Congratulations to Sales Associate, Steve Scheppe, on being named The Rookie of the Year for The Traverse Area Association of REALTORS for 2012! This is two years in a row for Homewaters, L.L.C. with Sales Associate, Matt Geib, taking home the honors for 2011. Steve's focus is on The Peninsulas of Old Mission and Leelanau Counties including East and West Grand Traverse Bays, North and South Lake Leelanau and the other inland lakes of Leelanau County. If you have a real estate need in those areas, contact Steve and find out how he's been able to help so many other clients achieve their real estate goals. Click on Steve's photo to learn more about him and his approach to real estate.
Here is the text from Steve's nomination letter...
Steve joined our firm in March of 2011 after selling his
successful landscape/service business.
It was his experience in that venture and other previous businesses he
managed where Steve gained the essential skills needed to be successful in the
real estate industry. He was used to
working long hours that were often unpredictable. He recognized that a successful business
relied on building strong customer relationships and winning over those clients
who can sometimes seem impossible to please.
And, most importantly, knows that any business is only as successful as
the effort one is willing to put into it.
Steve was tasked with the daunting job of competing against
some of the biggest names in Traverse City real estate as he pursued a career
listing and selling properties on Grand Traverse Bay. With a well defined strategy and his
willingness to work as hard as needed to be successful, Steve has found early
success by closing over $2,700,000 in volume in just his first 18 months. These sales include a variety of property
types including a number of premium bay front properties that went previously
unsold with very prominent REALTORS.
I’ve received numerous comments from fellow REALTORS and
other industry professionals that have had the opportunity to work with Steve
directly about how professional, courteous and attentive he is to each and
every transaction. He had to deal with a
number of extremely demanding clients and very complicated transactions during
his first 18 months. By remaining
solution oriented, he showed an impressive ability to keep all parties on
course and eventually close a number of transactions that could have very
easily fallen apart if not managed properly.
It’s great to know that someone of Steve’s integrity is now proudly
representing the real estate industry in our area.
Busy with a new baby coming into their family (his third),
Steve still found time to attend a number of WCR events, YPN events and
volunteer with The Watershed Center to do beach clean up to take care of the
area he now services. Now a member of
WCR, Steve has shown a willingness to sacrifice his own personal time to
improve his own business and the REALTOR community in Traverse City.
We’re very proud to have Steve representing our firm in The
Traverse City Area and are very confident he’ll continue to add to his early
success and become a very valuable member of the REALTOR community at TAAR. Thank you very much for your
consideration. I believe Steve is
certainly deserving of the honor.
