Thirty-three Lake Homes Realty agents were honored with a Premier Agent designation during the brokerage’s 2017 Agent Summit, held Oct. 17-20.
The designation was awarded to Big Wave and Aqua Award recipients from across eight states, and nearly 25 lake real estate markets.
“We are just so glad to see so many of our agents succeeding in their lake markets,” said Doris Phillips, COO of Lake Homes Realty. “Awarding them with these honors recognizes how hard they have all worked in the last year and what an asset they are to the Lake Homes team.”
Big Wave and Aqua Awards Explained
Lake Homes Realty’s Big Wave Award is presented to agents who have obtained a total transaction volume of at least $3.5 million up to, but not including, $10 million.
Winners of the Aqua Award are agents who have a total transaction volume of $10 million or more.
“Transaction volume, for the purposes of Lake Homes awards, is based on sale price independent of the sides represented,” explained Lake Homes Realty CEO, Glenn S. Phillips. “Further clarified, this means sale price apart from whether an agent represents a single side of the transaction, either the buyer or the seller side, or both sides.”
This transaction volume must be obtained within a 12-month evaluation period.
For 2017, this evaluation period was from Sept. 1, 2016 through Aug. 31, 2017.
Referral transactions are not included in determining the winners of company’s Big Wave and Aqua Awards.
Award Winning Agents
Aqua Award Winners for 2017:
- Allison Adams: Lake Tuscaloosa, AL
- Angela VanHouten: Lake Martin, AL
- Ardina “Ardy” Franssen: Lake Lanier, GA
- Bruce Jones: Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, TX
- Carol Vandyke: Lake Marion, SC
- Cat Thornton: Lake Murray, SC
- Connie Nealy: Lake Hartwell, GA/SC
- Dana and Greg Issac: Lake Anna, VA
- Erica Wilson Vaughn: Lake Norman, NC
- Jim Williams: Fort Loudoun Lake, TN
- John Franklin: Lake Martin, AL
- Les and Bonnie Burleson: Lake Gaston, NC/VA
- Marie Skillern: Wheeler Lake, AL
- Pam DeBlasio: Lake Livingston, TX
- Patricia Mathis: Tims Ford Lake, TN
- Rachelle McClard: Lake Hamilton, AR
- Steve Fuentes: Lake Wylie, SC/NC
- Terri Gates: Norris Lake, TN
- Terry & Sherry Norton: Lake Wedowee, AL
- Tony Luna: Center Hill Lake, TN
- Ty Miller: Weiss Lake, AL
- Wayne Hobin: Lake Keowee, SC
- Freddie and Sandie Hurley: Lake Keowee, SC
Big Wave Award Winners for 2017:
- Doug Giesler: Lake Murray, SC
- Justin Dyar: Smith Lake, AL
- Kim Jenkins Clark: Lake Greenwood, SC
- Lisa Steele: Lake Allatoona, GA and Lake Arrowhead, GA
- Margaret Decker: Lake Oconee, GA and Lake Sinclair, GA
- Nicole Walters:Logan Lake Martin, AL
- Wally Cawthon: Jackson Lake, GA ; Lake Oconee, GA and Lake Spivey, GA
LHR Premier Agents Benefits
The Aqua and Big Wave Awards, which are presented annually at the Lake Homes Realty Agent Summit, are two of the company’s most prestigious awards.
“In addition to being recognized for their outstanding effort, performance and dedication to Lake Homes, our agents also reach Premier Agent status as winners of these awards,” said Phillips. “With this designation, agents are able to market themselves as our company’s top earning lake-area real estate experts.”
These agents are some of Lake Homes Realty’s best ambassadors, characterizing the business as convenient, attentive, and passionate about finding its clients the lake-area homes they have always dreamed of.
With continued success and efforts of agents like those awarded Big Wave and Aqua honors, Lake Homes Realty remains the nation’s largest, lake-area real estate focused brokerage.