Realtor news for Oct. 9, 2011

By Staff
Friday, October 7, 2011

KELLER WILLIAMS

Keller Williams would like to welcome Danny Kuta to the office. Danny Kuta has lived in the Grand valley for more than 12 years and has grown to love this area for the monuments, people and the culture of the community.

Kuta has a strong background in new construction, including single-family and multi-family homes. He was the sales manager of the largest new home production company on the Western Slope. His experience ranges from new community start-ups, sales systems, procedures, new home marketing and sales.

Kuta is familiar with the residential resale market, as well. He has the knowledge, resources and understands how to meet buyer’s needs by simplifying the transaction and paying close attention to details.

Kuta strives to satisfy the every need of his real estate clients, which keeps them coming back for quality customer service as well as gain referral business on a consistent basis.

Call Kuta today at 250-3844 or email him at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for a consultation on your real estate buying or selling needs.

UNIFIRST MORTGAGE

Unifirst Mortgage is pleased to announce Stewart Cruickshank has joined the Grand Junction home office staff as director of lending services.

This new position was created at Unifirst to further support the recent expansion of the mortgage lending program in Mesa County and Western Colorado. Stewart will work with the local team of six licensed loan officers in enhancing the mortgage program to insure that every mortgage client continues to receive the best and most affordable mortgage available for every type of purchase and refinance transaction.

Originally from the Midwest, Stewart has called Grand Junction home for the past fourteen years. Stewart was most recently in the title industry and is familiar the local real estate market. He has taught classes on short sales, loan fraud and other industry related topics.

He will continue his education programs for homeowners, Realtors, and other industry professionals.

RE/MAX 4000

Ray Rickard and Jeptha Sheene were among more than 100 commercial real estate professionals to attend the RE/MAX Commercial® World Symposium at RE/MAX headquarters in Denver.

The symposium, Sept. 19-21, attracted both commercial practitioners and industry experts from around the world for two days of education, training and networking.

The most pressing topic was the state of the commercial real estate market today and forecasts for the next several years given the state of the global economy.

Commercial practitioners from around the globe, including Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil and Turkey, were in attendance. Foreign investment is a large factor in the recovering U.S. commercial real estate market.

RE/MAX Commercial, a division of the Denver-based franchise company RE/MAX, LLC, continues to expand and is now in 42 countries with approximately 3,000 commercial practitioners and over 300 offices and divisions combined. RE/MAX Commercial is ranked in National Real Estate Investor (NREI) magazine’s Top 25 list of commercial brokerage networks and continues to build in prominence.

Rickard has been a RE/MAX Commercial practitioner for 20 years and Sheene for seven years in the Grand Junction market, specializing in development and commercial properties.  Recent involvement has included industrial leasing to Jenmar, Teltech and Buzztown companies.

To contact Rickard, visit http://www.RayRickard.com, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call (970) 250-1128. To contact Sheene, visit http://www.grand-junction-homes.com, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). or call (960) 261-9474.

MAJOR MORTGAGE

Major Mortgage is excited to announce that experienced senior mortgage loan originator, Kelly Romatzke, joins the mortgage team at Major Mortgage.

Romatzke has been in the mortgage industry for 16 years. Romatzke’s experience includes mortgage loan originator, and assistant vice president/manager of a nationally recognized mortgage operations center. Her many customer service awards prove her passion to serve others and help them meet their home ownership goals.

Romatzke can be reached at our Grand Junction Branch at (970) 241-6100 or http://www.majormortgage.com/kellyromatzke.

CENTURY 21 HOMESTEAD REALTY

Century 21 Homestead Realty would like to congratulate the top seller, Roger Iverson, and top lister,  Ric Gaines, for the month of September 2011.

If you would like to speak to an agent call (970) 243-5100 or come by 737 Horizon Drive.

BRAY REAL ESTATE

Bray Real Estate is proud to welcome Ron Walz to the Grand Junction office.  Walz was born and raised in Grand Junction before moving to Las Vegas to go to school.

While there, an interest in real estate was sparked and he began his career after moving back to Grand Junction. He is excited about the challenges ahead and looks forward to facilitating the needs of buyers and sellers.

Stop by his office at 1015 N. Seventh St. or call him at 242-3647.