Tenth(!) Straight Year on the List

It’s out:  the 2017 list of “Super Real Estate Agents.”

Jointly compiled by Mpls. St. Paul magazine, Twin Cities Business, and Crescendo Business Services, the annual list identifies the top 5% of the Twin Cities real estate agent population.

Their selection process:

“First, tens of thousands of home buyers who have purchased a home for $250,000 or more are asked to name and evaluate agents they’ve worked with directly. Both positive and negative responses are included.  To ensure the list is based on client satisfaction, no agent can pay to appear on it.

Next, a panel of industry experts reviews each agent on the preliminary list.  Panelists may recommend additional agents for inclusion or removal, based on a series of objective criteria.  Each panelist remains anonymous, and receives only one portion of the preliminary list.”

–“Top of the Housing Game”; Mpls. St. Paul magazine (Nov., 2017).

According to the magazine, the criteria for rating agents are:

–Customer service
–Integrity
–Market knowledge
–Communication
–Negotiation
–Closing preparation
–Finding the right home
–Marketing a home
–Overall satisfaction

Sounds good to me.

The only thing I’d add is that, if you count all the agents who’ve made the list the last ten years in a row, you’re no longer talking about the top 5% of all Twin Cities agents, but something like the top .50%.

I’m happy to report I’m in that select group (about 50 Twin Cities Realtors out of more than 10,000 total).

About the author

Ross Kaplan has 19+ years experience selling real estate all over the Twin Cities. He is also a 12-time consecutive "Super Real Estate Agent," as determined by Mpls. - St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business Magazine. Prior to becoming a Realtor, Ross was an attorney (corporate law), CPA, and entrepreneur. He holds an economics degree from Stanford.

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