t mean you have to surrender helplessly to rising cooling costs. Continue reading →
The lifespan of an air conditioner is 15 to 20 years, depending on how often it’s used. But chances are you’re going to need to replace your AC unit at one point or another, and when you do you’ll probably have some questions. For example, is buying an air conditioner online safe? Or is it safe to buy a second-hand or refurbished AC unit? We asked a 25-year veteran of the HVAC industry all of the important AC questions so you don’t have to.
We spoke to Erik Bryan, a licensed HVAC contractor and owner of NewACUnit.com, and asked what you need to know about buying an air conditioner online.
Realty Executives Integrity, which serves home buyers and sellers throughout the entire southeastern Wisconsin area, has been recognized by Realty Executives International as the Brokerage of the Month for April 2017.
The company has gained the attention of local and national press for outstanding office culture and 2016 sales production. On April 27, 2017 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel awarded Realty Executives Integrity with a “Top Workplace Award” for 2017. Now in it’s eighth year, the annual feature recognizes the best places to work in southeastern Wisconsin, as ranked by the employees (and in this case, real estate agents) themselves. Continue reading →
Former high-volume RE/MAX Broker Sal Calabrese is leading the launch of the newest major addition to the Realty Executives system, Brooklyn-based Realty Executives Metro. According to Calabrese, a 36-year veteran on the NYC real estate scene, the move was a strategic one.
Legally, what are you required to disclose to buyers when you put your home on the market? Just major problems or current issues, or do you have to disclose past repairs as well? We posed this question to real estate lawyers in Canada and the U.S., and this is what they said:
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