Top Producers Q1, 2024

“In Winter, I plot and plan. In Spring, I move.” – Henry Rollins

In what is surely one of the weirdest real estate markets yet (and that is saying something), we have arrived at the end of  the first quarter. As ever, current extremes are not applicable to all markets. It’s safe to broadly say that homes are sitting on the market a bit longer now before moving into escrow. Otherwise, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of commonality between markets.

That being said, for many years Spring has been accepted as the “best” time to sell and buy a house. Statistics and reports support the notion, but other factors besides cold weather are in play. So Winter might have created some slow down, but between the March report and Q1, it does look like sales are potentially blossoming for the warmer months. So we move!

Jack Bailey

It is no surprise that Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina is at the top of Q1 Top Producers. With 34 sides, and a whopping 25 sides coming from sellers, there’s nary a dull moment.

Taking second place with 15 sides is Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota. The word “Minnesota” is a Dakota Indian phrase, meaning “sky-blue waters.” For Debra’s team, we take that as a sign of “the sky is the limit”. 

Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan pulls into third place with 17 sides. The spring thaw and savings will no doubt motivate people to get ready to spruce and sell for Spring.

Fourth place is a tie between Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills,California, and Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. Lucky 13 was the magic number.

OfficeSellerBuyerTotal
Help-U-Sell Greensboro25934
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.15621
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters13417
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties9413
Help-U-Sell Legacy7613
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties8412
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate538
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan538
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty426
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group426
Help-U-Sell Julian Team505

The Gross Sales Volume report for the first quarter of 2024 may not be bringing big surprises, but it’s bringing big numbers.

Must be something special in Chino Hills! First place goes to Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in California. The team brought in just over $11 million for the first three months of the year. 

Jack Bailey and the crew at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina are in second place for Q1. The number that brought them here is just over $8.9 million.

Jack Bailey

 

Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties

Taking third place is Richard Cricchio’s team at Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii. The first quarter brought just over $6 million in gross sales volume.

In fourth place is Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. With $5.9 million for Q1, he continues to demonstrate Utah’s unique market.

OfficeGross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties$11,041,817
Help-U-Sell Greensboro$8,960,340
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties$6,060,200
Help-U-Sell Legacy$5,985,899
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.$4,699,700
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty$4,375,000
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters$3,033,800
Help-U-Sell Julian Team$2,996,000
Help-U-Sell Wright $2,526,000
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate$2,279,300
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty$1,666,900
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty$1,662,500

March Top Producers 2024

“March, when days are getting long, let thy growing hours be strong to set right some wintry wrong.” – Caroline May

It seemed fitting to call on something about growing hours and righting “wrongs”, as indicative of the troubles besetting the real estate market in different facets. Fewer houses on the market? Check. Higher mortgage rates scaring off buyers? Check. Headlines brimming with commission scandals and lawsuits against NAR and traditional real estate brokerages? Check. Inflation concerns tempering the impulse to buy? Check. Sellers fear selling because of a lack of inventory to move into after selling? Check. 

Despite the challenges, we still sell. Help-U-Sell Real Estate experts know who we are and what we do. We continue to make moves that get results regardless of the market, because helping people with fairness and transparency is what we do, and have always done from the beginning, for 48 years.

Jack Bailey

First place for Top Producers in March brings us to North Carolina. Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro, and the rest of his team cleared 15 sides, with ten of those sides coming from sellers. 

Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota, brings her team to second place with eight sides. 

Third place travels all the way to Chino Hills, California, where we find Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties. Patrick’s team brought in six sides for March. 

Staying in California for fourth place but headed over to Palmdale, we greet Gary Julian and his son, of Help-U-Sell Julian Team. They break into a top spot with four sides. 

OfficeSellerBuyerTotal 
Help-U-Sell Greensboro10515
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.628
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties606
Help-U-Sell Legacy235
Help-U-Sell Julian Team404
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty112
Help-U-Sell Gulf Coast202
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties022
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty112
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty112

The Gross Sales Volume report has a few different offices from the usual in our top four.

In first place, the busiest man on the West coast: Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills,California. Patrick’s terrific team brought just over $6 million for March.

In second place is the busiest man on the East coast: Jack Bailey’s team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. They have $3.5 million reasons to be happy about March’s outcome.

Jack Bailey

Third place takes us to California once more to see Melissa Chan at Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty in Santa Clara. Melissa’s office clears the third month with $3.2 million.

We then buzz over to Utah for fourth place to see Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton. March brought a gross sales volume of $2.9 million for his team.

OfficeGross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties$6,014,940
Help-U-Sell Greensboro$3,538,800
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty$3,235,000
Help-U-Sell Legacy$2,940,000
Help-U-Sell Julian Team$2,557,000
Help-U-Sell Wright $2,100,000
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.$2,020,400
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty$1,662,500
Help-U-Sell Gulf Coast$1,250,000
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties$1,199,000
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty$765,000

February Top Producers 2024

“If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers… February is for doers.” – Marc Parent

Some days inspiration and motivation are harder to come by. Especially during a gray, overcast day where you may need that thicker sweater and an extra hot coffee to head outside to go and do.

The second half of our inspirational quote seems especially fitting: February is for doers. Anyone can utter promises on the eve of a new year. Taking goals seriously, with the plans and initiative to carry through takes real determination, because not every day turns out how you want or planned. Achievement means giving it your best as often as you can, trusting you will find your way there, or get a tad closer.

Here are the doers from February:

A triple tie in first place makes for a great game of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina, and Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan, all share the top spot with six sides a piece. 

Second place brings another tie between two offices and gentlemen:Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii, and Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. With five sides each, they are making every week count with a closing.

Kimberly Zelena, Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate

Taking third place is Kimberly Zelena of Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate in Waynesboro, Virginia. Her team closes February with four sides.  

OfficeSellerBuyerTotal
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.336
Help-U-Sell Greensboro516
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters516
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties415
Help-U-Sell Legacy325
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate224
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties123
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan213
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers202
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty202

On our Gross Sales Volume Report, competition makes for interesting changes.

Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties

Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii, returns to first place with another month in excess of two million. This time, it’s $2.2 million! Island time is always a good time to sell in Hawaii.

Another second place feather for the cap of Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. The second month of the year paved the way for $1.8 million in Gross Sales Volume. 

Third place is where we find Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills,California. Patrick’s team put $1.5 million on the board for February. 

Thank you for doing what you do.

OfficeGross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties$2,232,000
Help-U-Sell Legacy$1,805,899
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties$1,575,800
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.$1,560,900
Help-U-Sell Greensboro$1,540,000
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate$1,274,300
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters$947,900
Help-U-Sell Capital City$800,000
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers$737,500
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty$655,000

Top Producers 2023 Year In Review

Celebrate endings for they precede new beginnings. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

After much media hand-wringing, mortgage rates that brought tears to our eyes (not in a good way), and a dramatic shift from sellers once eager to uproot to sellers waiting it out from fear of not being able to find a home elsewhere, thus resulting in even tighter inventory, we made it here to one report to rule them all.

Despite these obstacles, life, like real estate, eked a path forward; Because at the end of all good reasons to not sell a home or buy a home, people still need to do what they must. Whether moving for a job or helping Great Aunt Linda transition from a house to a condo, predictions or rates do not stop life in its tracks.

Our Top Producers soldiered on, tweaking plans or marketing spends as necessary, and renewed efforts to reach out to buyers and sellers, both old and new. Folks still want to save money where they can, of course! The experts next door at Help-U-Sell Real Estate were there to provide the same great service at a set fee, as we have been for nearly five decades. 

Jack Bailey

If there is anyone who demonstrates the resolve to find opportunities in each day, that person has to be Jack Bailey and the lively lineup at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. The seller sides tip slightly higher at 67, but adding up to 125 total sides for the year.

The men from Michigan take the second and third spots. 

In second place is Mario Ferrante from Help-U-Sell Metropolitan in Woodhaven, Michigan. The number 85 and the work of a trusted team was what brought him here.

Just two sides behind in third place, is Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan. 83 sides makes 2024 a productive year to be proud of.

Fourth place takes us to Minnesota, where we find Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna. Debra’s office helped amass 69 sides for 2023, with sellers outnumbering buyers by nearly double.

OfficeSellerBuyerTotal
Help-U-Sell Greensboro6758125
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan483785
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters582583
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.432669
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties551267
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties301343
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers251136
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty27835
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate231134
Help-U-Sell Legacy171229
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group14923
Help-U-Sell The Smart Choice14721
Help-U-Sell Golden Homes10414
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty8412
Help-U-Sell Julian Team11112

On the Gross Sales Volume Report, the year-long match comes to a close with our favorite two contestants. 

Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills,California wins the crown of 2023. The gross sales volume for his team was a monumental $52.7 million for the year.

Making the island a source of steep home seller savings, is Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii. He takes second place with $44.5 million. 

Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties
Jack Bailey

Jack Bailey’s team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina already had 125 reasons to be happy. The gross sales volume for their team in 2023 is also something to smile about: $35.9 million and third place. 

Fourth place brings us back to Michigan. Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron,wraps up the busy year with $15.8 to close out 2023. 

Thank you for the ongoing examples of perseverance. Cheers to the 47th year in the books. We regard 2024 with renewed energy as we celebrate 48 years of Help-U-Sell Real Estate. 

OfficeGross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties$52,745,313
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties$44,544,958
Help-U-Sell Greensboro$35,980,667
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters$15,867,058
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.$15,136,745
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan$14,704,700
Help-U-Sell Legacy$13,905,877
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers$13,735,200
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty$9,529,450
Help-U-Sell Golden Homes$8,613,500
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate$8,442,765
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group$7,462,050
Help-U-Sell The Smart Choice$7,074,400
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty$6,650,000
Help-U-Sell Coast and Valley$5,736,000
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty$5,378,788
Help-U-Sell Sunrise$5,357,750
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty$5,179,000
Help-U-Sell Julian Team$4,893,277
Help-U-Sell South Santa Clara County$4,746,900
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Specialists$4,723,450

Top Producers Q4 2023

“Wisdom comes with winters.” – Oscar Wilde

There is so much change in a single season, but none probably more dramatic or busy than winter. In less industrialized times, folks spent the fall harvesting and canning in preparation for the colder months ahead, sustaining the day to day activities until the time of growth returned. If one planned poorly, winter was harder to survive, but ideally that made one wiser for the next round.

Real estate cycles, and the committed industry professionals, share similarities to preparation for a long winter. They worked hard to create and sustain growth when it counted. When the outlook predicts a turn for leaner times, they conserve and plan for the future, so there are resources to rely on.

Jack Bailey and his team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina have made a great example of planning and preparation as a regular part of the day’s work. They come in first place for the fourth quarter of 2023 with 26 sides.

Second place belongs to Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills, California. His office matched first place in the number of seller sides for Q4, but come in six sides fewer for a total of 20.

We get a triple tie for third place!

Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan, Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County in Owatonna, Minnesota, and Mario Ferrante from Help-U-Sell Metropolitan in Woodhaven, Michigan. All three offices bring in 15 sides to land third place for Q4.

Kimberly Zelena, Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate

In fourth place we found  Kimberly Zelena and her crew at Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate in Waynesboro, Virginia. 12 sides for Q4 meant an average of one a week!

OfficeSellerBuyerTotal
Help-U-Sell Greensboro141226
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties14620
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters13215
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.11415
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan6915
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate7512
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties7310
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers6410
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group426
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty516
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty314
Help-U-Sell Legacy314
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty303
Help-U-Sell Julian Team303
Help-U-Sell Edmond/OKC123
Help-U-Sell Santa Maria213

In our Gross Sales Volume Report, the dance continues.

Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills,California is back in first place after coming in second on the sides report. His Q4 total is a very substantial $15 million.

Which means second place is secured by Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii. Richard’s team tallied $12.7 million in sales for the last quarter.

Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties
Jack Bailey

Taking third place is Jack Bailey at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. Jack and company close the fourth quarter with $6.9 million. 

Ryan Joyce from Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers in California, joins the fray in a good way: $3.7 million ends the quarter.

OfficeTotal
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties$15,093,900
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties$12,702,158
Help-U-Sell Greensboro$6,909,735
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers$3,770,000
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters$3,369,390
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.$3,049,500
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan$2,540,900
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate$2,526,165
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty$2,480,000
Help-U-Sell Coast and Valley$2,053,000
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty$1,985,765
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group$1,838,200
Help-U-Sell Julian Team$1,719,000
Help-U-Sell Legacy$1,567,000
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty$1,513,000
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Specialists$1,375,000
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