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With more than 420 experienced sales executives and 11 offices  located from Oro Valley to Sonoita, Realty Executives Southern Arizona is the largest locally-owned real estate company in Southern Arizona. Two additional offices are already in the works, and CEO Anthony Azar says the company will continue to grow, right along with the Region.
Founded by Dale Rector in Phoenix in 1965, Realty Executives came to Tucson in 1973 with the opening of the locally-owned franchise covering the entire Southern Arizona region. In addition to a strong local base, the company is part of Realty Executives International, which has more than 14,000 sales executives in 10 countries. Azar believes the international capabilities of the company have helped Realty Executives become a market leader.
A focus on well qualified agents delivering superior service also earned Realty Executives Southern Arizona a place in the top 145 out of nearly 90,000 real estate brokerages nationwide.
“Maintaining our reputation, standards and high quality of work is really the highest priority for our company,” says Sue Cartun, COO and Designated Broker for the company. “We pride ourselves on recruiting and retaining the ‘best of the best’ among local real estate agents.
“In our day to day business transactions, our Executives are held to a higher standard – only well qualified full-time agents are selected to be a part of our team - and ongoing training is provided in every aspect of home buying and selling for both new and more experienced agents. We truly believe that the best agents never stop learning, so we encourage our Executives to obtain designations and build credentials that result in ever-better client service.
“In addition, we continuously search out and offer the most up-to-date information, products, services and technology to our Executives so that they may, in turn, provide the best possible service to their clients,” she explains.
 In fact, proprietary technology is a major factor in the way the company does business. “Our agents can access all the information they need on the web 24/7,” said Azar. “That’s a big help when dealing with buyers and sellers who may live in different time zones - or even other countries!”
Because the company is locally-owned, Realty Executives Southern Arizona takes pleasure in contributing to the community in which its agents, management and owner live and work. “Giving back is just part of who we are,” said Azar.
Since 2000, Realty Executives Southern Arizona has supported Pima County’s Habitat for Humanity with volunteer labor and more than $87,000 to fund six homes for deserving local families. In conjunction with its home loan partner Pinnacle Mortgage, the company recently entered into a new philanthropic relationship with the University Medical Center’s Fasseas Cancer Center, providing flat panel televisions, computers, reading materials, children’s games and toys and other amenities and encouraging clients and business partners to become involved in the effort to make patients more comfortable during treatment.
Learn more about Realty Executives Southern Arizona online at www.gosouthernarizona.com. |