Making Moves
For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.
Rick Bechtel, an industry veteran with more than 30 years of mortgage experience, has been named by Compass as the new president of mortgage.
Traton Homes will launch its Florida operations in Bay and Walton counties this year and plans to focus on the Panhandle region.
The new executive previously worked as vice president of sales at Rockhaven Homes.
Rick Lang has been named as the first chief operating officer of Gateless: a new mortgage technology company which utilizes artificial intelligence.
The new broker plans to highlight Harry Norman’s commitment to providing exceptional service, luxury offerings and first-class experiences for agents and clients, according to a press release.
Davidson Homes, a rapidly growing home builder based in Huntsville, Alabama, recently fortified its leadership team with the promotion of Greg Duriez to chief operating officer and the appointment of Jeff Deane as chief financial officer.
The new executive joins RentPath from ParkMobile, which provides an app to help drivers pay for metered parking remotely.
Atlanta-based Quinn Residences has an existing portfolio of more than 1,000 homes in seven markets in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The new director will manage cost controls for materials and labor to help the homebuilder deliver homes affordably, according to a press release.
The new vice president has 19 years of real estate experience and holds an associate broker’s license under Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties.
Red Barn Alpharetta founding partner and broker/owner Bekki Shae Smith will join the LOCAL Realty team and oversee the new Alpharetta location as the new broker/partner at LOCAL Realty North Atlanta.
RE/MAX Premier has brought in one agent, and RE/MAX Around Atlanta has hired two.
The new hire most recently served as a managing broker and sales coach for Compass in Atlanta.
The Atlanta real estate investment company made the hires as it embarks on the first phase of a southeastern expansion.
The new hire has most recently worked as both broker and principal at Capital City Development Group LLC, where he assembled, entitled and developed single-family and multifamily properties.
Services in the new division include marketing research and strategy, pre-development planning, sales management and project analysis and reporting.