September 21, 2010

Mirtha Barzaga: Our Informative, Relentless, Driven Pistol!

Mirtha BarzagaHere we are again! Time to celebrate another one of our fabulous St. Augustine realtors. This month we are spotlighting Mirtha Barzaga and if you’ve ever read one of our Top Agents Blogs you probably know a thing or two about her success. What you might not know is how highly her coworkers speak of her, which is what I found out when I asked them to use one word to describe Mirtha.

“Informative”, “Relentless”, “Driven”, “A Pistol”, “Helpful”, “Fantastic”, “Giver”, “Focused”, “Selfless”, “Original”, “Dances-to-the-beat-of-her-own-Drummer”. These are only a few of the many responses I got back. And because real estate agents are not known to follow the rules, I even accepted some lengthier descriptions:

“Always available and accessible! One of the hardest workers in our business”

“Mirtha is one of the most dedicated and hardworking agents I know. She is someone who works 7 days a week, takes care of her husband and three young grandchildren and even brings in dessert for our monthly cookouts! I am astounded as to how she does it all and keeps those balls in the air. She always has time for you and she does it with a smile.”

“Mirtha is very friendly. She always has hellos and hugs for everyone. She is never too busy to answer a question.”

The real truth of it is Mirtha Barzaga is one in a million. She was born in Cuba and came to the U.S. when she was only eight years old. She lived in New Jersey, ran a construction company, then switched gears and ran an event company. When she moved to south Florida to be closer to her children she worked in sales and marketing for one of the largest importers of fresh cut flowers. Her move to be closer to her grandchildren in St. Augustine is what led her into her real estate career. So, as you can see she has done it all!

Mirtha is so special to us here at Davidson and we love her dearly. Thank you, Mirtha for being a part of our team!

July 7, 2010

Congrats to our Top Agents in June & the 2nd Quarter!

This month we are full of congratulations, celebrating our Top Agents for June, our Top Agents for the 2nd Quarter, AND our 2 staff members that deserve more than a little recognition! Before we get into all that though, we need to give a BIG congrats to all of our Jacksonville realtors for making 26 transactions with over $5 million in sales for June and almost $5 million in closings! For the 2nd Quarter, WE HAD 85 TRANSACTIONS with over $17 million in sales and almost $13 million in closings! Now, that is OUR agents standing out from the crowd!

Ana SpezialeOur Top Lister for June is Ana Speziale with close to $500,000 in listings sold! She almost hit $900,000 in volume including her sales for the month. Hurricane Ana is taking over!dottie

Our Top Producer and Top Sales Agent in June is Dottie Lay with over $700,000 in closings and over $900,000 in sales. Dottie was our Top Sales Agent in May and is ALSO our Top Sales Agent for the 2nd Quarter with over $2.6 million in sales and listings sold. Congratulations on a GREAT quarter, Dottie!

suzyFor our 2nd Quarter, our Top Producer and Top Lister is Suzy Evans! Suzy had over $2 million in closings, over $1 million in listings sold, and when you add her sales she reached over $1.4 million! Suzy isn’t giving up that crown any time soon – she was our Top Lister for our 4th Quarter last year AND our 1st Quarter this year!DSC_0281

We want to give Michelle Gonzalez a special nod for being our Agent of the Quarter with 10 transactions totaling over $1.2 million and 6 closings of over $600,000.

Property Mgt TeamAnd, last but not least, our staff members of the quarter are John & Elsie Evans of Davidson Property Management, Inc. They are Property Managers extraordinaire! They have the smoothest running, fastest growing property management company around and we LOVE having them as a part of our family.

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