The Super Real Estate Agent is an annual recognition given by Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine and Minnesota Business Monthly Magazine to the top 3-5% of licensed real estate agents in the State of Minnesota.  

Every year since 2004, Steve has been  nominated and has received this coveted recognition. 

 

HOW THE PROCESS WORKS:

Beginning in March of each year, more than 108,000 members of the Twin Cities community have the opportunity to submit nominations to the Super Real Estate AgentsTM program.  Individuals from the following groups have an opportunity to make a nomination:

  • All Super Real Estate Agents appearing in the previous year listing.
  • 15,000 homebuyers who had recent experiences with real estate agents. (10,000 receive a paper ballot and 5,000 are be called for a telephone survey).
  • 500 metropolitan mortgage and title companies, where the agent’s skills and preparation needed for successful closing are discerned.
  • Over 93,000 subscribers to Mpls.St.Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business. (5,000 will receive a paper ballot and any subscriber may make an online nomination).

Each of these individuals nominate up to two real estate agents who they know through personal experience. Each nomination is accompanied by an assessment of the nominated agent across nine criteria (examples: integrity, market knowledge, closing preparation, etc).

Each nominated agent is screened against the licensing database at the Minnesota Department of Commerce to ensure the agent holds a valid real estate license and has had no previous enforcement actions.

Nominated agents passing the screening process are reviewed by a panel of twenty real estate industry experts selected to participate in the process based on their experience and knowledge of the real estate industry. Comments provided by panel members are be incorporated into the final score for each agent in order to arrive at the final list of Super Real Estate Agents. Safeguards are built into the panel’s review process to reduce the possibility of a panel member influencing the composition of the list as a result of his or her affiliation with any particular real estate brokerage.

The selected Super Real Estate Agents are revealed to the public in the November issues of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business Magazine.