Stage I. Call For Nominations – March 16 through May 11, 2007

More than 108,000 members of the Twin Cities community have the opportunity to submit nominations to the 2007 Super Real Estate Agents™ program. Beginning in March of 2007, the program’s independent quantitative marketing company, Crescendo Partners, began the four-month research process to identify this year’s Super Real Estate Agents. Individuals from the following groups have an opportunity to make a nomination:

• All Super Real Estate Agents appearing in the 2006 listing.
• 15,000 homebuyers who had recent experiences with real estate agents. (10,000 will receive a paper ballot and 5,000 will be called for a telephone survey).
• 500 metropolitan mortgage and title companies, where the agent’s skills and preparation needed for successful closing are discerned.
• Over 93,000 subscribers to Mpls.St.Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business. (5,000 will receive a paper ballot and any subscriber may make an online nomination).

Each of these individuals can nominate up to two real estate agents who they know through personal experience. Each nomination must be accompanied by an assessment of the nominated agent across nine criteria (examples: integrity, market knowledge, closing preparation, etc).