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After graduating from the University of Arizona back in 2010, Alexander Prewitt was determined to bring his strong economics background to the real estate industry. With nine years of experience working under a number of different teams, Alexander sought to bring his understanding of best practices and industry marketing techniques to a new team—his own. In 2019, he founded RISE with the goal of bringing a non-traditional outlook to real estate.

Sal Ventre began his career in 2012, selling homes along the Jersey Shore and winning multiple awards before starting his luxury-focused team just six years later. Now home to 15 agents, The Ventre Team is expanding into Southern Florida to continue building strong relationships and treating every client like family, no matter their price point.

In the early days of the global pandemic, husband and wife partners Phil and Victoria Gerdes were setting the stage for a dynamic real estate powerhouse that would become one of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region’s top-performing teams. Recognizing a market shift and wanting to mitigate risk as they built their team, they focused on opening up avenues of growth that allowed them to keep their central focus on the quality of service brought to clients and agents alike. 

Every good real estate agent must have a basic understanding of marketing. Whether it be physical or digital, it plays a staggering role in getting your business on the minds of potential clients. In 2020 alone, over 97% of buyers used the internet in their home search. With more and more people preparing for some of the largest decisions of their lives, virtually everyone is engaging the internet in some way, shape or form to make their real estate decisions - and you need to be on there, with a plan.

A key rule of business is that people are more likely to do business with those who they like, know, and trust. But what if you’re new to real estate, and no one knows who you are—let alone whether they like or can trust you? Although you may be listing with a well-known brokerage, the challenges don't stop there.

Being in the top 1% of real estate agents in the country is no small feat; nevertheless, Butler Group Real Estate has successfully accomplished this in the Greater San Diego area, one of the most competitive markets in the world.

When Kyle Chernetsky joined forces with Kevin Cesario in 2013, the pair established a strong foundation for years of market success in the Carmel and Monterey communities of California. They started in property management launching C&C Property Management, but soon expanded to include first- and second-time home buyers to their network of clients.

Shannon Gillette started selling new homes in 2006 and quickly became one of the top new home sales consultants in the country. In 2014, she began her career in resale and soon after began to focus on making video a significant part of her business strategy. In 2020, she formed the Arizona-based Gillette Group, which closed approximately $80 million in real estate transactions within the last year.

Paige Grove began her career in real estate in 1992. After putting her career on hold to focus on being a full-time mom to her four sons, Paige reinstated her license in 2015, and her career in real estate began to take off.