JOHN WENDT HONORED AS THE 2021 CAR REALTOR® OF THE YEAR Select members throughout state also honored for distinguished service John Wendt III, managing broker at Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Real Estate, in Carbondale, CO, was named CAR’s REALTOR® of the Year. The award is the most prestigious award given to a CAR member and is a culmination of a distinguished career within the REALTOR® organization— at the local, state, and national levels. In addition to leadership within the association, the REALTOR® of the Year is a person active at the community level and successful in business. A REALTOR® member for 40 years, Wendt was president of CAR in 1993. He introduced CAR’s successful member benefit program, the “Legal Hotline,” which allows REALTOR® members to get legal information to ensure that home buyers and sellers are getting accurate information and fair treatment. He served on Colorado’s Real Estate Commission from 2018-2021. “I’m not aware of a commissioner that has had as extensive real estate experience as John,” said Marcia Water, Division Director of the Colorado Real Estate Commission, Department of Regulatory Agencies. “Not only is he a wealth of information about the mountain market, but he provided us with valuable insight regarding the affordable housing issues that Colorado is facing across the State.” Wendt is instrumental as an educator, often mentoring new brokers in their early years as REALTORS®. Initially, Wendt received his Bachelor of Science in teaching from the Colorado State University. After he became a REALTOR® in the 1980s, he quickly got involved in teaching for the association and developed curriculum for the Graduate of REALTORS® Institute (GRI) accreditation and introduced the Master of Real Estate designation. He’s taught on all subjects at both the state and
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Evan Boenning, 2020 CAR REALTOR® of the Year presents the award to John Wendt.
