Lay Lake Agent Named Best Real Estate Agent 2019

Lake Homes Realty agent Stephanie Millard has been named this year’s Best Real Estate Agent in Hoover’s Magazine’s 2019 list of bests.

“I’m honored to have been selected by the community as Hoover’s Best Realtor,” Millard said. “I’m only here because I have the BEST clients, colleagues and support staff!”

Millard also attributes her recent “best” designation to her “client-first” philosophy.

“I’m not just selling homes or helping people buy pieces of property,” she explained. “I’m selling a lifestyle and helping clients invest in their futures. My client-first philosophy not only keeps me accessible and responsive to my buyers and sellers, but also allows me to build relationships with them that last long after closing.”

It’s these relationships and her clients’ happiness, Millard says, that gives her her deepest sense of satisfaction as a real estate agent.

This is the first year Millard has received a Hoover’s “Best” award; however, it is not the first recognition she has received for her work in the industry.

In 2018, Millard was named a Lake Homes Realty premier agent and Aqua Award winner for having closed more than $5 million in transaction volume for the year.

“Stephanie’s recent accomplishments are a testament to her work ethic and dedication to her clients,” said Lake Homes Realty CEO Glenn S. Phillips. “We are proud to have her as part of our Lake Homes Realty family and to see her hard work pay off.”  

Finalists for the 2019 Best Real Estate Agent designation included Renee Hamilton, Jennifer Harris, Gwen Vinzant, Amy Wingo.

For a full list of this year’s winners, visit http://www.hooversmagazine.com/hoovers-best-winners-2019/.

Lake Homes Realty CEO Honored by Auburn University

Lake Homes Realty CEO Glenn S. Phillips has received an Auburn University “Top Tiger” award for the second year in a row.

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Top Tiger designations are presented by the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business to Auburn alumni who own, lead or have founded successful companies and entrepreneurial ventures.

“Not only do I live by the Auburn creed, but also the members of our team do, too,” said Phillips who graduated with a computer engineering degree from Auburn. “We all believe in work, hard work, and it’s rewarding to have our success recognized by the University.”

To be eligible to receive a Top Tiger honor, alumni-led companies are evaluated on revenue growth over a minimum of four years.

Last year was the first year Lake Homes Realty was eligible for consideration. Both years the brokerage has been named to the list of award-winners in the medium-sized company class, those honorees whose revenue is between $5 million and $35 million.

Lake Homes Realty is one of three real estate brokerages in the Birmingham area named to the list. Fifty Top Tigers were named nationwide.

Other industries represented include landscaping, architecture, dermatology, digital marketing services, insurance and veterinary medicine.

Honorees were recognized at the 2019 Auburn University Entrepreneurship Summit, held March 28-29.

About Lake Homes Realty/LakeHomes.com

Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Lake Homes Realty is a full-service, multi-state real estate brokerage, and the nation’s largest lake-focused real estate company.

Leveraging the power of technology with the power of people, Lake Homes Realty uses data from nearly 100 MLSs to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date database of lake-access, lakeview and lakefront properties available today through its website LakeHomes.com.

The website also connects home buyer and sellers with lake expert real estate agents who live, and play, in their local markets.

Lake Homes Realty is currently a licensed brokerage in 24 states and is rapidly expanding its market footprint. Most recently, the brokerage opened its first western U.S. operation in Idaho.