Central Florida Home Builder Recognizes Outstanding Employees

Posted: March 16, 2012 | Categories: Events

By Highland Homes

You know that saying, “it’s takes a village?쳌 Well, it definitely rings true for us here at Highland Homes. It takes all of our wonderful agents, preferred lenders, design studio consultants and other Highland Homes’ employees working together to make us a successful Central Florida home builder. We are so proud of everyone who contributes to make the home buying experience a pleasant one for our homeowners, and we’re excited about every chance we get to show them off. On March 7, we honored our top selling agents and other outstanding employees of 2011 at our annual awards banquet at the Lone Palm County Club in Lakeland.\n\nThose honored at the awards banquet include:\n\nTop Three Sales Agents with the Highest Net Dollar Volume\n

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• Gene Kucher at Imperial Lakes with 39 homes sold totaling $6,275,550
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• Cheryl Gonzalez at The Greens and Ten Oaks with 30 homes sold totaling $5,129,505
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• Jennifer Maul at Stonewood and Blackwater Creek with 22 homes sold totaling $4,220,342\n
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\nTop Three Sales Agents with the Most Florida Real Estate Closed\n

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• Gene Kucher at Imperial Lakes with 29 homes
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• Ed Velasquez at Winchester Estates with 17 homes
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• Doug Pike at Wind Meadows with 14 homes
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\nTop Three Sales Agents for Highest Closing Dollar Volume\n

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• Gene Kucher at Imperial Lakes with $4,779,868
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• Ed Velasquez at Winchester Estates with $2,810,537
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• Doug Pike at Wind Meadows with $$2,249,823
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\nHighest GB Shelter Mortgage (Highland Homes’ Preferred Lender Partner) Capture Rates\n

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• Roger Santos at Andover and Mystery Ridge, with 100 percent
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• Doug Pike at Wind Meadows, with 79 percent
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• Denise Abercrombie at Mandolin II, with 70 percent
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\nWe also recognized the following for their achievements:\n

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• 2011 Rookie of the Year: Randi Golemme at St. James Crossing
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• 2011 Sales Counselors of the Year: Stacey Pouliot and Carmen Arbizu
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• 2011 Design Studio Manager of the Year: Stacey Antonakos-Perez
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• 2011 Studio Designer of the Year: Linda Samhoury
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\nTo add to the excitement of the evening, we were honored to have guest speaker, JP Peterson. JP is the president and founder of Tampa Bay Sports Central and host of popular Florida sports radio show, “Happy Hour with JP.쳌 JP talked about his experiences in the sports industry and about how to be successful in a challenging environment, such as home building, you must have a strong team.\n\nWe had so much fun, and can’t wait until next year’s festivities. For more information about our new homes, visit the Highland Homes website.

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