ALISO VIEJO, CA, Feb 3rd, 2006 – The
names, photos, biographies, and essays of the top 30 applicants for Season III
have now been sent to a panel of 14 independent Judges. These real estate
industry luminaries http://www.realestateapprentice.com/season/3/judges will
review the applications and make their final decision public within 2-3 weeks. According
to Dr. Martin Oliver, Deputy Executive Director of The Foundation, culling the
group down to 30 Semi-finalists from thousands of applications was a difficult
and challenging assignment. “We had a marvelous applicant outpouring representing
super talented men and women. We only wish that we had the ability to make everyone
a Finalist,” he said. The Foundation Judges must now decide who is
likely to achieve the most immediate success based on the granting of $125,000
in real estate education products and services. All Real Estate Apprentice
Grants are free and require no payback or application fee. Applications
are evaluated on the basis of answers to essay questions that demonstrate salesmanship,
communication skills, entrepreneurial spirit, integrity, creativity and uniqueness.
30 Semi-Finalists Publicized
Those chosen include: Anita Lam- graduate of Polley Associates Real Estate School
Pennsylvania; Armando Buchanan- Champions Real Estate School Texas; Bernice Green-
Champions Real Estate School Texas; Dan Briardy- Career Education
Systems Missouri; George Plumley- Polley Associates Real Estate School Pennsylvania;
Gerry Beane- The Institute of Real Estate Studies Pennsylvania; Kristy
Chun- Barney Fletcher RealtyU Georgia; James Towery- Barney Fletcher RealtyU
Georgia; Jeanene Sutton- Barney Fletcher RealtyU Georgia; Jeffrey Bater- Tri
State Real Estate School Pennsylvania Jeffery York- Marie Burroughs School
of Real Estate Oklahoma; John McCloskey- Hogan School of Real Estate Arizona;
Julie Stolicker- Real Estate One Academy Michigan; Katherine Thompson- Armbrust
Institute Colorado; Kirk Shillington- Armbrust Institute Colorado; Lori Bair-
Career Education Systems Kansas; Lori Heerde- Georgia MLS Training Georgia; Michelle
Diehl- Jones College-Kaplan Real Estate School Colorado; Misty Carter-Tennessee
Real Estate Educational Systems “TREES”; Nadine Kelsall- Champions
Real Estate School Texas; Pamela Groomes- IFREC Real Estate Schools Florida;
Patricia Mack- Northwestern Michigan College Michigan; Patrick Shamblin- Armbrust
Institute Colorado; Pete Minio- Tri State Real Estate School Pennsylvania; Robert
Attaway- Barney Fletcher RealtyU Georgia; Rosalynn Spence- Century 21 New Millennium
School Maryland; Ruth Leza- Champions Real Estate School Texas; Scott Sullivan-
Career Education Systems Missouri; Sheila Dube- Arthur Gary Real Estate School
Maine; Susan Gaieski- IFREC Real Estate Schools Florida.
Award Sponsors
Real Estate Apprentice Grants are sponsored by leading companies in the real
estate industry including: First American Residential Group – a division of
the First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), Hobbs/Herder – Premier Advertising & Design,
iSucceed – Online Real Estate Mentoring, eNeighborhoods – Detailed
Information About Any Neighborhood in the Country, McLean International – Technology
and Business Systems Consulting, Thomson SouthWestern – Quality Book Publishing,
Calculated Industries – Calculators and Measuring Devices, Create-A-Plan – Business
Planning Tools, The Real Estate Simulator™ – State-of-the-Art Career
Assessment, ExpressCopy the first name in fast online printing, The Real Estate
CyberSpace Society – the Society That Means Business, Broker Agent News & RIS
Media – Highly Recognized Names in Real Estate News, Saris Technologies – Creator
of RealAgentSuite, VisualTour – The 1st Name in Internet Home Tours, and
the RealtyU® Network of Real Estate Schools – Americas Leader in Professional
Real Estate Education.
Free Real Estate Tools
The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation is widely recognized as the only Public
Benefit Corporation of its kind in the real estate industry, providing real estate
education, products and services free of charge to new agents. The Foundation’s
mission is to assist newly licensed real estate agents in expediting a fast track
to a successful real estate career. The Foundation maintains and posts complete
details of all past winners, eligibility requirements, judges and sponsors on
their website at www.RealEstateApprentice.com Companies
interested in becoming involved with the Real Estate Apprentice Grant Program
should contact Dr. Oliver at Dr.Oliver@RealEstateApprentice.com or
by phone at 949-600-7188.
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