Real Estate Apprentice Foundation Announces Judges for 2005

Panel Will Be Responsible for Selecting the Finalists and Overall Winner of the First Season of the Real Estate Apprentice

They are:

KATRINA CAMPINS
Broker/Owner of The Campins Company in Coral Gables, Florida. Graduated from University of Miami with a 4.0 grade point average. Earned her real estate license at the age of 18. Recently selected by REALTOR® magazine as one of the Top 30 Realtors under the age of 30. Selected by Donald Trump as one of the finalists on the NBC hit TV show The Apprentice.

SHERRY CHRIS
President of Real Living Network Services the 5th largest real estate company in the nation. Graduate of the University of Western Ontario and MBA from the Ivey School of Business. A 20-year veteran of the real estate industry who also serves as chairperson of The Realty Alliance with 900,000 annual transaction totaling over $215 billion in annual sales.

TOM FERRY
President and CEO of Success Strategies Inc, one of the nation's leading real estate coaching companies. Earned the reputation as rapid results coach and motivator during the15 years in the Mike Ferry Organization. Has conducted training of over 30,000 agents nationwide and today personally coaches agents earning over a $1 million a year.

DICK FRYER
CEO IFREC Real Estate Schools, Central Florida's largest real estate educational facility. Director of the National Association of REALTORS®, past president of the Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association (2003), past president of Real Estate Educators Association (2002) Has taught real estate since 1978 and currently serves of Advisory Council of RealtyU, Inc.

DON HOBBS
Co-founder of Hobbs/Herder is the nation’s largest advertising agency dedicated to creating corporate identity and marketing materials exclusively for real estate agents and brokers. Has spoken to more than 500,000 real estate professionals and is one of the most respected experts on personal marketing and effective business systems in real estate.

DR. MARK LEVINE
Director/Professor, Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management. L.L.M. – New York University, J.D. - University of Denver; P.A.P. Accounting – Northwestern; Ph.D. Business – Century University. Author of 22 books. Serves on numerous boards, private and public, chairs, educational, and philanthropic organizations.

CHIP NEUMANN
One of the leading REALTORS® in the United States with over $1 billion in closed residential career sales volume. Ranked in the Top 50 Selling Agents in 2003 by REALTOR® Magazine. Highly respected Real Estate Mentor with iSucceed, Inc.

STEPHEN RONEY
President and CEO of First American Residential Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The First American Corporation, a FORTUNE 500 Company and the nation’s leading provider of business information. Previously CEO of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate. Widely quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune and Forbes. Graduate of the Haas School of Business at the University of California.

STEFAN SWANEPOEL
Author of 12 books and whitepapers and an expert in the real estate industry. He has a master's degree in business. CEO of RealtyU, Inc., iSucceed, Inc., RealSure, Inc., Chairman of Broker Agent Speakers Bureau and Vice Chairman of GenuTec. Founder and Chairman of The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation.

DR. JOHN TUCCILLO
Widely recognized as the foremost real estate and housing finance economist in the United States. Runs his own consulting business, JTA, LLC. Educated at Georgetown University and Cornell University, and holds a doctorate in economics. Author of six books. Formerly Chief Economist for the National Association of REALTORS®.

TERRY WATSON
Natural-born, high energy and diversified motivator and public speaker. Devoted to self-improvement as he is to helping others learn, and his own educational efforts in real estate has resulted in him earning the CRS, CRB, CIPS, ABR, ABRM, LTG, GRI, SRES, CFS, DREI, At Home with Diversity - One America, and e-Pro designations.

CATHY WHATLEY
Third generation REALTOR® actively involved in the real estate profession since 1969. Broker/Owner of Buck & Buck, Inc., REALTORS®, a firm established by her grandfather in 1907. Past President of the Florida Association of REALTORS® (1996) and Past President of the National Association of REALTORS® (2003). Previously served on the Fannie Mae Advisory Board.

The mission of The Real Estate Apprentice™ Foundation is to assist newly licensed real estate agents to start a new career as a real estate agent. The 10 lucky real estate agents that are selected as finalists will each receive $5,000 in products and services. The overall winner will receive products and services totaling $75,000.

Prizes and awards are sponsored by leading companies and providers in the real estate industry and includes real estate education and training by RealtyU® real estate schools, real estate mentoring by iSucceed, real estate marketing and corporate identity by Hobbs Herder, transaction, MLS and other software by First American Residential Group, real estate books by Thomson South-Western Publishing, real estate coaching by Success Strategies Institute, real estate technology guidance by CyberSpace Society, real estate news and magazine by Broker Agent News and RIS Media. Companies interested in becoming sponsors for Season 2 can contact Dr. Martin Oliver at dr.Oliver@ReApprentice.com The launch of Season 2 was announced last week and will run for six months from January 1st to June 30th. Participation by agents is free and no purchase or repayment is required. The program is open to all new real estate students that are U.S. or Canadian citizens or legal residents that have taken or will be taking a real estate licensing course during the six month grant season period. Interested parties can apply online at www.RealEstateApprentice.com.

For more information, visit http://www.RealEstateApprentice.com.