THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, March 25, 1995 TAG: 9503230470
SECTION: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY PAGE: 08 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 100 lines
The Portsmouth/Chesapeake Association of Realtors is spearheading a reward offer for the arrest and conviction of the person who attacked Margaret D. Teele on Dec. 2 in the Food Lion grocery parking lot on Twin Pines Road in the Churchland section of Portsmouth.
Teele, who was a realty agent with Benzie and Associates, was knocked to the ground by a young man on a bicycle who attempted to grab her pocketbook, according to police. She suffered a broken hip and shoulder.
On Dec. 10, recovering from surgery in a nursing facility, she died from a blood clot.
The Realtors and other businesses and individuals are offering $5,000 for information. The reward will be coordinated through the Portsmouth Police Crime Line program.
Womble Realty has been recognized by the Chicago-based RELO/The International Relocation Network as a ``Peak Producer'' for its performance in serving the relocation needs of families and corporate transferees. The award is made to companies that generate more than $5 million in referral sales.
In other news from Womble, Brenda Rawls of the Beach office was named No. 1 sales associate for 1994 after generating an 84 percent increase in sales volume over 1993. Anna Sullivan of the Great Bridge office was named top listing agent for last year, the fourth straight year.
Sullivan was also named top sales associate for February. Top listing agent for that month was Anne ``Cookie'' Page of the Lynnhaven office.
Chuck Warren has been named associated broker and vice president of Re/Max Central Realty in Chesapeake. Warren was a Platinum Award winner at the recent banquet of the Tidewater Association of Realtors and was named salesperson of the year by his realty office.
Karen Pecsek, an associate broker with Century 21 At The Mall in Virginia Beach, has been awarded with the Certified Residential Specialist designation by the Residential Sales Council of the Realtors National Marketing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.
She completed the required courses and has demonstrated expertise in applied residential real estate marketing.
Victor M. Esposito of Long & Foster Realty's commercial division is the top commercial sales agent in the southern Virginia region for the third consecutive year. Esposito is on the board of directors of the YMCA and served as the Y's finance chairman.
Barbara Pitt has joined GSH Real Estate Corp. as managing broker of the company's Holland Road sales office in Virginia Beach. Formerly a managing broker with ERA Real Estate, Pitt has been in the business since 1968. She has been active in Realtor organizations at the local, state and national level, most recently as vice chairman of the Chesapeake Governmental Affairs Committee for the Tidewater Association of Realtors.
She is a lifetime member of the Tidewater Builders Association Million Dollar Circle and the TAR's Million Dollar Sales Club.
The 200-member Hampton Roads Commercial/Industrial Council of Realtors has simplified its name to the Commercial Real Estate Council. Anyone interested in the organization can reach it at 184 Business Park Drive, Virginia Beach, Va. 23462. The fax number is 473-9897.
Tom Waltz of Drucker & Falk Realtors is president of the council, Al Carmichael of Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate is vice president and Deborah Stearns of Goodman Segar Hogan Hoffler, L.P., is secretary-treasurer.
New management: Harbour Realty Advisors of Miami has been hired to manage and lease the 212-unit Hamptons and the 196-unit Mayfair apartments in Virginia Beach. . . PMI Realty & Management will be the managing agents for Rock Creek Homes Association, a community of 814 dwellings in the Princess Anne Park area of Virginia Beach. Ron Pittser will be association manager.
Hot off the presses: The Appraisal Institute's 1995 Directory of Members, with the names of more than 12,000 professionally designated appraisers, has been published. To order a complimentary copy, write to the institute at PR/Marketing Dept., 875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2400, Dept. 95DOMNR, Chicago, Ill. 60611-1980, or phone 312-335-4472.
The Real Estate Publishing Co. has just issued Real Estate Books and Periodicals in Print, a source for anyone interested in buying and selling property. Every national professional association and institute is listed in the two-volume book, which costs $39.95. It may be ordered from the publisher's mail order department at P.O. Box 41177, Sacramento, Calif. 95841.
Also from the Real Estate Publishing Co. is the desk-sized Real Estate Dictionary of Terms and Definitions with 3,600 entries. The price is $11.95 and it may also be ordered directly from the publisher.
``Home Safety'' (Career Press, $16.95) by Ted Ferry, is not your average book in this genre, says Nick Harder of the Orange County Register. What makes it different is that this book ``grows'' along with your family. If you have kids, the book tells you about baby gates. If your elderly parents are living with you, you can learn about safety for seniors. If you can't find the book in a bookstore, call (800) 955-7373. MEMO: On the Move reports management changes, awards, seminars and new
services offered by real estate firms, mortgage companies and builders.
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