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We are excited to announce the return of the Rising Star Awards for 2021!
The Rising Star Awards program is a C.A.R. initiative designed to work with the brokerage community to recognize their up-and-coming agents. The Rising Star Awards will highlight elite, new talent entering the industry and help boost their growing careers while promoting both the REALTOR® and their firm. C.A.R. welcomes new and ambitious members making waves in the industry who represent the next generation of leading agents. To honor the dedicated real estate professionals who served their clients through the pandemic, C.A.R is recognizing agents for production year 2019 and separately for production year 2020.
Requirements for Qualification for Production Year 2019
Requirements for Qualification for Production Year 2020
Application Submission
Broker/Owners or Managers nominate an eligible REALTOR® to C.A.R. by submitting the this form. Please note that self-nominations will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted no later than May 31, 2021. Qualified agent nominees will receive a follow-up questionnaire to answer that will be added to their application to be evaluated by the review panel.
Link to Nomination Form: Rising Star Nomination Form
Procedure
A review panel made up of the 2021 Chair and Vice Chairs of the C.A.R. Young Professionals Network will review all qualified nominees and select up to 20 Rising Star Award recipients. The award recipients will be notified and recognized at the C.A.R. REimagine! Conference in October 2021.
For more information, please email [email protected]
Please join us in congratulating our 2019 Rising Star Award recipients!
2019 Rising Star Award Recipients
| Amy Tsang | Long Beach | Forward Management Long Beach, Inc. |
| April Lepito Smith | Marin Co. | Zephyr Real Estate |
| Cyrus Mohseni | Lake Forest | US Real Estate Services |
| Dustin Lamborn | Clovis | London Properties |
| Edward Stevens | Santa Rosa | RE/MAX Marketplace |
| Felicia Mares | Oakland | Abio Properties |
| Jason Buttorf | San Francisco | Compass |
| Jessica Pavoni | Lafayette | Dudum Real Estate Group |
| Kamlesh Singh | Sacramento | Homesmart ICARE Realty |
| Nicholas "Nick" Bailey | Santa Cruz | Bailey Properties, Inc. |
| Nicole Myrstad | Capitola | Vista Properties, Inc. |
| Paul Swack | Pismo Beach | Artisan Real Estate Group |
| Samantha O'Brien | San Diego | ProchLight Powered by Big Block Realty |
| Taylor Zapata | Wheatland | EXP Realty of California, Inc. |
| Yuyan Deng | Pasadena | Golden Land Investments & Financial, Inc. |
