Sherrie Chapman (Co-founder, Transaction Coordinator)

Amber Drake (Co-founder, Listing Coordinator)

Karen Drebes (Co-founder, Transaction Coordinator)

Carrie Gable (Charter Member, Listing Coordinator)

Gale Gallagher (Charter Member, Transaction Coordinator)

Sherrie Chapman

Sherrie Chapman, Owner of A Hand In Time, located in Woodbridge, Virginia brings the List2CloseTeam 18 years administrative support experience.  Her primary experience of 15 years in the mortgage banking and real estate industry gives her the knowledge base, organization and customer service skills needed to promote your business success.

In addition to Sherrie's array of experience, she is a Certified Real Estate Professional Assistant through the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Certified Real Estate Support Specialist (CRESS) and a proud member of the International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA), a member of the Real Estate Cyber Society and a Real Estate Cyber Specialist (RECS), a Professional Real Estate Support Specialist (PREVA) and member of the Real Estate Virtual Assistants Network (REVA), and SettlementRoom certified.  Her memberships allow her to communicate and gain support from her peers and stay updated on the latest technology.

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Amber Drake

Tackling the Technology While You Tackle the Sales^TM

Amber Drake of Essential Admin offers over 15 years technical administrative experience. Amber thrives on the Internet marketing avenues available for today's Real Estate Professional.  Working over a decade in a Fortune 100 high-tech company and currently supporting Real Estate Professionals across the country has prepared Amber for today's Internet and technology-based marketing trends and tools. 

Amber provides listing marketing coordination to Realtors across the nation, and her specialties include:  building and stitching virtual tours from agent photos, Realtor.com showcase listing enhancements, desktop publishing for customized ads including Homes & Land and local publications, custom just listed/just sold/farming postcards and flyers, custom HTML-based email and Internet marketing, website solutions (including Advanced Access®), static and animated PowerPoint presentations, SettlementRoom® and GuruNet® management platforms, virtual office configuration, and the ability to harness and adapt new technology to best benefit the task at hand.

Amber's certifications and training include:

As a proud member and past volunteer Assistant to the VP of Education for the International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA), the industry's largest international not-for-profit member organization, Amber is dedicated to growing the Virtual Assistance industry and supporting fellow VAs.

Additionally, Amber is a member of the REVA Network and the Virtual Business Group (VBG).

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Karen Drebes

Karen Drebes, owner and president of The Coordinator Group, Inc., offers 30 years experience in the business world. She is well versed with the latest Microsoft Office Products – Word, Excel, and Outlook – and is MOUS (Microsoft Office User Specialist) certified for PowerPoint.  For layouts, she is trained for Adobe's InDesign and PageMaker graphic programs. She particularly enjoys working with Adobe Acrobat both for file conversion and creating online forms.

Karen earned her CRESS (Certified Real Estate Support Specialist) and Ethics Checked designations from IVAA (International Virtual Assistants Association). She was awarded her MVA (Master Virtual Assistant) from IAVOA. She is a member of both organizations.

Specializing in transaction management, Karen is a Founding Member of the REVA Network, a unique community providing an online forum where Real Estate Professionals and Virtual Assistants who specialize in real estate assistance can collaboratively support each other. They excel at maintaining high levels of ethics and professionalism while increasing the capabilities and business opportunities for all REVA members. Karen has met the requirement with the REVA Network for the PREVA designation: Professional Real Estate Virtual Assistant.

Karen participated in a pilot program with Realtor.com for extensive training to manage Agent Silver, Platinum, and Diamond accounts. She is listed as trained and certified at the Realtor.com site. Additionally, she is highly trained by g3Direct to use their Gurunet technology for online transaction coordination; she is also trained and experienced with SettlementRoom technology for OTM.

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Carrie Gable

Carrie Gable, founder of RealSupport Inc., received an Associate Degree as a Legal Secretary in 1994, and worked as an Executive Assistant for 3 years and a Software and Web Development Project Manager for 3 years before starting her Virtual Assistant business in 2000. Gable is a Certified Real Estate Professional Assistant (NAR designation), a CRESS, and a Certified REALTOR.com Virtual Assistant. Gable is also a proud member of the REVA network and the IVAA.

Gable's background in technology allows RealSupport Inc to offers high tech solutions to Real Estate agents that want to participate in the vast number of internet tools on the market. Utilizing technology allows RealSupport's clients the opportunity to automate many processes as well as become the leader in technology in their respective areas, ultimately freeing up their time enabling them to almost double their business!

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Gale Gallagher

Gale Gallagher, owner and president of Classic Real Estate VA, located in Tyler, TX, has logged 13 years in real estate and over 15 years in administrative assistance. Her experience with a real estate attorney encompassed legal document creation, closing documents, calculating settlement sheets, and close interaction with real estate agents, buyers, sellers and vendors. While a real estate office manager, she coordinated listings and closings for as many as 40 agents, prepared contracts, set appointments and worked closely with all parties to the transactions. As assistant to the developer of a 4000-acre land subdivision project, she facilitated closings and assisted in the creation of a complex set of CC & Rs for agricultural land development. She generated more than $1.2 million in building contracts as the marketing arm for a building contractor. Though Gale did enjoy a brief stint as a licensed real estate agent, her first love is the organization and coordination of the transaction. Gale is Certified Real Estate Support Specialist (CRESS), Professional Real Estate Virtual Assistant (PREVA) and a member of the International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA).

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