I am happy to announce the reception of a new 2013 award:

Five Star Professional 2013 for Excellence in Portland Real Estate
Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor
Top 10% Agent in the U.S.

Five Star Professional conducts market specific research throughout the U.S. and Canada to identify service professionals who provide quality services to their clients.  Now entering its tenth year, the Five Star Real Estate Agent program is the largest and most widely published real estate award program in North America, covering more than 40 major markets. The list of Five Star Real Estate Agents for each market is published in the leading city and regional magazine and on fivestarprofessional.com. Five Star award winners do not pay a fee to be included in the research or the final list of award winners.

The research objective is to develop a list of real estate agents in a given market who satisfy objective criteria that are associated with providing quality services to clients. To receive the Five Star Real Estate Agent award, a real estate agent must satisfy five objective eligibility and evaluation criteria that are associated with real estate agents who provide quality services to their clients. The award process is conducted annually in each market. Less than 7% of the real estate agents in a market are included on the published list.

Five Star Professional administers a survey, by mail and phone, to recent clients. Clients of real estate agents may also submit evaluations online. Each respondent is asked to evaluate only real estate agents with whom they have worked and evaluate them based upon ten criteria: customer service, integrity, market knowledge, communication, negotiation, closing preparation, sale service, finds the right home, marketing of home, and overall satisfaction. Additionally, respondents are asked whether they would recommend the agent to a friend. This information is incorporated into a client scoring algorithm as a cross check against their average rating.

Also called Sustainability Training for Accredited Real Estate Professionals (S.T.A.R) this designation comes straight from additional education earned from Earth Advantage Institute. The training focuses on green materials for new construction and remodeled homes accenting the lifestyle benefits, costs, and rewards.

Let me use my experience to help you find your new home!

Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor
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Trulia gives out its VIP award for answering people’s real estate questions on their website and their PRO designation for those who have a large number of listings and pay to promote them on their site. In my opinion, Trulia is one of the friendliest websites to use, but I prefer my own Portland home search site to theirs. I have a few reviews on Trulia, but keep most of them on Zillow.com and all of them on my website.

Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor
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Zillow loves to give out awards and I think I have them all! Zillow gives out rewards for helping out visitors to their site who ask questions and also for contributing to their site – recording a lot of sales! Finally, Zillow gives out awards to those of us who get really good reviews from our clients. The nice thing about Zillow reviews is that they verify them before posting on their website. You can see all of my reviews here, or see them direct on Zillow.

Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor
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I’ve been successfully selling foreclosures in the Portland Metro area for years now. This designation represents additional education and certification, rewarding experience and professionalism in the foreclosure marketplace.

Foreclosures are often the best deals you can find in Portland, Oregon.
Let me help you find one today!

Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor
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I recently received by Trade Ally designation from Energy Trust. Energy Trust is an independent nonprofit that helps people throughout Oregon save energy by providing cash incentives and creative solutions to home energy needs. I’m proud to be a partner with them! As a trade ally of Energy Trust of Oregon, I can tell you about energyefficient features and improvements for your home. It is possible to make any home “greener” and Energy Trust will give you money to help you make that happen!  Save up to 30% on energy costs with Energy Trust of Oregon cash incentives.

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I’ve been successfully representing sellers for years now. This designation was awarded to me after I took a number of courses, meet professional experience requirements, and passed the final exams with flying colors. Staying educated on the best practices to market homes and represent sellers couldn’t be more important to me.

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Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor, SRS.
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I’ve been successfully selling short sales for years on both the buyer’s and seller’s side. This designation was awarded to me after I successfully took a number of classes, met professional experience requirements, and passed the necessary exams with flying colors.

Let me help you get out of that underwater home today. I have all the tools and training necessary.

Short Sale your Portland Home.
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Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor, CSSA.
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I am in the Top 10% of all Real Estate Agents in the United States, according to actual commission dollar annual earnings in 2012.

• 2012 – Top 10%
• 2011 – Top 10%
• 2010 – Top 15%
• 2009 – Top 15%
• Didn’t track 2008-03.
• Licensed since 2003.

The numbers are from a report generated by National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Member profile 2012 (and previous editions).

Thank you for your interest and I look forward to using my success to help you!

Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor®
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