ed terri smith

Q: You said earlier that less than 20% of the short sales get approved. With those odds, why would anyone try?

 A: Although the national averages look gloomy, there is hope if you want to sell or buy a short sale. Many knowledgeable agents around the nation have much higher than average success rates.

Our personal short sale success rate now stands at more than 95%. As more agents become proficient with short sales, we believe that the national averages will improve as well.

On the other hand, consider how much smoother the process would be if the 80% that will never be approved were never submitted. The entire process would be much more streamlined and efficient.

 

RE/MAX INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZES ED AND TERRI SMITH

Broker/Owners Ed and Terri Smith were recognized by RE/MAX for their ranking as the # 5 residential real estate team in the state of Florida Year-to-Date through the month of April.
 
Ed and Terri are both members of the RE/MAX International Hall of Fame. Ed is also a recipient of the RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award which has only been achieved by the top 2% of RE/MAX Associates out of the nearly 100,000 associates and brokers worldwide.

 
In local real estate for 22 years, the Smiths founded RE/MAX along the Emerald Coast in 1990. Both are Certified Residential Specialists (CRS) and Accredited Buyer Representatives (ABR) and Certified Distressed Property Experts (CDPE).  Ed is also a Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB) and is e-PRO certified.
The Smiths  are assisted by four team members, two of which specialize as Buyer Specialists,  Kay Hutcheson who joined the team in 1999, and  Heather Swett, who has been a team  member since 2003. Barbara Elizondo, also licensed, has been a team member since 1997 and coordinates the entire team effort. Also affiliated is  Richard Stewart who directs short sale services and special marketing projects.
 
RE/MAX Coastal Properties is located at 125 Main Street, at Highway 98, in the heart of Destin in the Old Destin Bank Building.

ED AND TERRI SMITH RANKED #71 IN U.S.

RE/MAX Coasatal Properties Broker/Owners Ed and Terri Smith were recognized by RE/MAX International for their ranking as # 71 among all residential real estate teams in the United States. The year-to-date statistics are through April, the most recent month for which 2009 statistics are available.

“With the enormous number of top producers within the RE/MAX system, a ranking anywhere within in the top 100 in the U.S. is a very formidable achievement” said Ed Smith. “In fact, RE/MAX was just ranked as the top U.S. firm in terms of transactions per agent for 2008, in both The REAL Trends Survey and the RIS Media Power Broker Survey.”   

The Real Trends Survey also reported that RE/MAX agents averaged far greater sales volume than the other national firms, and 31% more than the second place company in the U.S. RE/MAX operates 7,000 offices in more than 70 countries worldwide which is an international presence far greater than any of its competitors. With more than 90,000 sales associates worldwide, RE/MAX has been honored as the leading real estate franchise for nine of the last ten years by Entrepeneur Magazine.