“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” – Sylvia Plath
“The odd uneven time” might be how people are describing the current state of the real estate market. Many buyers are postponing buying a house. Many sellers are deciding to stay put a while longer; This is in conjunction with general concerns about the economy, and with mortgage interest rates specifically. Regardless of mixed news and grayish tidings, that news does not deter our Top Producers from carrying on with their best practices for maintaining constant communication with past sellers and buyers, and creating leads that pay off into sales.
When you are great at what you do, you do not sweat the news. No one has fine tuned this sentiment into sales better than Jack Bailey at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. Jack and his trusty team finished August on top with 18 total sides.
Taking second place for a second consecutive month is Mario Ferrante from Help-U-Sell Metropolitan in Woodhaven, Michigan. Mario and his team come in with eight sides for the eighth month.
In third place is Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota. The Minnesota team made the board with five sides for August.
With four teams coming in with a tie for fourth place, the Help-U-Sell family offices are determined to march forward and make valuable efforts that pay off.
| Office | Seller | Buyer | Total |
| Help-U-Sell Greensboro | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Help-U-Sell Metropolitan | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Help-U-Sell Legacy | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters | 1 | 2 | 3 |
On the Gross Sales Volume report, there is a little of everything.
With 18 sides from the first report, it’s no surprise to see Jack Bailey at the top spot here as well. The busy team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina took a vote and decided they would crush the close of summer with $6.5 millions in sales.
In second place we find Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in Chino Hills, California. His team finished the summer with $3.4 million.
We are back to the islands for third place.
Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii completes the endless summer with $2.9 million.
Plenty of offices in the Help-U-Sell family had million dollar months, and a couple of “pretty close” to a million, too. We continue to salute and celebrate the hard work you’ve made happen.
| Office | Gross Sales Volume |
| Help-U-Sell Greensboro | $6,558,450 |
| Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties | $3,400,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties | $2,994,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Legacy | $1,703,900 |
| Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate | $1,681,400 |
| Help-U-Sell The Powell Group | $1,562,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers | $1,409,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Metropolitan | $1,354,900 |
| Help-U-Sell Wright | $1,239,000 |
| Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty | $974,800 |
| Help-U-Sell 951 Realty | $910,000 |