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On Halloween 1994, Ann received her MN Real Estate Sales License (that's scary) and began her affiliation with ERA Dakota-Metro Realty.

In 1996, Ann was a recipient of the 1st in Customer Satisfaction Award by ERA Franchise System Inc and was awarded the GRI designation (Graduate, REALTOR Institute), the most widely recognized professional designation in real estate sales.

In 1998, Ann received her Broker real estate license and on August 23rd started her own real estate company, MAVRIK REALTY, which is a member of the Regional Multiple Listing Service. Ann is an active member of the St Paul Area Association of Realtors (SPAAR), the Minnesota Association of Realtors (MAR) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

In 2000, Ann was awarded the coveted Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) Designation. Less than one in five hundred licensees nationally is an Accredited Buyer Representative.

Ann also earned the prestigious Council of Residential Specialists (CRS) Designation in 2000. Only about 5% of all Realtors in the U.S. can call themselves Certified Residential Specialists.

In 2011, Ann earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales. This is invaluable expertise to offer at a time when the area is ravaged by “distressed” homes in the foreclosure process.

Short sales allow the cash-strapped seller to repay the mortgage at the price that the home sells for, even though it is lower than what is owed on the property. With plummeting property values, this can save many people from foreclosure and even bankruptcy. More and more lenders are willing to consider short sales because they are much less costly than foreclosures.

Sixteen years and counting, Ann loves selling houses and has fun doing it! Real estate sales or real estate "service", as she prefers to describe it, is her calling. Ann targets and particularly enjoys working with first-time homebuyers who benefit greatly from her extensive knowledge of affordable housing programs (including purchase-rehab loans), her patience and her uncanny ability to find just the right house for each of them.

As of December 31, 2010, Ann has successfully closed 317 real estate transactions for a total sales volume of $48,566,843. Or viewed another way, Ann has averaged in excess of $3 million in residential real estate transactions per year of experience.

Ann's average and median sale prices have risen steadily over the past couple of years, modeling the appreciation in the Twin Cities housing market. From 1995 to 1999, her average annual sale price rose from $74,937 in 1995 to $106,678 in 1999 (that's an average annual increase of 28% per year). Her median sale price for this period was $93,000.

For the subsequent 5-year period, 2000 to 2004, her average annual sale price rose from $129,249 in 2000 to $222,119 in 2004 (that's an average annual increase of 34% per year). Her median sale price for this period was $163,700.

For the following 5-year period, 2005 to 2009, Ann’s average annual sale price declined from $210,594 in 2005 to $186,043 in 2009 modeling the national trend of declining home values stemming from our foreclosure crisis. Her average annual rate of decline for this 5-year period was 17%. Her median sale price for this period was $204,420.