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Lake Homes Realty Agent Reaches Half-Billion in Sales

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Lake Homes Realty agent Justin Dyar received national recognition for reaching $500 million in lifetime sales during the brokerage’s Sixth Annual National Agent Summit, held October 16-19 in Hoover, Alabama.

In addition to maintaining his “Premier Agent” status for a fifth year in a row, the Smith Lake agent was presented with an exclusive “Rainmaker Award” for unparalleled effort, passion and dedication exhibited throughout his career.

Lake Homes Realty CEO and COO with Justin Dyar

“Since he began his career in real estate, Justin has been one of the most forward-thinking and savvy agents in the entire country,” said Glenn S. Phillips, CEO of Birmingham-based Lake Homes Realty, the nation’s largest lake-focused real estate company.

About Justin Dyar

A graduate of the University of Alabama, where he studied consumer and industrial marketing and computer science, Dyar became a real estate agent in 2003.

Immediately, he moved to Lewis Smith Lake to begin what has become a 15-year career in real estate.

“I chose to go into real estate because I enjoy the ability to control your own schedule, and you are unlimited as far as income and potential growth,” Dyar shared.

In 2013, he joined Lake Homes Realty, becoming the then start-up hybrid web/brokerage’s first boots-on-the-ground agent. Today, Dyar is a Realtor® and Associate Broker for the company.

“Lake Homes Realty is ONLY focused on waterfront properties,” Dyar said on his decision to join the nation’s largest lake real estate brokerage and two-time Inc. 5000 company. “No other company is laser-focused like that.”

Since then, “Mr. Smith Lake,” as he is known to locals, has made appearances on HGTV’s Lakefront Bargain Hunt and in in Top Agent Magazine and has been named the top-producing agent for his local Board of Realtors 12 years in a row, closing more than $90,000,000 last year, alone.

“Justin is the embodiment of our Lake Homes Realty brand,” said Phillips. “His joining our team was one of the first steps in setting this company up for success, and it’s been an honor having him excel right alongside us.”

“No matter the size of the deal, Justin gives every client the same personal attention, ” said Lake Homes Realty COO Doris Phillips. “What makes him a true winner is that he realizes all dreams are equal, and he works his hardest to make them all come true.”

Dyar attributes his achievements to his professional philosophy, which he believes is the key to success in real estate over time.

“Do as you say, and live right,” he said. “You will succeed. And with that in mind, I am looking forward to hitting the $1 billion mark!”

For more information about Justin Dyar, visit him at: https://www.lakehomes.com/alabama/lewis-smith-lake/justin-dyar.

Lake Homes Realty

Lake Homes Realty (www.LakeHomes.com) is a full-service, multi-state real estate company focused on lake homes and land. The two-time Inc. 5000 company is a licensed real estate brokerage in 23 states, including its home state of Alabama, and is expanding rapidly into additional states.

Lake LBJ Agent Recognized as National Agent of the Year 2018

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Bruce Jones has been named the 2018 Agent of the Year and Splash Award honoree at Lake Homes Realty’s sixth annual Agent Summit, held October 16-19, 2018 in Hoover, Alabama.

“It’s such an honor to be recognized by our company,” Jones said. “I am especially proud to win this year’s Splash Award because it honors my relationship with the community and the caliber of service I deliver, not just how many properties I sold.”

Lake Homes Realty CEO Glenn S. Phillips and COO Doris Phillips with Bruce Jones

Recognized as the company’s best overall performing agent for the year, Jones also received a “Premier Agent” designation.

Splash Award Criteria

To determine the 2018 Agent of the Year and Splash Award recipient, Lake Homes Realty agents were ranked, relative to each other, for performance in six key areas over a 12-month evaluation period.

These key areas included:

  1. Average number of days from close-to-completed office files
  2. Overall effective commission percentage per side
  3. Total sides closed
  4. Total transaction volume closed in dollar amount
  5. Percent increase of year-over-year transaction volume in dollar amount
  6. Number of listings in MLSs on September 1, 2018

To be eligible for Splash Award consideration, agents were required to have been licensed with Lake Homes Realty for at least 24 months by August 31, 2018, and completed 12 transactions or more between September 1, 2017 and August 31, 2018.

“Agents’ transaction volume also had to be $3.5 million or greater in order to be eligible,” Lake Homes Realty CEO Glenn S. Phillips explained. “This value is based on a property’s sale price, independent from the number of sides represented. Transaction volume also excludes referral transactions.”

Award Scoring

Those agents with the best performance in each of the above areas received a single point, with the next best receiving two points, the third best three points and so forth.

Each area’s points were then totaled to determine the agent with the lowest combined score, who was then named the Splash Award winner and Lake Homes Realty Agent of the Year.

Should more than one agent have had the lowest score, the agent with the highest total transaction volume in the 12-month evaluation period would have won the award.

“Our agents are the very best at what they do. They are the special forces of lake real estate, and each year their expertise and talents continue to impress,” Phillips said. “This year’s Summit was the best yet, and it’s because of the work our agents put in all year long.”

Client Advocacy-Driven Success

This year’s Agent of the Year and Splash award winner is no stranger to hard work. Bruce Jones has been selling real estate in Texas’ Austin area since 2005.

“In a industry as competitive as real estate, being willing to go above and beyond for your clients is what can set an agent apart,” Jones said. “That’s one of the biggest components of my service: being readily available to my buyers and sellers whenever they need me to be.”

Jones continued by adding most of his business revolves around former client referrals and repeat clients. Without the solid relationships he’s built over the last decade, Jones contends he might not have won this year’s Splash Award.

Not only an active member of his community, serving on the local city council, Jones is also a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Texas Association of Realtors and the Houston, Austin and Highland Lakes Association of Realtors.

“Over the next year, I’ll continue to grow my brand as a client-first lake expert by staying up-to-date with the latest industry tech, and by utilizing the tools provided to me through LakeHomes.com,” he said. “But above all else, I will continue providing my clients with the most convenient, effortless and remarkable service I’m able to provide.”

47 Agents Honored at 2018 Lake Homes Realty National Summit

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Lake Homes Realty awarded nearly 50 top-producing lake experts with Premier Agent designations at the brokerage’s sixth annual Agents Summit, held October 16-19, 2018.

“Each year we look forward to honoring the hours of work our agents have put in over the last 12 months,” said Lake Homes Realty CEO Glenn S. Phillips, “and each year, we are proud to add more names to our list of award winners.”

2018 Big Wave and Aqua Award honorees represent 10 of the 23 states in which the brokerage is currently licensed and more than 30 lake real estate markets across the Eastern United States.

Award Criteria and Eligibility

The Lake Homes Realty Aqua Award was presented to agents who, in the 12-month evaluation period, sold a total transaction volume of at least $3.5 million up to, but not including, $10 million.

Agents who had not reached this total transaction volume between September 1, 2017 and August 31, 2018 were still eligible for to win this award if they had closed at least 20 transaction sides within the time period.

Lake Homes Realty Agents Summit

Those agents who sold or exceeded $10 million in total transaction volume were honored as Big Wave Award winners.

By receiving these awards, Lake Homes Realty agents are able to market themselves as the top-producing lake experts the company has to offer.

In determining 2018’s award honorees, Lake Homes Realty defined total transaction volume as the combined sales price of each transaction, independent of the number of sides an agent represented.

“Put another way, if you were to add up the final price at which each property an agents represented sold for in the last 12 months, whether they represented a single side or both the buyer and seller side, you would reach the agent’s total transaction volume,”explained brokerage CEO Glenn S. Phillips.

Referral transactions were not taken into consideration when calculating total transaction volume.

2018 Lake Homes Realty Premier Agents

Aqua Award Honorees:

Big Wave Award Honorees:

“It’s because of these agents and their dedication, passion for helping their clients invest in the lake lifestyle, and their hard work that Lake Homes Realty continues to be the largest-lake focused real estate company in the country,” Phillips said.