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Mike Seger from Athens, Georgia Had an Impressive 195 Transaction Sides on His Way to Becoming One of Georgia's Top Professionals

(Watkinsville, GA, September 7, 2011) Mike Seger of Seger Realty, Inc. was named one of America's top real estate professionals by The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends. He is now a member of the "The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals," a prestigious national awards ranking sponsored annually by the two respected publications. Mike Seger is now ranked in the top one half of 1 percent of the more than 1.1 million REALTORS® nationwide.

The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals was announced on September 6, 2011 with four separate categories honoring the top 250 residential agents and agent teams for excellence in:

• Individual Sales Professionals - Sales volume
• Individual Sales Professionals - Transaction sides (in each real estate transaction, there are two sides that can be represented by a real estate agent: a buyer's and a seller's.)
• Team Professionals - Sales volume
• Team Professionals - Transaction sides

According to The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals, Mike Seger had Transaction Sides totaling 195 sides, ranking him 58th in the nation.

"The best individual agents and teams - including Mike Seger's award-winning efforts - were nothing short of phenomenal considering the challenging real estate market," said Steve Murray, founder of Denver-based publishing and communications company REAL Trends, which compiled the list. "Ironically, if you look at the top 250 in each category you will find that collectively, their sales volume and transaction sides held up quite nicely compared with the market as a whole."

"Becoming a member of such an elite group as the The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals is an incredible accomplishment in any market, but what Mike Seger did during these challenging times is impressive on so many levels," said Marti Gallardo, vice president, Global Sales, Vertical Markets Advertising for The Wall Street Journal. "His efforts topped 99.99 percent of the more than 1 million REALTORS nationwide."

"I am absolutely thrilled to be named to The Thousand," said Mike Seger, who serves clients primarily in Northeast Georgia. "Even with the market's challenges, it's incredibly gratifying to help clients find their dream homes as well as help them sell their properties quickly and for the highest price possible."

The four lists of the The Thousand can be found at:

• http://realtrends.com/products/top-1000-sales-professionals/individual-sides
• http://realtrends.com/products/top-1000-sales-professionals/individual-volume
• http://realtrends.com/products/top-1000-sales-professionals/team-sides
• http://realtrends.com/products/top-1000-sales-professionals/team-volume

Seger Realty and Mike Seger have been an integral part of Georgia Real Estate since 1998. Specializing in listing and selling residential real estate as well as land and commercial properties, Seger Realty's agents and staff have decades of experience. Covering all of North East Georgia including Athens, Watkinsville, Gwinnett County, Winder, Barrow County, Lake Oconee, Commerce, Jefferson, and all neighborhoods in between, Seger Realty is the best way to buy and sell Georgia real estate.

About The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals
The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals awards program was developed jointly by The Wall Street Journal's Business Development Group and REAL Trends, a leading source of analysis and information for the residential real estate brokerage industry. The Real Estate Top 1,000 honors America's elite real estate agents and their companies and is compiled and analyzed by REAL Trends.