Richard Dempsey, ALC, Earns 2011 CBC Top 2% Recognition for Sales

For the third time, the top 2% award goes to Richard Dempsey, ALC, Realtor®, and sales associate at Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate (CBCSRE) in Lakeland, FL. 

      He has been recognized as a member of the Coldwell Banker Commercial (CBC) Top 2% earners of 3,000 associates in the Coldwell Banker Commercial network. The CBC “Top 2%” category has an elite membership recognized from the worldwide CBC brokers and agents network and is based upon the 2011 sales year.

For 2011, Dempsey also earned the CBC Circle of Distinction Bronze award. He has earned four other Circle of Distinction awards at various levels since 2006.

Dempsey has been associated with Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate  since 2000 and specializes in large acreage tracts, citrus groves, and development properties. His real estate career began in 1984 as an appraiser for the Polk County Property Appraiser’s Office and thirteen years as a state certified general appraiser with an agricultural lender appraising a wide variety of properties. His experience includes small residential tracts up to 25,000-acre groves, along with various types of commercial properties all over the state. Having sales and appraisal experience throughout Florida, Dempsey is knowledgeable about the diverse aspects of today’s real estate market.

He has received numerous industry awards for outstanding sales in real estate, including twice in the top 25 worldwide sales associates in the global Coldwell Banker Commercial (CBC) affiliate network and top #2 rank in the region for sales performance by FGCAR (Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of REALTORS®), among others.

Dempsey was voted Realtor® of the Year in 2011 by the Lakeland Area Association of Realtors® (LAR). He is past president of LAR and the current chairman of the RPAC Committee. He is also the Florida Realtors® District 10 Vice President and serves as the Federal Political Coordinator for U.S. Congressman Dennis Ross.

Dempsey is a Lakeland native. In addition to his service to the Lakeland Association of Realtors®, he has served on the corporate Coldwell Banker Commercial technology council.

CBC Saunders Real Estate Welcomes W.C. “Boo” Graves IV as Sales Associate

W.C. “Boo” Graves, IV, recently joined Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate, as Sales Associate. Living in Vero Beach, FL, he covers the east Florida coast. He is a native Floridian, and a third-generation Indian River County citrus grower.

He has been a Florida real estate broker since 1982, specializing in agricultural land and farmland real estate. Previously, he worked for his family's citrus business that included groves, a packinghouse, and a retail fruit stand. His background includes ownership of a company specializing in agricultural and farm properties and co-ownership of an international citrus brokerage firm.

Boo has held positions on the Board of the Indian River Citrus League, the Indian River County Agricultural Advisory Committee, and the Board of Supervisors of the Indian River Farms Water Control District. He was also on the board of the Indian River National Bank for 20 years.

Boo obtained a bachelor of science degree in Citrus Business from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL. He is a member of the Lakeland Association of Realtors® and the Realtors® Association of Indian River County.

Five CBCSRE Land Professionals Attend 2012 RLI Denver Land Conference

Five of Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate's land professionals from Lakeland, FL recently attended the Realtors® Land Institute’s (RLI) 2012 National Land Conference in Denver, CO.

The CBCSRE Land real estate professionals who attended were:  Clay Taylor, ALC; Brian Beasley CCA, CNLM; David Hitchcock, ALC; William“Boo” Graves; and Dean Saunders, ALC, CCIM. We are proud of our sales associates, who continually pursue excellence through accreditation and education in their specialties.

For more information about the company, visit www.saundersrealestate.com.

(photo l-r: Clay Taylor, Brian Beasley, Boo Graves, David Hitchcock, Dean Saunders)

For Sale: Beautiful Drew Plantation- 516 +/- Acres in Lake County

Drew Plantation is a nice mix of improved pasture and wooded pasture with woods that are primarily large grandfather live oaks with some scrub land.


This parcel would make an ideal large-acreage rural subdivision for horse enthusiasts or for someone who just wants more space around them. It also would be ideal for a weekend recreational retreat. It is very conveniently located to most any place in Central Florida!

Contact Dean Saunders, ALC, CCIM at 863-648-1528

www.saundersrealestate.com 

Dean Saunders is Three-time Winner of Coldwell Banker Commercial’s #1 Global Sales Professional Award for 2011

Dean Saunders earns the CBC #1 Global Sales Professional Award for the third time.

Commenting on his sales success in challenging markets, Saunders says, “As John D. Rockefeller once said, ‘the major fortunes in America have been made in land.’ The variable market challenges will only shift the buyer’s demographics but not the ability to get land sold. Right now, strong commodity pricing is affecting farmland and is where investors are placing their money. A real estate broker needs to know their market as it relates to the repositioning of buyer demographics to be successful in all economic times.”

In 2011, the firm’s year-end totals were $107 MM in land sales, 79 transactions, and 22,771 acres sold. The company’s success rests in the expert knowledge of the 15 broker associates and agent land professionals

Summary - Coldwell Banker Commercial Awards

Dean Saunders, ALC, CCIM has earned the following awards for the sales year 2011 from Coldwell Banker Commercial:

·         #1 Sales Professional Global and North America (3^rd Time – 2011, 2010, 2008)

·         #1 Sales Professional in Florida

·         #1 Sales Professional in Land Category

·         #1 Sales Professional in Sales Category

·         Top 2% Sales Professional (2006-2011)

·         Circle of Distinction – Platinum

Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate Office has earned sales awards:

·         The Commercial Elite Office Award (#2 Office in Top 15 Globally) -2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006

·         #1 Office in State of Florida