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Veteran Businesswoman Becomes Real Estate’s Rising Star in St. Joe

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If Carole Reitz thought she was hot in the fireplace business, you should see her now. Tabbed by her real estate agency broker/owner Lar Petzke as “A prime example of how working hard and treating others the right way can lead to success,” Reitz has emerged from a field of more than 300 eligible candidates in the RE/MAX Michigan system to be crowned with that extended organization’s Rising Star Award for 2017, a year when she burst onto the scene with a vengeance as the Lead Buyer Specialist for RE/MAX by the Lake in St. Joseph.

Using words like spirit, loyalty, dependability, courage, passion and trustworthiness, RE/MAX officials called Reitz to the stage at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City earlier this month to not only sing her praises, but to single her out for their coveted Rising Star Award. She was honored for her first year as a Licensed Agent where she went from Buyer’s Agent to Lead Buyer’s Agent supervising two other agents and earned more than $225,000 in the process.

Carole specializes in assisting home buyers navigating their search for the perfect home. She was already a seasoned professional in customer service having formerly owned All Seasons Fireplace Shop in Benton Harbor. Carole has served in many diverse roles throughout her career including medicine, office management, and retail sales, but under the wing of Lars Petzke, she’s truly found her calling.

She has a passion for helping others, but with a hobby of interior design she was drawn to the real estate business, and armed with more than 22 years residency in the region, she has extensive knowledge of the market in general.

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Carole has clearly found a solid team to join, as her boss Lars Petzke was also called to the stage in Traverse City to receive the RE/MAX award for Highest Average Commissions Paid in a Medium Density Market at RE/MAX by the Lake which is located at 449 Upton Drive in the Edgewater neighborhood of St. Joseph, north of the St. Joe River.

One client of Carole’s expressed deep gratitude for service “above and beyond.” In an online review that client says, “She was available day and night by phone, text, and email to answer all our questions (even the dumb ones!). When there was something we didn’t understand, Carole explained it in a way that we could. At one point near our closing date, we ran into a pretty devastating miscommunication with our lender that made us nearly back out. We would have lost our home, earnest money, and all that time we spent looking for it! We decided to reach out to Carole, desperate for answers, and she went above and beyond to get everything resolved for us. We truly feel it was Carole who held everything together to make it happen. Without her, I don’t even know if we’d ever have gotten into our dream home!”

Looks like Carole’s found her sweet spot, and it’s her clients who benefit the most from her drive to succeed. You can reach Carole Reitz at RE/MAX by the Lake at 269-235-4210.

The photo of Reitz and Petzke accompanying this story on Moody on the Market.com is courtesy of RE/MAX of Michigan’s Regional Conference in Traverse City.