Contact:
Barbara Yates
Broker/ Owner
Exit Realty Neighbors
(561) 795-4425
Barbara@BarbaraYates.com

Okeechobee , Florida (Grassroots Newswire) 12/1/2008 -- Velva Cannon of EXIT Realty Neighbors has been installed as a new 2009 Director for the Okeechobee County Board of Realtors (OCBR). Velva has shone as the Rising Star for both Okeechobee County and EXIT Realty Florida. She also just received commendation from EXIT Realty Corp. International at the 2008 EXIT Convention held in Nashville, TN for her continued outstanding performance this year.

In the upcoming year, Ms. Cannon, will assist the OCBR in their continuing efforts to promote, educate and enable all the members of the Okeechobee County Board of Realtors® to better serve the public, our community and their fellow members. The objectives of the OCBR are:

-To unite those engaged in the recognized branches of the real estate profession for the purpose of exerting a beneficial influence upon the profession and related interests.
-To promote and maintain high standards of conduct in the real estate profession as expressed in the Code of Ethics of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
-To provide a unified medium for real estate owners and those engaged in the real estate profession whereby their interests may be safeguarded and advanced.
-To further the interest of home and other real property ownership..
-To unite those engaged in the real estate profession in this community with the Florida Association of REALTORS® and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, thereby furthering their own objectives throughout the state and nation, and obtaining the benefits and privileges of membership therein.

For more information about EXIT Realty Neighbors, please call (561) 795-4425. EXIT Realty Neighbors is located at 1124 South Parrott Avenue Okeechobee, FL 34974.

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Documents and/or Photos available for this release:

Velva Cannon, Exit Realty Neighbors REALTOR

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