Jeffrey Hedberg – Help-U-Sell® Connect

October Top Producers, 2024

“In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible.” – Elizabeth George Speare

You get used to things a certain way. You conduct business, knowing with certainty what some things are and always will be. We know some things change constantly: the market, mortgage rates, hot trends in design and decor. Other stuff is always the same, until the day the “certain” thing changes.

Help-U-Sell Real Estate is no exception. The original disruptor in real estate for nearly five decades, we have seen quite a bit of change. We have endured resistance from fellow real estate professionals angry over the low set fee instead of the traditional six percent commission. We watched lower fee competitors shuffle in and fail after a few years. We are still here.

October brought about the biggest change we have seen internally in a long time – a change of business ownership. We already know what Robbie Stevens is capable of manifesting from his time as the CEO. We expect 2025 to be a time of motivation and innovation, all of which will be aimed at renewing the Help-U-Sell name as the trusted mainstay in in home seller savings that has been since day one.

That was definitely unexpected! We look forward to more wonderful.

In the number one spot for October, the southern sensation, Jack Bailey and his team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. They bring a lucky 13 to the report for the spookiest month.

Taking second place is Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc., in Owatonna, Minnesota. Deb and company put nine sides on the board for the tenth month.

We have a newcomer in third place! Tracy Hood of Help-U-Sell Quad Cities Realty in Florence, Alabama. This new crew of ladies brough seven sides to the table. Welcome to where the the eagles fly, ladies! We’re happy you’re here.

Fourth place goes to Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan. Five sides come from Jeff’s team this month.

Office	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	7	6	13
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	4	5	9
Help-U-Sell Quad Cities Realty	7		7
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	4	1	5
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	3	1	4
Help-U-Sell Edmond/OKC	3		3
Help-U-Sell Julian Team	2	1	3
Help-U-Sell Legacy	2	1	3
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	3		3
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty		2	2
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	2		2
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	2		2
Help-U-Sell Sunrise	2		2

On our Gross Sales Volume report, there is a neat shake up as well.

Taking the eagle “double crown” here, is Jack Bailey at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. His folks close October with $4.1 million.

In second place is Ronny Thompson at Help-U-Sell 951 Realty in Murrieta, California, closing the tenth month with $3.2 million in gross sales volume.

Third place goes to Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties in Chino Hills, California. Patrick’s team are behind by a tiny bit with $3.1 million for the month. A squeaker!

We’re go to fourth place here to welcome, once again, Tracy Hood of Help-U-Sell Quad Cities Realty in Florence, Alabama. The teamwork created a $2.9 million month and that’s spectacular.

Office	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$4,196,500
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	$3,273,599
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$3,136,877
Help-U-Sell Quad Cities Realty	$2,925,400
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$2,757,000
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty	$1,910,000
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$1,630,000
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$1,581,000
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$1,516,500
Help-U-Sell Julian Team	$1,285,000
Help-U-Sell Sunrise	$1,232,500
Help-U-Sell Edmond/OKC	$1,197,000

Top Producers 9 Month Review, 2024

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Mark Twain

By the time we wrap up three quarters – nine whole months – it feels like the world simply rushes through October in anticipation of the holiday season, and bypasses the present to start planning the year ahead. While it is prudent to forecast the year ahead for business planning, don’t defer to the future at the expense of the present when it comes to making today count.

There are still postcards and emails to send, calls to make, networking events and client “pop bys” to appear at, and, of course, houses to buy and sell.

Procrastination IS tempting. Then there are those Brokers with the numbers to show that time waits for no one.

Our number one Eagle in the third quarter is Jack Bailey, and the team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. They have taken the present moment and pushed it to impressive heights. So far, and we have 102 reasons (or sides) for evidence.

In the second place position for Q3: Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan. Jeff’s team has contributed to a robust Michigan market with 66 sides.

Just five sides behind in third place, we find Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc., in Owatonna, Minnesota. Deb’s team show up with 61 sides for our 9 month report.

Office Name	Sellers	Buyers	Total
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	61	41	102
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	43	23	66
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	41	20	61
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	34	6	40
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	19	20	39
Help-U-Sell Legacy	24	14	38
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	16	11	27
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	18	8	26
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	16	4	20
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	13	5	18
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	6	9	15
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	8	4	12

On the Gross Sales Volume Report, some very familiar faces that remind us that so many of our markets continue to churn out sales no matter what the news reports say is happening.

Our primary eagle for Gross Sales Volume is Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties. Patrick and the trusty team in Chino Hills, California claim the number one with $41.6 million.

In the second spot, Jack Bailey at Help-U-Sell Greensboro. The folks in North Carolina have a gross sales volume of $287 million for the quarters one through three!

Richard Cricchio of Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties

In third place: Richard Cricchio at Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties in Hawaii. Richard’s crew made the 9 month report board with $21.9 million.

Office Name	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$41,629,615
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$28,719,640
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$21,960,200
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$18,300,533
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$13,412,722
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$12,921,365
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	$9,558,700
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	$8,392,100
Help-U-Sell Alpha Paladins Realty	$7,650,000
Help-U-Sell Julian Team	$5,556,000
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	$5,233,900
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	$4,915,930

Top Producers Q3 2024

“Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.” – Wallace Stegner

The third quarter is weirder, with one foot in summer and one in fall. There is so much transition in a three month time span! Hot to cool. Plant to harvest. Summer brings a slower languorous to and the fall gears up for busy in a multitude of ways. Our Top Producers may have taken time off to recharge but they are come back busy.

Few are busier in our top spot than this man. With 32 sides, here is Jack Bailey and the team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. One never knows how the numbers will stack, but this time buyers brought the bigger return.

The second place spot is taken by Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan. Our often seen Eagle brough 25 sides to Q3.

Just two sides back to land third place, our favorite lady from Minnesota, Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc. Deb’s team brought 23 sides in the third quarter.

Office Name	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	14	18	32
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	15	10	25
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	16	7	23
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	15	2	17
Help-U-Sell Legacy	12	4	16
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	7	4	11
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	2	6	8
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	6	2	8
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	5	2	7

On the Gross Sales Volume Report, things are switched around from the sides report for fun, and the glory of bragging rights.

It’s been a great quarter for Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills, California. Patrick’s persistent crew have a total of $16.6 million for Q3.

The second place spot shows that Jack Bailey’s and his folks at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina have made great strides, with $9.1 million for the third quarter.

The third spot goes to Danny Kettle and his group of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. Their efforts meant a $7.3 million quarter.

Office Name	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$16,644,910
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$9,171,800
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$7,365,534
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$5,574,100
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$5,524,700
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$4,970,000
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	$4,065,000
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	$2,781,430
Help-U-Sell Julian Team Branch	$2,560,000
Help-U-Sell Metropolitan	$2,553,900
Help-U-Sell Capital City	$2,544,000

Cheers to all of the offices as market held its breath waiting to see how the new rules would play out. You made it!

September Top Producers 2024

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

With a non-stop wild news cycle of the changes that came to home selling and buying agreements in August, it seemed like many markets came to a screeching halt while folks figured out what those changes meant. There were a lot of misconceptions, and thus a lot of information campaigns to make sure the correct information made it to the right audience.

One benefit of being a Help-U-Sell Real Estate office is the ability to say: We have been upfront about the pricing of our services for nearly 5 decades, because transparency is what the original disruption was based upon.

Proudly so.

While many grappled with how to proceed amongst the new uncertainty, we continued doing what we have always done best: Provide accurate information, professional insight and world class service for clients to make informed decisions in their best interest for a fair price. As such, we will continue to march forward setting and maintaining the standard.

Marching all the way to number one is Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills, California. With seven sides to the title, there are some sweet seller savings in hand for ALL seven sides.

The second spot was scored by Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan. The crew at Jeff’s office brought in five for September.

Third place is a tie between Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina, and Danny Kettle of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah. Both teams brought in four each.

Debra Schmidt, Help-U-Sell Real Estate of Steele County

Fourth place has a three-way tie each with three sides featuring Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc. in Owatonna, Minnesota, Phil Sims of Help-U-Sell Sims Realty in Addison, Texas, and John Powell at Help-U-Sell The Powell Group in Tucson, Arizona.

Office Name	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	7		7
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	2	3	5
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	2	2	4
Help-U-Sell Legacy	3	1	4
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	1	2	3
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty		3	3
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	3		3
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	1		1
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	1		1
Help-U-Sell Capital City	1		1
Help-U-Sell Julian Team Branch	1		1
Help-U-Sell Santa Maria		1	1

On our Gross Sales Volume Report we have a different contender in our top three.

We have the rare “double crown” winner for the September report, Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills, California. Patrick and the team cleared the top spot by more than 4 million for a total of $6.5 million.

Our number two spot comes from the ever-growing region of Utah. Danny Kettle and the team out of Help-U-Sell Legacy in Layton, Utah, brought $2.2 million for September.

Our new face in the top tier, Phil Sims of Help-U-Sell Sims Realty in Addison, Texas. Clearing $1.4 million for our ninth month, we do hope to see more of him soon.

Fourth place goes to John Powell at Help-U-Sell The Powell Group in Tucson, Arizona. He was just a “smidge” behind Phil with $1.3 million for September.

Office	Gross Sales Volume
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	$6,560,000
Help-U-Sell Legacy	$2,210,634
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	$1,411,030
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	$1,310,000
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	$1,090,000
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	$1,053,000
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	$827,900
Help-U-Sell 951 Realty	$790,000
Help-U-Sell Santa Maria	$760,000
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	$599,500
Help-U-Sell Julian Team Branch	$500,000
Help-U-Sell Capital City	$489,000
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	$482,000

August 2024 Top Producers

“Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance, and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.” – Kent Nerburn

Sweeping changes to how real estate is bought and sold went into effect during the month of August, as a result of ongoing lawsuits and settlements over commissions paid from the home seller to the buyer’s agent. It was predicted that many would be sellers were holding out from putting their homes on the market, fearful that the new rules would be confusing or misunderstood.

Did these new protocols make an impact on home sales? Absolutely it did. So did many other buyer concerns about mortgage interest rates, inflation, and even the pending election. Couple all of that with summer being the slowest time for home sales historically, and you have as many answers as you need to explain a sluggish current housing market.

Yet, some fields will blossom and surprise us anyway.

In the top spot for our last month of summer we find Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan. Jeff and company brought in nine sides for the end of summer sign off. A lucky seven of the nine sides were sellers, ensuring substantial savings.

Second by just a smidge for August is Jack Bailey of Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina. The Greensboro crew were just one side shy from the top spot for August with eight total sides.

Third place goes to Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc. in Owatonna, Minnesota. With a nearly even split between buyers and sellers, Debra’s team placed seven on the board.

Office	Seller	Buyer	Total
Help-U-Sell Real Estate Masters	7	2	9
Help-U-Sell Greensboro	2	6	8
Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc.	4	3	7
Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties	5	0	5
Help-U-Sell Sims Realty	2	2	4
Help-U-Sell Julian Team Branch	3	0	3
Help-U-Sell Grein Group	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Legacy	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Bakersfield Equity Savers	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell The Powell Group	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Santa Maria	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty	1	1	2
Help-U-Sell Direct Savings Real Estate	2	0	2
Help-U-Sell Capital City	1	0	1
Help-U-Sell Alpha Realty	1	0	1
Help-U-Sell Edmond/OKC	1	0	1

On the Gross Sales Volume report, it’s always more fun to speak of sales when it’s in the millions.

Patrick Wood of Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties, in Chino Hills, California takes our number one spot by a pretty wide $2 million plus margin. With $4.5 million for August, he makes the summer send off a little sweeter.

In second place for the second time in this report, Jack Bailey’s team at Help-U-Sell Greensboro in North Carolina makes a mark with $2.6 million for the month.

By just a “mere” $463,100, Debra Schmidt of Help-U-Sell Heritage Real Estate of Steele County Inc. in Owatonna, Minnesota is third place with $2.1 million.

Since good news is always worth celebrating, two more offices also had $2 million months, Gary Julian of Help-U-Sell Julian Team in Palmdale, California, and Jeff Hedberg of Help-U-Sell Real Masters in Port Huron, Michigan.

May the fall bring a robust harvest.