Premier Atlanta Real Estate is a local, independent boutique real estate brokerage with a mission to deliver the Premier Real Estate Experience to our clients. We achieve this by prioritizing service, innovating with technology and utilizing a consultative approach with our clients. We recognize the Premier Real Estate Experience is different for each client and our Premier Agents listen to each client to ensure we help them achieve their goals.
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Wendy Hamlin, Director of Training & Development
Wendy Hamlin, our Director of Training & Development insists on a curriculum that imparts a much greater depth of knowledge than is found in most other real estate training programs. Wendy is a licensed Realtor®, and an instructor for our real estate school, Thrive Real Estate Academy. She is a lifelong Atlanta native and a consummate professional in our industry. Her ability to articulate and teach real estate concepts is unmatched and her passion to teach and impart knowledge to others is rare.
Wendy teaches “Kickstart”, our 25-hour postlicense CE course as well as a number of introductory and high-level training topics throughout the year. She is always looking out into the future to bring timely training topics to our agents so we stay on top of the ever changing real estate market. In addition to being the Director of Training & Development, Wendy is also a mentor to new agents in the office and is always available to help when needed. She also leads our mentorship program to ensure newer agents can deliver the Premier Real Estate Experience and practice safe real estate.
Wendy still represents buyers and sellers and therefore, keeps her finger on the pulse of what is happening. This helps to ensure that we don’t lose touch and become isolated in the office. Real estate is practiced in the field, not the office and this is one of the reasons our trainings stay relevant for our agents.
Lisa Ward, Director of Operations
Born and raised in Atlanta, Lisa began her professional career as an accountant and operations manager for large marketing firms. This provided exceptional hands on training for her when she transitioned into the real estate space. It wasn’t long before her love for real estate expanded beyond operations and she quickly became a certified stager. Her staging services transformed into small design projects and then more involved projects requiring more extensive design and remodel work allowing her true passion to come to life.
Beyond the title of Director of Operations, Lisa works with homeowners, home sellers and real estate agents in Metro Atlanta to design, update and remodel homes to achieve the goals of each individual client’s needs.
These services blossomed into a full new business venture and now she is also the owner and design specialist for Premier Design & Remodel. She is an Accredited Staging Professional® and Realtor® and has a passion for real estate.
Ryan Ward, Managing Broker/Owner
Ryan Ward is the Managing Broker and owner of Premier Atlanta Real Estate and the owner and School Director of Thrive Real Estate Academy. Ryan has been a licensed Realtor® in the state of Georgia since 2004. He has also operated a successful team of agents since 2007 and brings the knowledge and leadership skills he’s learned to his new role as broker of Premier Atlanta Real Estate.
Ryan takes a hands on appraoch as a broker and has a true desire to help agents reach their goals. He is involved directly with training and education, teaches a weekly Grow Your Business series to agents and is also an instructor for Thrive Real Estate Academy.
Ryan is a member of the Georgia Association of Realtors® Technology Forum, a member of the National Association of Realtors®, Georgia Association of Realtors® and Atlanta Realtors® Association.
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