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December Top Producer 2023

“December: A month of lights, snow, coziness, and feasts; time to make amends and tie up loose ends; finish what you started and make your wishes come true.” – Unknown

The last two sentiments of this quote, “finish what you started and make your wishes come true”, while words of wisdom for anyone, can be a juggernaut for the real estate professional looking analytically at the year behind them with an intent on improving the year ahead.

Wrap up, assess, plan, reconfigure as needed. Why? Because the market is always changing. The advertising spend that worked last year may not be working now. Mortgage rates change. Expectations shift accordingly. Those who anticipated difficulty and became the agents of change sustained the momentum to keep going.

In the last month of 2023, Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in Chino Hills, California, made a bid for the top spot and takes the lead. A total of ten sides makes for a very satisfying close to this chapter.

For the rest of our report, you will be seeing double. It’s not you! It’s us! There are ties for second, third, fourth, and even fifth places here.

It was the most wonderful time of year, indeed. In second place: Jack Bailey and the team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro, and Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota. Both offices close out the month with six sides.

Mario Ferrante, Help-U-Sell Metropolitan

Michigan takes over third place with Mario Ferrante from Help-U-Sell Metropolitan in Woodhaven, and Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron. Each office brought four sides to end the year.

John Powell, Help-U-Sell SE Rita Ranch Realty

Three sides each snags the fourth place for John Powell at Help-U-Sell The Powell Group in Tucson, Arizona, and Nathan Douglas of Help-U-Sell Santa Maria, in Santa Maria, California.

Suffice to say, our Top Producers finished what they started this month.

Office	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	7	3	10
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	3	3	6
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	4	2	6
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	1	3	4
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	3	1	4
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	2	1	3
Help-U-Sell Santa Maria	2	1	3
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	1	1	2

Over here on the Gross Sales Volume Report…

Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in Chino Hills,California, earns the double crown this month by being in first place on both reports. He closes December with nearly $6.5 million.

Seeing double once more, Jack Bailey and the team Help-U-Sell Greensboro, North Carolina, claim second place with $1.5 million for the last month of the year.

As close to a tie as possible in third place, is Kurt Steffien of Help-U-Sell Coast and Valley in Santa Ana, California. Kurt is in third place by a difference of only $39,500. We say that $1,500,00 isn’t a bad way to end the month!

December has the distinct honor of bringing everything to a close with the promise of a new beginning at the same time. Thank you to all who were there with us.

Office	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$6,488,000
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$1,539,500
Help-U-Sell Coast and Valley	$1,500,000
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Specialists	$1,375,000
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$1,002,900
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	$974,700
Help-U-Sell Wright	$899,000
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	$825,000
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$688,000
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	$658,000
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$608,400

Top Producers for July 2014

Ken Kopcho, Help-U-Sell Santa Maria — Help-U-Sell Santa Maria, owned by Ken Kopcho, closed 12 sides in July.

Congratulations to our top-producing offices for July 2014! It was a competitive month. We had an amazing five-way tie for third place.

1) In first place for the second month in a row, North Carolina’s Help-U-Sell Triad Realty closed 17 sides in July. Six were buyer sides and 11 were seller sides.

2) With a dozen closed sides, Help-U-Sell Santa Maria took the second spot. Broker/owner Ken Kopcho and his staff did two buyer sides, two seller sides, and four dual-sided transactions.

3) Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate, in Virginia, wrapped up July with 11 closed sides: three buyer, two seller, and three dual-sided transactions.

3) Help-U-Sell Greensboro‘s 11 sides consisted of five buyer sides, four seller sides, and one dual-sided transaction.

3) Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties had an almost balanced month, with six buyer and five seller sides.

3) Help-U-Sell Legacy, located in Layton, Utah, closed three buyer sides and eight seller sides.

3) Out of Chino Hills, Calif., Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties completed nine seller sides and one dual-sided transaction.

4) Rounding out our top producers for July, Wisconsin-based Help-U-Sell Jeff Braun Realty closed one buyer side, one seller side, and four dual-sided transactions.

We also like to acknowledge our offices that saved individual sellers the most money each month. Hawaii-based offices Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties and Help-U-Sell Home Advisors each helped a client sell a home for more than $1 million, and each client saved thousands of dollars in commissions!

[Figures as of August 12, 2014.]

Help-U-Sell Family Gatherings

Help-U-Sell Real Estate Training in Southern California — Several Help-U-Sell Real Estate franchisees from Southern California attended a training day in Irvine, Calif., in March.

Last week, Help-U-Sell Real Estate franchisees from Southern California gathered to network and connect in Irvine, Calif. The home office’s Ron McCoy led the group, which included owners of Help-U-Sell Advance Realty, Coast and Valley, Conejo Valley, Distinctive Homes, Flint Realty, Irvine, Riverside Realty, Santa Maria, Sunrise, and Wright Realtors.

One attendee raved about the meeting, saying it was full of “really meaningful content.”

If you missed the gathering, don’t worry. You can join us for our annual Success Summit this fall! Brokers and agents from the entire country will get together for a few days of learning, networking, and enjoying each other’s company.

Last year, we had a phenomenal turnout and, by all accounts, it was worth attending. One Summit-goer wrote about his experience, “Here we can give and receive; we benefit from the experience of others; we establish and renew friendships; we participate in a generosity of spirit evidenced by a desire to help everyone else. You can’t get it from a book. You can’t get it from a webinar. You have to be there.”

This year’s Summit will take place in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood. The dates are Tues., Oct. 14 through Thurs., Oct. 16. Please mark your calendars and watch for more details, including how to register and how to reserve your hotel room.

We want to see you in Las Vegas this October!

Top Producers for October 2013

John Powell of Help-U-Sell Galleria Realty — Help-U-Sell Galleria Realty, owned by broker John Powell with his wife Maria, tied for third place with 11 closed sides in October.

As regular readers of Connect know, we held our annual Success Summit last month. Our top-producing offices took the word “success” to heart. Combined, they closed 95 sides in October!

1) Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate, in Waynesboro, Va., completed the month with a lucky 13 closed sides: one buyer side, eight seller sides and two dual-sided transactions.

1) Tied for first place, Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties closed four buyer sides, seven seller sides and one dual-sided transaction.

2) Help-U-Sell Metropolitan, in the greater Detroit area, finished the 10th month with 12 closed sides: eight buyer sides and four seller sides.

2) Help-U-Sell Santa Maria was almost as balanced as possible last month. Broker/owner Ken Kopcho’s office closed two buyer sides, four seller sides and three dual-sided transactions.

2) Help-U-Sell Select Real Estate, out of Eugene, Ore., also closed a dozen sides consisting of two buyer sides, eight seller sides and one dual-sided transaction.

3) In a three-way tie for third place, Phoenix’s Help-U-Sell Galleria Realty claimed 11 closed sides. They were almost evenly split between buyers and sellers, with six being buyer sides and five seller sides.

3) Help-U-Sell Greensboro also had six buyer sides, which makes sense given broker/owner Jack Bailey’s successful buyer consultation program, along with three seller sides and one dual-sided transaction.

3) North Carolina’s Help-U-Sell Triad Realty wrapped up October with two buyer sides, seven seller sides and one dual-sided transaction.

We celebrate our double-digit producers! We also want to acknowledge five offices that closed transactions on properties with sale prices of more than $1 million! Congratulations to Help-U-Sell Action Properties, Help-U-Sell Federal City Realty, Help-U-Sell Smart Realty Pasadena, Help-U-Sell Vantage Realty, and Help-U-Sell Westside Realty, which had two closings over $1 million. One was for $11 million, including furnishings!

[Figures updated as of Nov. 12, 2013.]

Top Producers for August 2012

Our top producers apparently didn’t take vacations in August. The offices, representing five different states, rounded out the last unofficial month of summer with a combined total of 47 closed sides.

1) Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties finished in first place again, but on its own this time, matching July’s impressive 16 closed sides. Half of those were seller-only, six were buyer-only and one was a double-sided transaction.

2) In a three-way tie for second place, Help-U-Sell Central Properties, out of Chandler, Ariz., had eight closed sides: seven seller-only sides and one buyer-only side.

2) Also with eight sides, Indiana’s Help-U-Sell Options Unlimited closed two double-sided transactions, three seller-only sides and one buyer-only side.

2) Help-U-Sell Santa Maria in California rounded out the second-place finishers. Ken Kopcho’s office closed one double-sided transaction, four seller-only sides and two buyer-only sides.

3) Perennial top producer Help-U-Sell Detwiler Realty took third place with seven closed sides, five of which were buyer-only sides.

Congratulations to everyone!

[Figures as of Sept. 4, 2012.]