Bergen Magazine names Top Real Estate Agents

UPDATE: Bergen Magazine has named Michael Shetler “one of Bergen County’s Top Agents for 2023”.

Top real estate agents across Bergen County, NJ have recently received letters from BERGEN magazine.  They were notified of their selection into Bergen’s Top Real Estate Agents by publisher Tom Flannery.

Michael Shetler of Keller Williams Ridgewood is one of those recipients. Michael’s production in 2017 was 27 units and his dollar volume was over $11,000,000 in 2018.

Bergen magazine commissioned DataJoe Research of Colorado Springs, Colorado to conduct a research process to determine Bergen’s top real estate agents. Thousands of agents were surveyed. Selection criteria included recent activity, including sales and volume levels, and peer recommendations.

DataJoe then conducted independent research, identifying and confirming high-level achievers in the market using various public sources. DataJoe then utilized a scoring algorithm factoring in performance, community perception (including industry awards and nominations) and experience to yield final scores.

Michael Shetler will appear in BERGEN magazine’s April “Home” issue. He will also appear on BERGEN magazine’s website as one of Bergen’s Top Real Estate Agents.

To contact Michael Shetler, call 201-421-0506 cell or 201-445-4300 x231 office.

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Michael Shetler, a top Ridgewood agent with Keller Williams Village Square Realty, completed over $7 million in real estate sales in 2014. He recorded 20 transaction sides including sales and rentals in Glen Rock, Ridgewood, Mahwah, Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Fair Lawn, Englewood, Teaneck and Lodi.

Michael’s real estate business focuses primarily on Bergen County, NJ. His website is BuyingInBergen.com.

Michael is an agent with Keller Williams Village Square Realty in Ridgewood, NJ. The office is the top-producing real estate office in the entire New Jersey MLS (NJMLS), with over $419 million in sales volume and 744 transactions in 2014. It’s the second consecutive year the office has been ranked number one in the NJMLS. (Based on NJMLS data.)

He has earned the NJAR® Circle of Excellence Sales Award in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In 2014 he finished in the top 7% of agents in his office, ranked by sales volume.

Michael is off to a fast start again in 2015. By the end of the first full week of January he had recorded over $2 million in sales and has more than $1,150,000 in sales under contract.

His latest deal was the sale of his listing at 137 Cortland Dr. in Saddle River Grand, Saddle River, NJ. The closing price of $2,236,250 is the highest price yet recorded by the New Jersey MLS in Saddle River Grand. This new construction ultra-luxury gated community was built by Woodmont Properties with between 4,400 to 5,800 square feet of livable space in each unit. Amenities include concierge service, pool, grand Clubroom, outdoor barbecue and exercise rooms.

A Glen Rock resident, Michael has been working as a full-time real estate agent in neighboring Ridgewood since 2005. He’s a member of the Glen Rock Business Council and The Religious Communities of Glen Rock. He’s also a volunteer with Boy Scout Troop 27.

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Michael Shetler
201-421-0506 cell
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BuyingInBergen.com
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Keller Williams Village Square Realty agent Michael Shetler didn’t think it was appropriate to bring the general public to his Saddle River open house.

So he took his Saddle River open house to the public.

Last Sunday, he hosted a live broadcast from his listing at 126 Cortland Drive in Saddle River Grand using the new social media app Periscope.

Periscope, a Twitter company, launched just five months ago and already has 10 million registered users. It’s a platform which allows any registered user to host a live video broadcast using the camera and mic on their mobile device — tablet or smartphone, Apple or Android. The app works using a cellular connection, no high-speed network is required. To download Periscope visit www.Periscope.TV.

Shetler is able to “show” the house using streaming audio and video live to whomever is tuning in. His followers receive an alert when his broadcasts begin. Viewers are able to send in their questions and comments during the broadcast, along with “hearts” viewers send when they see or hear something they like.

Joining him to help show the Saddle River Grand townhouse was architect/designer Aparna Vijiyan from Ulrich, Inc. Vijiyan designed many of the high-end kitchens in the development.

Shetler also shared the broadcast with Shane Force, a Mortgage Consultant and Sales Manager with Atlantic Home Loans.

The recorded video is available on Periscope for 24 hours following the broadcast. After that, Shetler plans on having it available on YouTube (www.YouTube.com/mshetler.)

In addition to the live open house, Shetler is marketing his listing using a 3-dimensional home tour, available online at Saddle-River-Grand.com. 3-D Home Tours are created using a special laser camera that records both photographic images and space geometry. The result is a realistic 3-D model that can be viewed online without any special software or glasses. Buyers have the ability to “walk” through the dwelling, going into every room and seeing the space in 3-dimensions. The buyer gets a true sense of the scale and floorplan while engaged with the tour.
The Live Periscope Broadcast and 3-D Home Tour are part of Shetler’s digital marketing strategy that helps sell homes faster and for more money. Shetler uses advanced online marketing techniques to proactively reach a targeted audience rather than waiting for buyers to find the listing on their own.

For more information about buying or selling in Bergen County call Michael Shetler at 201-421-0506 cell, or 201-445-4300 x231 office.

About Michael Shetler:
Michael Shetler is a real estate agent recognized for patiently, skillfully and diligently helping residential buyers and sellers in Bergen County. Since 2005, Michael has been a full-time REALTOR® based in Ridgewood. He earned the NJAR® Circle of Excellence Sales Award® in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014 and ranks in the top 7% of the 200+ agents in his office. Michael is a Glen Rock resident.

About Keller Williams in Ridgewood: Keller Williams Village Square Realty is the number one ranked real estate office in the New Jersey MLS (NJMLS) based on both sales volume and sales units (2013, 2014, YTD 2015). Located at 257 E. Ridgewood Ave in Ridgewood, NJ, the office has more than 200 real estate agents. For more information see http://BuyingInBergen.com/keller-williams-ridgewood.

About KWRI: Austin-Texas based Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise by agent count in the world with 700 offices and 125,000 associates across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. In 2015, Training Magazine named Keller Williams the No. 1 training organization across all industries in the world.

Since 1983, Keller Williams has grown exponentially and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards agents as stakeholders. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes, commercial and farm and ranch properties.

For more information on Keller Williams, visit www.kw.com. (www.kw.com).

Contact:
Michael Shetler
Keller Williams Village Square Realty

http://BuyingInBergen.com
Twitter @BuyingInBergen
257 E. Ridgewood Ave
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Ph: 201-445-4300 x231
Ph: 201-421-0506 cell
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Michael Shetler, a top-producing agent with Keller Williams Village Square Realty in Ridgewood, NJ, was honored with the Silver level 2014 NJAR® Circle of Excellence Award®, presented by the New Jersey Association of REALTORS® for his sales achievements.

This is the 4th time Michael has received the award, having been a recipient in 2009, 2011 and 2013.

In 2014, he earned the Silver Level award, which has requirements of generating at least $6.5 million in sales volume and closing a minimum of 20 units during the calendar year.

The NJAR® Circle of Excellence Sales Award® recognizes those members who have demonstrated excellence in the field of salesmanship.

“I am honored to receive this award and thank my buyers and sellers in 2014,” said Shetler. “I also thank my clients from previous years who referred them to me. The true indicator of success in this business is to have happy clients.”

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Mr. Shetler has been with Keller Williams in Ridgewood (Keller Williams Village Square Realty) since it opened its doors in 2012. He covers the Bergen County area including Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus, Allendale, Fair Lawn, Wyckoff, Paramus, Saddle, River, Upper Saddle River, Ramsey, Mahwah, Oakland, Woodcliff Lake, Montvale, Park Ridge, Hillsdale, Westwood, Oradell and River Edge. Michael specializes in relocation services, first time home buyers, luxury homes and top notch selling services.

To learn more about how Michael Shetler can help you with your home buying or selling needs or if you are a real estate professional interested in joining his team, contact Michael at 201-421-0506 or michael@BuyingInBergen.com. Information is also available at http://BuyingInBergen.com.

About Michael Shetler:

Michael Shetler is a real estate agent in Bergen County recognized for patiently, skillfully and diligently helping residential buyers and sellers in Bergen County. Since 2005, Michael has been a full-time REALTOR® based in Ridgewood. He earned the NJAR® Circle of Excellence Sales Award® in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014 and ranks in the top 7% of the 200+ agents in his office. Michael is a Glen Rock resident.

About Keller Williams in Ridgewood: Keller Williams Village Square Realty is the number one ranked real estate office in the New Jersey MLS (NJMLS) based on both sales volume and sales units (2013, 2014). Located at 257 E. Ridgewood Ave in Ridgewood, NJ, the office has more than 200 real estate agents. For more information see http://BuyingInBergen.com/keller-williams-ridgewood.

About KWRI: Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise company in North America, with 700 offices and 107,000 associates in more than a dozen countries around the world. In 2014, Keller Williams was named the No. 1 training organization in real estate and No. 2 training organization across all industries in the world by Training magazine. The company has grown exponentially since the opening of the first Keller Williams Realty office in 1983, and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards associates as stakeholders. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes and commercial real estate properties. For more information or to search for homes for sale visit Keller Williams Realty online at (www.kw.com). For more information about KWWorldwide, please visit kwworldwide.com.

Contact:

Michael Shetler

Keller Williams Village Square Realty

michael@buyinginbergen.com

http://BuyingInBergen.com

257 E. Ridgewood Ave

Ridgewood, NJ  07450

Ph: 201-445-4300 x231

Ph: 201-421-0506 cell

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Michael Shetler has become a  KW Global Property Specialist (GPS), allowing him to leverage specialized knowledge and technology to more effectively work with international buyers and sellers.

In its 2012 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of International Home Buying Activity, the National Association of REALTORS® estimated the volume of international sales for the period April 2011-March 2012 at $ 82.5 billion. And in Bergen County, the area Mr. Shetler serves, about 28% of the population is foreign born (U. S. Census Bureau, 2006-2010).

“It’s important for me to be able to understand the wants, needs and customs of international clients,” says Shetler. “KW GPS helps me do that.”

KW GPS is an exclusive group of Keller Williams agents who recognize the importance of their international clientele. Members receive regular training on topics as diverse as legal issues, cultural fluency and financing hurdles. In addition, KW GPS provides a bundle of international marketing tools including Proxio, a marketing platform which gives international visibility to US property listings.

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“With so many buyers in NJ coming from other parts of the world, it’s critical that my listings be marketed outside the US,” continues Shetler. “And home sellers in Bergen County recognize the importance of international marketing.”

Proxio also enables local real estate agents to network with agents from around the world.

About Michael Shetler: Michael Shetler is a real estate agent in Bergen County recognized for patiently, skillfully and diligently helping residential buyers and sellers in Bergen County. Since 2005, Michael has been a full-time REALTOR® based in Ridgewood. He earned the NJAR® Circle of Excellence Sales Award in 2009, 2011 and 2013 and ranks in the top 7% of the 200+ agents in his office. Michael is a Glen Rock, NJ resident.

About Keller Williams Ridgewood, NJ: Keller Williams Village Square Realty is the number one ranked real estate office in the New Jersey MLS (NJMLS) based on both sales volume and sales units (2013, 2014). Located at 257 E. Ridgewood Ave in Ridgewood, NJ, the office has more than 200 real estate agents.

About KWRI: Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise company in North America, with 700 offices and 107,000 associates in more than a dozen countries around the world. In 2014, Keller Williams was named the No. 1 training organization in real estate and No. 2 training organization across all industries in the world by Training magazine. The company has grown exponentially since the opening of the first Keller Williams Realty office in 1983, and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards associates as stakeholders. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes and commercial real estate properties. For more information or to search for homes for sale visit Keller Williams Realty online at (www.kw.com). For more information about KWWorldwide, please visit kwworldwide.com.

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