John Donahue, CRS President, CEO and Principal Broker The Excalibur Group Realtors, Inc. The Polaris Realty and Investment Group, G.P. Licensed Virginia Real Estate Salesperson Since 1984 Licensed Virginia Real Estate Broker Since 1988 Experience - Credentials - Awards Over $47 million in personal real estate sales to date! Supervised over $200 million in real estate sales as Sales Manager for four different real estate companies in the last 19 years, including Excalibur. This involved over 300 personal transactions and over 1,000 supervised transactions. Only 18 expired listings in almost 25 years in the real estate business. Education/Military Experience Bachelor of Arts, European History, Princeton University Extensive post-graduate work in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics at Temple University and San Diego State University. Former U.S. Naval Officer (4 years) and decorated Vietnam Veteran. (3 tours) Credentials/Awards Licensed Virginia Real Estate Salesperson, 1984-1988, (requiring 45 hours of instruction in real estate law, taxation, zoning, marketing, and various other related topics.) - GPA: 4.0. Licensed Virginia Real Estate Broker, 1988-2007, (requiring 180 hours of intensive instruction in real estate law, appraisal, finance and general brokerage) - GPA: 4.0 Seven-year Member, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors' Multi-million Dollar Sales Club Numerous Sales and Listing Awards from previous real estate companies, and Top Recruiter Award from the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, 1989. Faculty Member, The National Institute of Real Estate (NIRE), Vienna, Virginia, (1988-1998) teaching Law, Principles of Real Estate, Brokerage, and Continuing Education. Virginia State-Certified Real Estate Instructor (10 years), and developer of NIRE's first Continuing Education Curriculum (1989). Member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the Virginia Association of Realtors, (VAR) and the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) since 1984. Candidate for the prestigious Certified Residential Broker (CRB) Designation from the National Association of Realtors, having completed 40 classroom hours of instruction in various facets of real estate brokerage and office management. Certified Residential Specialist (CRS): a coveted professional designation awarded by the Residential Sales Council of the National Association of Realtors to less than 3% of all Realtors nationwide, requiring extensive post-licensing education in addition to rigorous performance and production standards. For my designation "major", I completed the CRS module entitled "Investment Real Estate", an intensive 2-day course held in Allentown, PA, in the summer of 1994. GPA: 4.0. Former member of several committees of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, including the Government Affairs Committee, and, most recently, the Grievance Committee (2001), dealing with cases involving ethics complaints against Realtors. Professional Property Manager, working with various investors, supervising numerous property accounts, reviewing credit reports, processing rental applications and marketing rental properties to prospective tenants. Certified "expert witness" by the Commonwealth of Virginia, General District Court, Fairfax and Prince William Counties, 1997-present. Currently, President, Chief Executive Officer, Owner and Principal Broker, The Excalibur Group, Realtors, Inc., a residential real estate company, and The Polaris Realty and Investment Group, G.P., a commercial real estate and referral company. Specializing in northern Virginia, Loudoun County and Fairfax County real estate sales, including Lenah Run, South Riding, Stone Ridge, Kirkpatrick Farm and Avonlea developments.