And the 600 Realtors honored at an RAR recognition breakfast on Friday at the Richmond Marriott represent the movers and shakers responsible, in part, for Richmond's sales success in 2000. Changes in technology and buyers' needs affect market When Joanne T. Cash was installed as president of the Richmond Association of Realtors in 1991, George Herbert Walker Bush was president of the United States, a recession was looming on the horizon and Americans were at war in the Persian Gulf. Today, as Cash enters her second term as president of the RAR, George Walker Bush is president of the United States, talk of a recession is looming on the horizon and tensions are escalating in the Balkans. When R. Scott Shaheen stepped to the podium at a ceremony held earlier this year to be presented with the Adrian L. Bendheim Jr. Sales Associate of the Year Award, he did not walk up alone. With him, in spirit, were several influential mentors who helped him build a firm foundation in the real estate business.
Top awards recognize achievement Realtors are in the business of making people's dreams come true.
They enter the field with a sincere desire to assist clients with one of the biggest investments of their lives.