Official Nomination: GMAR REALTOR® of the Year

The REALTOR® of the Year award honors a GMAR REALTOR® for civic and association activity at the local, state, and national levels, business, and educational experience, and REALTOR® spirit. In addition, recipients exhibit high professional competence and faithfulness to real estate principles, laws, and regulations outlined in the Code of Ethics. GMAR's annual REALTOR® of the Year award is the highest honor bestowed upon a REALTOR®. It stands for integrity, individual achievement, and perhaps the greatest compliment: recognition from peers in the real estate industry.

Nominations must be received no later than May 31st for current GMAR members to be considered for the award.

Nominees will be Examined Based on the Following Categories: 

  1. To the REALTOR® Organization (30%): May include association activities at the local, state, and national level, committee work, business meetings, educational events, membership and offices held in any chapter of Institutes, Societies and Councils, advocacy and issues, attendance at state and national conventions, spirit and faithfulness to principles of organized real estate, as well as the laws and regulations of GMAR, Michigan REALTORS® and NAR’s Code of Ethics.
  2. To the Real Estate Profession (30%): May include activities such as overall business achievements - both real estate related and otherwise, designations held, public recognition of business conduct, service to clients, creative advertising programs, rehabilitation work, land utilization, and efforts to encourage good real estate practice among other REALTORS®.
  3. To the Community (40%): May include activities connected with work in local chambers, youth or religious groups, cultural contributions to the community, civic clubs, membership and offices held, public welfare campaigns, political offices held at the local, state and national level with or without pay and time spent with the press and general public explaining the real estate profession.