More than 200 AREAA members recognized for real estate and mortgage

The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) released its annual A-List which honors 167 individual real estate agents and teams for outstanding production in 2021. Additionally, 38 outstanding loan officers were recognized.

The combined group of real estate sales professionals generated more than $12.93 billion in sales volume and 19,850 transaction sides in 2021. George Kypreos of GK Properties in Las Vegas and Long Doan of Realty Group in Minneapolis led the A-List sales and volume for individual agents and teams.

The list of real estate agents and teams on the A-List was produced this year by RealTrends in partnership with Bank of America.

Joanna Yu with US Bank in Campbell, Calif., led the A-List with $521.5 million in closed mortgage volume. Shashank Shekhar, the founder and CEO of InstaMortgage based in San Jose, Calif., topped the closed mortgage list with 817 in 2021.

The list of loan officers was generated through self-submissions directly to AREAA.

Kypreos of GK Properties in Las Vegas, generated 1,293 transaction sides in 2021 to head the A-List. His $465.4 million in sales volume also earned the top individual agent spot. The high-profile RealTrends + Tom Ferry The Thousand, previously ranked him fourth overall in the industry in sides and No. 18 in volume. RealTrends showed he grew his production by 203 sides and $208.2 million from 2020.

Kypreos was followed on the individual agent transactions list by Abe Lee of Century 21 Properties Hawaii (535), Danielle Moy with @Properties in Orland Park, Ill. (252), Eric Delgado with Keller Williams Encino-Sherman Oaks in Encino, Calif. (185.4) and Meghan Clarkson of Long & Foster Real Estate-based in Chincoteague Island, Va. (162.3).

Lee ($339.1 million) followed Krypreos on the sales volume list with Delgado ($158.2 million), Randy Char of Char Luxury in Las Vegas ($107.2 million), and Herman Chan of Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty in Berkeley, CA ($94.1 million) rounding out the top five.

Doan’s Realty Group in Minneapolis, Minn., earned $1.629 billion in 2021 sales volume to best all AREAA teams.

The top five on the team volume list was filled out by the TSE Group of Intero in Saratoga, Calif. ($939.6 million), Fast Real Estate with eXp in Oakland, Calif. ($671.6 million), TYG of Long and Foster in Midlothian, Va. ($385.9 million), and Team Foster Skillman of Compass in Bellevue, Wash. ($335.5 million).

Doan’s team also generated 5,108 sides in 2021 to lead all AREAA teams.

The Tamra Wade Team of Buford, GA. (994), TYG (920.5), Fast Real Estate (875), and the Donnie Pingaro Team of Side in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (621) followed on the team’s transaction list.

Yu, a Senior Mortgage Loan Consultant at US Bank, has been in the mortgage industry for 34 years and was recently ranked 20^th of all U.S. loan officers in total mortgage volume by the Scotsman Guide. She is followed on the A-List’s closed mortgage volume list by Viral Vora of PNC Bank ($397.2 million), Shekhar ($340.0 million), Michelle Kim of HSBC ($312.0) and Choe Hung of US Bank ($280.3 million).

Shekhar was ranked by the Scotsman Guide as the 86^th most productive loan officer in the nation for his number of loans in 2021. The A-List top five in this category also included Loan Depot’s Nathan Sibbet (482), Yu (458), Karen Chiu of North America Funding (425) and Vora (365).

“AREAA has honored the best-of-the best for years and now we get to recognize so many more than we have ever been able to,” said Tim Hur, AREAA’s 2022 National President. “George, along with Long’s team, along with Joanna and Shashank are not only real estate industry icons but showcase how strong the AREAA membership is. AREAA has an important job to do in representing the housing needs of the AAPI community that is not one homogenous group. We are made up of approximately 50 nationalities and cultures. It is important for the real estate industry to understand this especially because of the ongoing AAPI migration patterns to the South and Southwest. More and more agents and lenders are going to work with AAPI immigrants along with first, second and third generations and AREAA is committed to ensure that they can enjoy homeownership.”

The A-List was developed using these criteria:

• RealTrends identified honorees by cross-tabulating AREAA membership with those on its RealTrends + Tom Ferry America’s Best Real Estate Professionals list.
• AREAAallowed for individual submissions allowing individual agents who generated at least 25 transaction sides or $10 million in sales volume in 2021 to be recognized.
• Teams needed at least 40 transaction sides and $15 million in sales volume. The team lead must be an AREAA member.
• Loan officers who self-nominated and originated the largest volume and units funded were included on the A-List.

Below follows an abbreviated list of the individual real estate agents by sides 2022 A-List honorees:

Individual Real Estate Agents Sides

Rank	Name	Company	City, State	Sides
1	George Kypreos	GK Properties Real Estate & Management	Henderson, NV	1,293
2	Shirley Gary	Engel & Völkers Buckhead Atlanta	Atlanta, GA	574.4
3	Abe Lee	Century 21 iProperties Hawaii	Honolulu, HI	535
4	Danielle Moy	@Properties	Orland Park, IL	252
5	Eric Delgado	Keller Williams Encino – Sherman Oaks	Encino, CA	185.4
6	Meghan O. Clarkson	Long & Foster Real Estate	Chincoteague Island, VA	162.3
7	Hugh Morrow	RE/MAX Preferred	Birmingham, AL	144
8	Randy Hatada	Xpand Realty	Las Vegas, NV	104
9	Betty Johnson	Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene	Galveston, TX	102
10	Michelle Kauffman	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Premier Properties	Lubbock, TX	99
11	Magda Esola	Fielding Homes	Charlotte, NC	95
	Oscar Garcia	Century 21 Sweyer & Assocites	Wilmington, NC	95
13	Randy Char	Sotheby’s International Realty Char Luxury	Las Vegas, NV	90
14	Fion Yau	Coldwell Banker Realty	San Francisco, CA	85.8
15	Christine Do	Keller Williams Easton	S. Easton, MA	83
16	LuAnn Shikasho	eXp Realty	Elk Grove, CA	81
17	Smitha Ramchandani	SR Real Estate Group	Whippany, NJ	80
18	Yvonne Summerfield	RE/MAX Kauai Living	Kalaheo, HI	79
19	Julie Gritton	Coldwell Banker Resort Realty	Lewes, DE	73.3
20	Leslie Webb	Long & Foster Real Estate	Winchester, VA	73.2
21	Tracy Keffer	Keller Williams GCR	Columbus, OH	72.3
22	Janet Moore	Premier Sotheby’s International Realty	Clearwater, FL	68
23	Herman Chan	Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty	Berkeley, CA	63.9
24	Gregory Tran	Keller Williams Austin SW	Austin, TX	63.5
25	Linda Goss	DRB Homes	Charlotte, NC	60
	Susan Kliesen	Susan Kliesen RE/MAX Center	Grayson, GA	60
27	Spencer Hsu	Spencer Hsu Real Estate	Milpitas, CA	59
	Lina Shah	Coldwell Banker Realty	Oak Brook, IL	59
	Karen Sorenson	RE/MAX Newport Elite	Racine, WI	59
30	Janice Lee	Colwell Banker Realty	San Francisco, CA	57.2
31	Cynthia Li	Keller Williams Allen	Allen, TX	56.8
32	Ruth Manzano Javier	Coldwell Banker Realty	Kapoli, HI	56.5
33	Anita Vining	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty	Jacksonville, FL	56
34	Tracy Allen	Coldwell Banker Realty	Honolulu, HI	53.8
35	Bonnie Lai	RE/MAX Unlimited	Brookline, MA	53
36	Li Huong Lanz	Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate	Clackamas, OR	52
37	Dane Gates	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Premier Properties	The Woodlands, TX	51
	Rich Kim	2Win Realty	Fort Lee, NJ	51
	Emily Qing Hui Wang	Century 21 Advantage Gold	Philadelphia, PA	51
40	Hazel Heyer	Keller Williams Orlando South	Kissimmee, FL	50
	Phyliss Lutrick	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Premier Properties	Lubbock, TX	50
42	Melissa Zimmerman	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty	Huntersville, NC	49
43	Jenny Law	Kuper Sotheby’s International Realty	Austin, TX	48
	Tony Ngo	Real Estate Performance Group	Clackamas, OR	48
45	Jonathan Tat	Compass	Seattle, WA	47
	Christie Xie	Nuage Real Estate Group	Newton, MA	47
47	Job Hammond	Dash Realty	Austin, TX	45
	Linda Lee	Keller Williams Carmel Valley / Del Mar	San Diego, CA	45
49	Crystal Ansay	Diamond Realtors	Clovis, CA	44
	Steven Powers	CENTURY 21 S.G.R., Inc.	Chicago, IL	44
51	Lilian Jorgenson	Long & Foster Real Estate	McLean, VA	43.3
52	Erin Stumpf	Coldwell Banker Realty	Sacramento, CA	42.8
53	Celeste Zarling	Century 21 Northwest Realty	Kirkland, WA	42
54	Phat Nguyen	eXp Realty	Orlando, FL	41
	Darla Togo-Boardwell	Diamond Realtors	Clovis, CA	41
56	Donna Davids	Coldwell Banker Realty	South Easton, MA	40.8
57	Michele Liang	Compass	Seattle, WA	40
58	Carlos Alleyne	RE/MAX Advantage Plus	Delray Beach, FL	39
	Patti Gage	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate	Portland, OR	39
	Maggie Li	Keller Williams Boston Southwest	Westwood, MA	39
61	Julie Phan	Julie Phan LLC	Largo, FL	38
	Eric Yamamoto	Refined Real Estate Hawaii LLC	Ewa Beach, HI	38
	Soo Yu	Eastern Realty Inc.	Fort Lee, NJ	38
64	Jocelyn Lomahan	The Avenue	San Diego, CA	37
	Christine Nieva	RLAH Real Estate	Washington, DC	37
66	Garrett Chan	Compass	Pasadena, CA	36.5
	Dawn Lanier	Coldwell Banker Realty	Austin, TX	36.5
68	Derek Hirano	Keller Williams South Bay	Torrance, CA	36
	Reid Sanborn	Engel & Völkers Sun Valley	Ketchum, ID	36
70	Debbie Lang	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS	Princeton, NJ	34
	Eleanor Simon	Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties	Aiea, HI	34
72	Kristin Gennetti	Century 21 North East	Malden, MA	33.3
73	Susan Borochov	Corcoran Pacific Properties	Honolulu, HI	33.1
74	Saeng Bunsy	Iron Key Real Estate	Fresno, CA	33
75	Dana Hall-Bradley	Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Fine Living	Celebration, FL	32
76	Ellie Yung	Coldwell Banker Realty	Irvine, CA	31
77	Padma Sonti	Keller Williams Merrimack Valley	Westford, MA	30
78	Lily Ha	Portfolio Real Estate	Sacramento, CA	29
79	Tommy Kim	Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties	Honolulu, HI	28.5
	Caron Ling	eXp Realty	Honolulu, HI	28.5
81	Sherry Cree	Ascendant Real Estate	Erie, CO	28
	Maymay Huang	Sweet Home Realty Group	Sacramento, CA	28
	Revelina Um	Keller Williams Oakland	Oakland, CA	28
	George Xie	Keller Williams Silicon City	San Jose, CA	28
85	Michael Chang	Keller Williams Anaheim	Diamond Bar, CA	27.6
86	Vivian Ho	eXp Realty	Oakland, CA	27
87	Michele Turnquist	Engel & Völkers Austin Westlake	Austin, TX	26.5
88	Paul Wong	Coldwell Banker Realty	Oakland, CA	26.2
89	Ella Sun	Compass	Saratoga, CA	26
	Terring Wang	Keller Williams Capital Properties	Rockville, MD	26

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