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James Bernard repeated as winner of Bahamas Realty\u2019s Top Producer\u00a0 and Top Appraiser awards at the company\u2019s Awards Luncheon held recently at the Caf\u00e9 Matisse Restaurant.<\/p>\n
Appraiser and Sales Representative Bernard also won these awards in\u00a0 2014, plus the Top Exclusive Listing Agent Award.\u00a0\u201cPersistence, networking and top quality service are large factors in my success at Bahamas Realty. However, being an appraiser also provides me with a wealth of market data which I can pass along to my sales clients allowing them to make informed decisions and yielding them maximum value in their real estate transactions,\u201d says the top producer.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdditionally, I am a big believer in continuing education. I take every course I can, locally and abroad, to expand my knowledge base in both sales and appraisals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colleague Paul D. Antonas, also an\u00a0 Appraiser and Sales Representative, won the BRL Top Sales Associate Award and the Most Improved Sales Associate Award \u201cIn recognition of having increased his business the most from last year.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning any one of these awards is quite an achievement. Winning more than one of them is commendable, and these two young men have been passing them around for the last three or four years,\u201c said BRL President Robin Brownrigg, who heads the Appraisals Department at BRL.<\/p>\n
He is proud to claim full credit for the achievements of his prot\u00e9g\u00e9s, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve created a team within a team. I\u2019m all over these guys. They realize I strive for perfection and excellence and so do they.\u201d<\/p>\n
He cited the two young professionals\u2019 work ethic and commitment to excellent service, especially in high-end residences and commercial properties, adding,\u201cI push them very hard every day in every way. It is very satisfying to me to watch them grow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Antonas said.\u00a0“It feels great to be able to bring appraisal and sales expertise to our company. \u00a0Having worked with the company since 2008 on both the appraisal side and sales side, I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to excel. It takes dedication, inspiration and a lot of very hard work.”<\/p>\n
Bahamas Realty CEO Larry Roberts presented the awards.\u00a0 He called 2015 \u201ca remarkable\u00a0 year, in which we paid out to sales, leasing and appraisal agents 34.5% more than in last year, and in sales we paid out 51.23% more than last year. It shows that diligence and hard work do pay off.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Top Leasing Associate Award went to Mrs. Andrea Brownrigg, a Director and Broker at BRL.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s all about building the relationships in leasing. Andrea has worked with hundreds of clients relocating to the island over the span of 30 years,”\u00a0said Mr. Roberts.<\/p>\n
Other awards presented included: Employee of the Year, Mrs. Ava Storr, Sales Coodinator, who also won this award in 2006; and the Top Producer Exclusive Listing Award was presented to Jason Wong, Sales Associate and Appraiser.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Storr said, \u201c I was honored to have been chosen by my employers and peers.\u00a0 It makes me feel that my hard work is noticed and appreciated by all.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Captions:<\/em><\/span> TOP PRODUCER 2015–Jim Bernard, right, shown accepting an earlier BRL Top Producer award from CEO Larry Roberts, centre. Financial Controller Lindsey Cancino stands far left. Photo by Keith Parker, P. S. News\/ Features<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James Bernard repeated as winner of Bahamas Realty\u2019s Top Producer and Top Appraiser awards at the company\u2019s Awards Luncheon held recently at the Caf\u00e9 Matisse Restaurant. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":142741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBRL TOP PRODUCERS 2015–James Bernard (not pictured) repeated as winner of Bahamas Realty\u2019s Top Producer\u00a0 and Top Appraiser awards at the company\u2019s Awards Luncheon held recently at the Caf\u00e9 Matisse Restaurant. Posing with awards are: (From left) Top Producer of Exclusive Listings, Jason Wong, Sales Associate and Appraiser; President Robin Brownrigg; Top Producer, Leasing, Andrea Brownrigg, Director and Broker; \u00a0CEO Larry Roberts; Top Producer, Sales and Most Improved Sales Associate, Paul Antonas.\u00a0Employee of the Year is Mrs. Ava Storr,\u00a0Sales Co-ordinator, not pictured. \u00a0Photo by Keith Parker, P. S. News Features<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n