EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST LEVERAGE YOU CAN HAVE

Steve Hopkinson has a sales and customer service marketing background going back 20 years ago when he started his sales career with the  Warren Buffet owned Scott and Fetzer Corporation. Steve learned early on the vital role a positive attitude plays in life when he read his first self help book at age 19 titled "The Power of Positive Thinking"  by Norman Vincent Peale.  This set the the tone for what has been a long successful sales career thus far.

Steve has been a licensed full time realtor since 2000. He has participated in a broad range of real estate transactions from resale homes to million dollar commercial real estate transactions. Oddly enough, Steve did not seek out the real estate business. In 1999 it found him.

Through his career path at the time by his own marketing efforts, Steve opened a relationship one of the worlds largest commercial real estate groups CB Richard Ellis.  After several meetings and an effort to market his corporate fitness packages on a more permanent level to this company it became more permanent than he could have imagined.  Steve’s whole marketing approach unbeknownst to him became an audition for the company!  He was eventually invited to join highest producing real estate team, was offered  more compensation than his previous position and  all expense paid real estate training,licensing and  education.  Would you have found this rare offer difficult  to refuse?  Everything happens for a reason. The rest is history.

 In the past decade Steve has worked with and been mentored by million dollar producers in both commercial and residential real estate markets. He has channeled that knowledge and education into a fun, exciting, experienced sales career leaving a trail satisfied customers throughout this great region of ours. Steve has lived and worked in Upper York Region and Simcoe County since 1974 when his parents moved here.  In that time he has lived and worked in Newmarket, Holland Landing, Queensville, Bradford, and Barrie.  Growing up,  Steve encountered many a real estate agent while be dragged all over by his   parents to browse, buy, sell and build real estate at least 6 different times. In retrospect he might have thought his parents were in the witness protection program! Is it any wonder that Steve wound up in real estate?  Thinking of hiring a realtor for your next buy and sell? Then you need a realtor who is well "rooted" in the game. 

This area is still one of the fastest growing in Canada, and with such growth usually comes change. Established over 20 years ago, RE/MAX Chay Realty's Broker of Record/Owner Corby Adams recognized change as an extremely positive way 'to find a better way to do business' both for the consumer and for his sales representatives. Actions speak louder than words, RE/MAX Chay Realty Inc. has certainly grown (and changed) over the years from 1 office, 11 salespeople and a staff of 1 in 1984, to 6 offices, over 160 sales reps., 25 support staff and 2 full time managers.  Adams is now enjoying some time away from the office and has brought Mark Pauli into the family business to help manage and train the growing sales force.

RE/MAX Chay Realty Inc. has been dominating the Barrie and District marketplace and in 2008 acquired 2 more offices in Tottenham and Alliston . Mark Pauli is very quick to pinpoint the reason behind the company's success - "it's our people - from our sales staff to our support staff, without question that's what sets us apart." Our company strives to provide the platform for our salespeople to be the most professional, productive, caring individuals in their field, and that translates into happy homebuyers and homesellers - which leads to repeat business and satisfied past clients referring us confidently to their friends and family. Over the past 26 years more than 48,000 families have trusted our sales representatives with perhaps their biggest investment.

Consumers today are more sophisticated. They are smart enough to know that money spent hiring a RE/MAX professional (removing the guesswork) will translate into more money for them at the end of the day. Our agents are exceptionally good at assisting their clients with negotiating purchase prices and/or selling their homes for top dollar - in either case our clients ultimately end up with the most dollars in their pockets. Some of our most vocal advocates are clients who've tried a 'too good to be true' company - once. Bottom line is - You get what you pay for - 20 years ago or today, nothing has changed in that respect. Our RE/MAX agents keep delivering by continually upgrading their skills, product knowledge, and of course keeping ahead of new technology.

General Manager Corrie Holliday agrees that technology has definitely changed the way her salespeople conduct their business. Computers and cell phones have definitely sped up the process of relaying information - culminating in the sale of a home. E-mail today is a natural part of doing business and our website www.remaxchay.com is technologically advanced, BUT our agents' negotiating skills still transcend the 'toys'. Real estate will always be a people business, and quite simply put, we have quality people and a reputation for being the best at what we do. I guess the more things change the more they stay the same.

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