Maureen Horn, REALTOR®

MAUREEN HORN CELEBRATES A YEAR OF MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2011 IS MARKED BY SEVERAL NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEW DESIGNATIONS

SARASOTA, Florida (March 23, 2012) 2011 was a year filled with noteworthy accomplishments for Maureen Horn, a top-producing real estate agent in the Longboat Key South office of Michael Saunders & Company.

Horn, who joined the company just over two years ago, finished 2011 as one of the two top producers in her Longboat Key South office. Plus, she was the fifth overall producer in the entire company—which now numbers over 550 agents in multiple offices throughout Southwest Florida.

The Horns, who are as highly regarded in local real estate circles as they were as the former owners of Maureen’s Palm Grill, on Longboat Key, also took time out in a busy year to obtain new professional designations to help further raise the level of service they offer their buyers and sellers.

Steve Horn has been awarded the Certified International Property Specialist designation—or CIPS®—which provides entry into a specialized group of global business practitioners sanctioned by the National Association of REALTORS®. The CIPS designation prepares REALTORS® to service the growing market for international buyers in their local communities by focusing on culture, exchange rates, investment trends, legal matters and other issues of concern.

Maureen Horn, in the meantime, earned two new professional designations during 2011. She has been awarded both the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation (CLHMS)—from the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing—as well as the Resort & Second-Home Property Specialist designation (RSPS) from the National Association of REALTORS®.

The CLHMS designation assures affluent buyers and sellers that their chosen professional has the breadth of knowledge, experience, competence and confidence necessary to facilitate transactions involving luxury properties. In addition Maureen qualified for and was accepted in the Million Dollar Guild top production category.

2011 was also the year in which Maureen Horn was named a Five Star Real Estate Agent for the fifth consecutive year by Sarasota Magazine in conjunction with Five Star Professional. Five Star Professional is an organization that provides localized, independent research on the performance of service professionals. Most recently, Maureen received the QSC (qualitycertified.org)“Platinum” award for 2012 and is particularly coveted in the real estate community because it is decided by a consensus of the agent’s clients, peers and industry experts.

Maureen's philosophy is: Honesty, Passionate, Tenacious, Compassionate with exceptional results for their Client.

Maureen and Steve have one son, Stephen. He is a commercial (CCIM) Broker and Partner with Ian Black. He and his wife Beth have 2 children, Jack (5) and Charlie 19 months. Jack will be attending kindergarten at St. Stephens in the Fall where Beth was the Pre-K teacher.

Longtime Philadelphia, Cape May and Longboat Key Restaurateurs they owned and operated Maureen's Palm Grille on Longboat key from 1998 to 2005. They have been involved in numerous community organizations including the Asolo Theatre. SAve our Seabirds and Fit for the Cura/Susan Komen's Breast Cancer Awareness. Maureen also started the Tea To Tequila networking group on Longboat Key in 2000.