Bluewater Agent Guide

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LAUNCH YOUR REAL ESTATE CAREER WITH THE #1 FIRM IN CARTERET COUNTY.

With over 300 years of combined experience, you will be guided and assisted by some of the most influential agents that the Crystal Coast has to offer.

We have two home offices strategically located in the heart of Emerald Isle and on the Causeway in Atlantic Beach. At either location, you will be sure to find a compatible team of agents who share the same goals and dedication to delivering unparalleled service to both buyers and sellers.

These two offices are among the premier and best performing teams in the area and give you the flexibility to choose the location closest to your home and selling network.

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Onsite administrative assistant(s) A guiding and experienced Broker in Charge Conference/Meeting Room Space In-house marketing team Continuing Education with personal attention

We Would love to have you

We are actively seeking highly motivated, tech-savvy, licensed agents to join our all-star team. If you are a new agent, we are here to help you find your niche and become an expert in coasal sales. If you are an experienced agent looking for ways to grow your client base and expand your professional goals, we look forward to continuing your education and introducing you to the latest technology and marketing trends.

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We have closed over $1.2 billion dollars in coastal real estate in the last 12 years.

Our agents have a combined over 300 years of experience. Bluewater ranked #1 in total number of listings sold and total volume of sales for Carteret County year over year.

Bluewater was honored to be hand selected to be a part of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, a premier global collection of the Top 500 Real Estate companies.

Our website BluewaterNC.com receives more than 2 million annual visitors and increasing steadily by 9% year over year. In 2016, we were proud to be one of five companies nominated for the 2016 LeadingRE WQC award for Best Website Design.

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Bluewater is a company that strives for continued education in the world of real estate. With various resources, agents are given the chance to network with companies around the world at annual conferences and utilize a streamlined resource, exchange ideas proven to be successful and establish influential partnerships across the globe.

As an exclusive member of the Leading Real K World and Luxury Estate Companies of the Portfolio, Bluewter benefits from exposure in major publications that reach over 55 million potential clients around the world.

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Each month, visitors from 200 countries view the Luxury Portfolio web page, and over 3 million viewers spend time on the site each year.

As an affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World,® our company is a global — not just local — real estate company working on your behalf. Leading RE and Luxury Portfolio provides world-class marketing and resources, allowing us to provide the very best service.

The LeadingRE organization produced more home sales volume in 2013 than any national real estate network, $314 billion, representing over one million transactions.

Because of Bluewater’s complete sponsorship of both programs, our agents enjoy excellent customized professional materials for FREE. Our agents also have access to a vast library of online tutorials and materials to help you on how to become the best real estate agent you can be. We are proud and excited to offer these materials to our agents and feel that they are a strong asset in building a team that is delivering the best skills and service to Carteret County.

Why Choose Bluewater $131.5 Million in Sales in 2015

490 Total units Sold in 2015

9 of the last 10 years Awarded Top Real Estate Company

We provide exposure to 250,000 Annual Vacationing Guests

Bluewater’s Average Closing Sales Price for 2015 was $268,465 an increase from 2014 Average Sales Price of $252,919

Nearly 20% of Bluewater’s Closing Sale Prices were between $300,000 and $399,999

23% of Carteret County’s 30 Top Selling Agents are Bluewater Real Estate Agents

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Your life begins

on the Crystal Coast

Help someone find their piece of heaven with the #1 Real Estate office on the Crystal By joining the Bluewater team, you will become an affiliate of the global networks Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Luxury Portfolio. You will have access to state of the art training resources and one-on-one guidance from the top producing agents of Carteret County.

Our friendly team environment, in-house marketing team’s weekly email updates and monthly agent meetings will be the driving force to your success.

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