Realtors® Mike and Betsy Owen: Humanitarian Aid to Those in Need
A picture is worth a thousand words: Mike and Betsy Owen, shown here giving polio immunization drops to children in slums in Chandigarh, India, or helping polio patients at a hospital in India. Also pictured, Betsy Owen helping to plant and replenish hardwood trees in Africa, on land donated for the effort near Dar es Saalam, Tanzania.
BOCA RATON, Fla. – At an age when most people are slowing down and considering retirement, Mike and Betsy Owen with Coldwell Banker Real Estate in Boca Raton decided to work harder than they’ve ever worked before in Khao Lak, Thailand—a place devastated by the tsunami of 2004.
Read More »Fla.’s Housing Market Continues Positive Trends in June 2012
ORLANDO, Fla., July 19, 2012 – Florida’s housing market had increased pending sales, more closed sales, higher median prices and a reduced inventory of homes for sale in June, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®.
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Attend 2012 Florida Realtors® Convention for Latest Trends, Education Tips
ORLANDO, Fla., July 17, 2012 – Motivational advice from top industry trainers, the latest in high-tech devices and a chance to network with other real estate professionals: That’s what the Florida Realtors® 2012 Convention & Trade Expo has to offer – opportunities to increase business.
Florida Realtors® Takes Part in Gov. Scott’s Business Mission to UK
LONDON, June 13, 2012 – Representing Florida’s Realtors and the interests of the state’s real estate industry, Florida Realtors® President Summer Greene and Senior Vice President of Public Policy John Sebree traveled to the United Kingdom this week with Gov. Rick Scott and other key business leaders to show British companies and individuals that “Florida is a great place to do business.”
Read More »Realtor® Cathy Whatley: Leading with Heart
A former president of Florida Realtors® and the National Association of Realtors®, Cathy Whatley shows she is as adept at speaking to a group of colleagues as she is at taking care of business at Jacksonville-based Buck & Buck Inc., Realtors®, where she is broker-owner and president.
“The most important thing we do as real estate professionals is to best represent the buyer and seller to ensure the transaction will close,” says Whatley, broker-owner of Buck & Buck Inc., Realtors® in Jacksonville. “There are times when I will take on responsibility and not receive compensation for doing it and that’s OK, because what I’m doing is in the best interest of the buyer or seller.”
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