 Kim Jones, EXIT REALTOR® with EXIT Generations Realty and member of the Real Estate Million Dollar Association (REMDA), was chosen as the Maryland Association of REALTORS'® Rookie of the Year on Tuesday, September 9, 2008.
Rookie of the Year is awarded to a REALTOR® who has been in the business for no more than 4 years and is based upon the following criteria: Community Service, Charitable and Civic Activity (10%), Attendance at MAR Rookie REALTOR® Seminars (10%), Productivity (20%), Education (25%), Participation in Local Board/Association, State (MAR) and National (NAR) Activities (35%).
According to Kim, education is of utmost importance to any REALTOR®, but it is crucial for a newer agent. "How would I have known anything about real estate if it weren't for EXIT Realty's FAStTRAC? Having passed my state's REALTOR® licensing exam in no way prepared me to actually practice Real Estate. For experienced REALTORS®, FAStTRAC provides a revitalization and refreshment to your perspective, enabling you to go forward with increased vigor, not to mention the Specialty Workshops and Coaching that is available to take our businesses to the next level."
Kim has over 70 hours of Continuing Education (CE) under her belt and at least 9 designations: Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR), Graduate REALTOR® Institute (GRI), Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES), Accredited Staging Professional (ASP), Workforce Housing Certified (WHC), At Home with Diversity, One America, is an Employer Assisted Housing Program Representative, Credit Smart Trainer and a Live Baltimore Preferred REALTOR®. In addition, she has also participated in the MAR Rookie REALTOR® Society and the Education Committee of the Greater Baltimore Board of REALTORS®.
"The only way I felt I could be a benefit to my clients, as a newer REALTOR®, was to get all the education that I could," said Kim.
She has charitably served Junior Achievement, the American Cancer Society, and is a frequent volunteer in her local church, Greater Grace World Outreach and her children's school, Greater Grace Christian Academy.
By the end of the year, Kim will have completed her Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation and her next step will be to obtain her Associate Broker's License.
"I am fortunate to have my big brother, Bob Gauger of EXIT First Realty in Waldorf, MD, as my mentor, from whom I glean all the wisdom possible. Learning from the experience of seasoned veterans of this industry is invaluable and then it becomes our responsibility to pay it forward and share what we have learned with others."
Kim's advice to all her fellow REALTORS® is to, "keep an open mind about learning new things and to never think we know it all, no matter how long we have been in the business. Above all, treat and care for others as you would like to be cared for."
EXIT Mid-Atlantic is taking home all the awards! Leon Bailey of EXIT PowerHouse Realty was also honored as Rookie of the Year 2008 for Prince Georges County, Maryland.
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