Awards & Recognition

Outstanding Professional Accomplishments

Notable Achievements & Awards

It’s an honor being recognized through awards & achievements from RE/MAX and elsewhere for doing my job and doing what’s in the best interests of the clients I’ve been privileged to work with. Many thanks to everyone I work with on each transaction: my incredible support staff, trusted vendors, fellow brokers/agents and the clients themselves who choose me to represent them, thank you all.

By shining a spotlight on quality and excellence, the RE/MAX Awards & Recognition Program celebrates accomplishments, fortifies reputations and inspires others to reach higher in their own aspirations. Achievement, leadership, productivity & philanthropy are major elements in the RE/MAX culture. Those individuals and teams who excel in these areas have a positive effect on their communities, their colleagues and the clients they serve.

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Titan Club Team Award (2024)

This was the 2nd year in a row our team ranked the #1 RE/MAX® Team in the State of Hawaii (2024). Titan is now the 3rd highest annual sales production award in the RE/MAX® Network. It honors high-achieving real estate individuals for their service to buyers and sellers during the past year and recognizes agents who have built exceptionally strong businesses that dominate their local markets. Recipients for this RE/MAX® Club Award are decided based on independent third-party data compiled and weighted according to a specific formula and also based on reported closed and paid individual commissions of over $750-1M within the RE/MAX® Network from Jan1-Dec 31 of a given year. 

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Chairman’s Club Team Award (2023)

From 2004-2022, I received RE/MAX® awards as an individual. 2023 was the 1st year I was a team leader of a team of 2 people total. We received the 4th highest annual sales production award in the RE/MAX® Network our first year of working together as a team. Our team ranked the #1 RE/MAX® Team in the State of Hawaii (2023).

The Chairman’s Team Club Award honors high-achieving real estate individuals for their service to buyers and sellers during the past year and recognizes agents who have built exceptionally strong businesses that dominate their local markets. Recipients for this RE/MAX® Club Award are decided based on independent third-party data compiled and weighted according to a specific formula and also based on reported closed and paid individual commissions of over $750-1M within the RE/MAX Network from Jan1-Dec 31 of a given year.

Team Club Awards recognize Team Leaders who, through expert guidance and support, provide a foundation for the greater success of their Team Members. Team Club Awards are awarded to Team Leaders based upon their team’s total gross commission income (GCI) in a calendar year. The award levels follow the same commission thresholds as individual Club Awards and are also announced in February.

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Pinnacle Club Award
(2021)

This award is the absolute highest level of sales recognition that RE/MAX® offers their agents! The Pinnacle Club Award recognizes honors high-achieving real estate individuals for their service to buyers and sellers during the past year and honors agents who have built exceptionally strong businesses that dominate their local markets. Recipients for this RE/MAX® Club Award are decided based on independent third party data compiled and weighted according to a specific formula and also based on reported closed and paid individual commissions of over $2M within the RE/MAX® Network from Jan1-Dec 31 of a given year.

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6x Diamond Club Award
(2016-2020 & 2022)

RE/MAX® recognizes top producing agents. Production levels are broken down into what are referred to as “Club Level Awards", recognizing Sales Associates with high annual sales production in a single year within the RE/MAX® organization. At the time of issue, the Diamond Club Award was RE/MAX’s highest production achievement award, based on reported closed and paid individual commissions of $1M to $2M in a single calendar year. 

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5x Top 100 RE/MAX® Agent (2018-2022)

Yvonne was recognized 5-times as one of the top 100 Agents for RE/MAX® Nationwide out of over 58,719 agents in the USA - (Residential Individual U.S.) 

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Circle of Legends Career Award (2020)

Career awards are given to distinguished RE/MAX® Sales Associates to acknowledge outstanding professional achievements. The RE/MAX® Circle of Legends Career Award was established to recognize and salute this group of top producers who have completed 10 years of service with RE/MAX and over $10M in gross commissions, along with having attained both the Lifetime Achievement Award (2013) and the Hall of Fame Award (2007). Achieved by less than one half of one percent of all brokers in the 50+ year history of the RE/MAX® brand. See certificate here.

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AREAA A-List Top Realtors 

The annual AREAA A-List is a compilation of the “best of the best” of our membership. For 2021, Yvonne was #9 in Individual Sales Volume, and #10 in Number of Sales Transactions. In 2020, she ranked #4 in Sales Volume and #17 in Number of Transactions. For 2019, Yvonne ranked #6 in Individual Sales Volume category and she ranked #10 in Number of Sales Transactions category. In 2018, Yvonne ranked #12 in Individual Sales Volume category, and ranked #24 in Number of Sales Transactions category. With over 17,000 members across North America, making the list means another year of outstanding excellence among the top producing individual agents, teams, or loan originators in the industry. AREAA’s membership represents a broad array of real estate, mortgage and housing-related professionals.


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7x America’s Best Real Estate Professionals (2014-2020)

See PDF here. Honors the finest real estate agents from all across the country. Those ranked in America’s Best are among the top 1/2 of the top 1 percent of 1.4 million licensed real estate professionals in the United States. “To say that these individuals are exceptional sales professionals is an understatement. To attain this level of sales is extraordinary”. – Steve Murray, President of REAL Trends, Inc. 2023 marks the 9th consecutive year Yvonne has received this award. For 2020, Yvonne ranked #1 in Hawaii in BOTH Agent-owned Brokerage Individual TRANSACTION SIDES and Agent-owned Brokerage Individual SALES VOLUME. For 2019, she ranked #6 in Hawaii (See pdf here).

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7x Top 1000 Realtor In The United States – RealTrends/Wall Street Journal – The Thousand List – America’s Best Real Estate Agents (2014-2020)

I’m honored to be recognized as one of America’s Best Real Estate Agents in the rankings produced by REAL Trends, as advertised in the Wall Street Journal.

This prestigious report ranked me in the top half of 1 percent of the more than 1.1 million Realtors nationwide.

More top agents: RE/MAX has more America’s Best Real Estate Agents REAL Trends “The Thousand” rankings than any other brand. That is a powerful statement about the real estate network I am proud to be a part of.


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Highest Average Transactions Per Associate (2014)

I was recognized for having the highest average transactions per associate out of all the RE/MAX offices throughout California and Hawaii.  Please click here to view the PDF.


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Top 100 RE/MAX® Agent In California Hawaii Region (2014)

Based on individual rankings from RE/MAX California Hawaii Region, I ranked 12th of the Top 100 RE/MAX agents (out of over 5,300 agents) for Jan-Nov, 2014. I’m the only RE/MAX® agent in the Hawaiian Islands to make this Top 100 list. Please click here to view the PDF.


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Chairman’s Club Award (2015)

RE/MAX recognizes it’s top producing agents. RE/MAX Award levels are broken down into what RE/MAX refers to as “Clubs”. The Chairman’s Club Award recognizes Sales Associates with exceptionally high annual sales production in the RE/MAX organization. This award was created in 2003 to give proper recognition to the increasingly high levels of success achieved by RE/MAX Associates. Awarded as an annual honor by RE/MAX International for the year 2015.


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Top 100 RE/MAX® Agent In California Hawaii Region (2014)

Based on individual rankings from RE/MAX California Hawaii Region, I ranked 12th of the Top 100 RE/MAX agents (out of over 5,300 agents) for Jan-Nov, 2014. I’m the only RE/MAX agent in the Hawaiian Islands to make this Top 100 list. Please click here to view the PDF.


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Chairman’s Club Award (2006)

RE/MAX recognizes it’s top producing agents. RE/MAX Award levels are broken down into what RE/MAX refers to as “Clubs”. The Chairman’s Club Award recognizes Sales Associates with exceptionally high annual sales production in the RE/MAX organization. This award was created in 2003 to give proper recognition to the increasingly high levels of success achieved by RE/MAX Associates. Awarded as an annual honor by RE/MAX International for the year 2015.


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Chairman’s Club Award (2014)

RE/MAX recognizes it’s top producing agents. RE/MAX Award levels are broken down into what RE/MAX refers to as “Clubs”. The Chairman’s Club Award recognizes Sales Associates with exceptionally high annual sales production in the RE/MAX organization. This award was created in 2003 to give proper recognition to the increasingly high levels of success achieved by RE/MAX Associates. Awarded as an annual honor by RE/MAX International for the year 2014.


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Hawaii Top 3 (2013)

Based on individual commissions earned rankings from RE/MAX California Hawaii Region, I ranked #1 of the Top 3 RE/MAX Agents in the Hawaiian Islands for the year 2013. Please click here to view the PDF.


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#1 RE/MAX® Agent In The State Of Hawaii (2013)

I was the #1 RE/MAX agent in the State of Hawaii for 2013. (Also previously 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). As ranked by RE/MAX California & Hawaii Region. Please Click Here to View The Pdf File


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Top 50 RE/MAX® Agent In California Hawaii Region (2013)

Based on individual rankings from RE/MAX California Hawaii Region, I ranked 41st of the Top 50 RE/MAX agents (out of over 5,290 agents) for the year 2013. Please Click Here to View The Pdf File


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Lifetime Achievement Career Award (2013)

Career awards are given to distinguished RE/MAX® Sales Associates to acknowledge outstanding professional achievements. The RE/MAX® Lifetime Achievement Award is a career award, presented to Associates who have been affiliated with RE/MAX® at least seven years and over $3M in gross sales commissions. That is a lot of people served and dreams fulfilled! Since the company was founded in 1973, less than one percent of over 130,0000 sales associates in the RE/MAX® network achieved this prestigious award. Click here to view.


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Executive Club Award (2011)

RE/MAX® recognizes it’s top producing agents. RE/MAX® Award levels are broken down into what RE/MAX® refers to as “Clubs”. The Platinum Club was first introduced in 1994 to recognize the significant increase in earnings among the very highest producers in the RE/MAX® system. Awarded as an annual honor by RE/MAX® International for the year 20011.

 

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#1 RE/MAX® Agent In The State Of Hawaii (2009)

For a fourth consecutive year, I was RE/MAX’s leading agent in the State of Hawaii. As ranked by RE/MAX International, for 2009.

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Platinum Club Award (2009)

RE/MAX® recognizes it’s top producing agents. RE/MAX® Award levels are broken down into what RE/MAX® refers to as “Clubs”. The Platinum Club was first introduced in 1994 to recognize the significant increase in earnings among the very highest producers in the RE/MAX® system. Awarded as an annual honor by RE/MAX® International for the year 2009.

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RE/MAX®: A World Of Winners, Volume 3 (2008)


I was honored to be chosen to include my philosophy on life, work and success for the benefit of other RE/MAX agents worldwide, and to have my thoughts and accomplishments be published in the 35th RE/MAX Anniversary edition by New Light Stars Media entitled, RE/MAX – A WORLD OF WINNERS, LEADERS & LEGENDS; STORIES OF SUCCESS, VOLUME 3. (To read “Putting Clients First”, click the pdf below). Please Click Here to View The Pdf File

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#1 RE/MAX® Agent In The State Of Hawaii (2008)

For a third consecutive year, I was RE/MAX’s leading agent in the State of Hawaii. As ranked by RE/MAX International, for 2008.

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#1 RE/MAX® Agent In The State Of Hawaii (2008)

For a third consecutive year, I was RE/MAX’s leading agent in the State of Hawaii. As ranked by RE/MAX International, for 2008.

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Platinum Club Award (2008)

RE/MAX® recognizes it’s top producing agents. RE/MAX® Award levels are broken down into what RE/MAX® refers to as “Clubs”. The Platinum Club was first introduced in 1994 to recognize the significant increase in earnings among the very highest producers in the RE/MAX® system. Awarded as an annual honor by RE/MAX® International for the year 2008.

 

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Top 100 RE/MAX® Agent In California & Hawaii (2008)

Each month, RE/MAX of California & Hawaii recognizes the Top Sales Associates (over 10,500) in this Region based on gross commissions earned – in the following categories: Top 100 Residential Individuals, Top 50 Teams, Top 10 Commercial. Flyers for each of these categories are distributed to each office and each Sales Associate in these top categories receives a certificate of recognition. A Top 500 Individuals report is also produced twice a year. RE/MAX has established an extensive awards program to recognize its top producing Sales Associates. RE/MAX of California & Hawaii Regional awards program is complemented by the RE/MAX International awards which provide additional recognition at national and international levels. As ranked by RE/MAX CA-HI for YTD Jan-May, 2008.

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Top 50 RE/MAX® Agent In California & Hawaii (2007)

Each month RE/MAX of California & Hawaii recognizes the Top Sales Associates (over 10,500) in this Region based on gross commissions earned – in the following categories: Top 100 Residential Individuals, Top 50 Teams, Top 10 Commercial. Flyers for each of these categories are distributed to each office and each Sales Associate in these top categories receives a certificate of recognition. A Top 500 Individuals report is also produced twice a year. RE/MAX has established an extensive awards program to recognize its top producing Sales Associates. RE/MAX of California & Hawaii Regional awards program is complemented by the RE/MAX International awards which provide additional recognition at national and international levels. As ranked by RE/MAX CA-HI for 2007.

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#1 RE/MAX® Agent In The State Of Hawaii (2007)

For a third consecutive year, I was RE/MAX’s leading agent in the State of Hawaii. As ranked by RE/MAX International, for 2007.

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Hall Of Fame Award (2007)

The RE/MAX® International Hall of Fame Award is a lifetime honor, and was established to recognize and salute the exclusive group of top producers who have achieved more than $1M in gross commission earnings during their career at RE/MAX®. One eighth of 1% of all Realtors in the U.S. achieve this kind of production. Awarded in 2007, presented at 2008 annual convention. Please click here to view the PDF.


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Chairman’s Club Award (2006)

RE/MAX recognizes it’s top producing agents. RE/MAX Award levels are broken down into what RE/MAX refers to as “Clubs”. The Chairman’s Club Award recognizes Sales Associates with exceptionally high annual sales production in the RE/MAX organization. This award was created in 2003 to give proper recognition to the increasingly high levels of success achieved by RE/MAX Associates. Awarded as an annual honor by RE/MAX International for the year 2006.


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#1 RE/MAX® Agent In The State Of Hawaii (2006)

As ranked by RE/MAX International, for 2006, my second full year of sales production.

 

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Top 50 RE/MAX® Agent In California & Hawaii (2006)

Each month RE/MAX of California & Hawaii recognizes the Top Sales Associates (over 10,500) in the Region based on gross commissions earned – in the following categories: Top 100 Residential Individuals, Top 50 Teams, Top 10 Commercial. Flyers for each of these categories are distributed to each office and each Sales Associate in these top categories receives a certificate of recognition. A Top 500 Individuals report is also produced twice a year. RE/MAX has established an extensive awards program to recognize its top producing Sales Associates. RE/MAX of California & Hawaii Regional awards program is complemented by the RE/MAX International awards which provide additional recognition at national and international levels. As ranked by RE/MAX CA-HI, 2006.

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New Agent Of The Year Award (2005)

Awarded by RE/MAX Kauai for 2005, my 1st full year as a newly licensed real estate agent.

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Platinum Club Award (2005)

RE/MAX® recognizes it’s top producing agents. RE/MAX® Award levels are broken down into what RE/MAX® refers to as “Clubs”. The Platinum Club was first introduced in 1994 to recognize the significant increase in earnings among the very highest producers in the RE/MAX® system. Awarded as an annual honor by RE/MAX® International for the year 2005 - which was my first full year of sales production.

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Super Producer Award (2005)

Awarded by RE/MAX Kauai, for 2005. I ended my first full year ranked in the top 25 out of 437 agents on Kauai for number of closed transactions.
Please click here to view the award.

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Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award (1992)

SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award is a highly regarded honor, recognized as one of the highest accolades a young entrepreneur can receive in the United States. Early in my career (prior to entering the real estate industry), as an entrepreneur at the age of 19, I founded and grew a sportswear design, manufacturing, wholesaling and retail operation into a multi-million dollar, vertically integrated international business. In 1992, I was honored to receive the United States Small Business Administration’s Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award. This prestigious award encourages entrepreneurial activity and recognizes the contributions of entrepreneurs who inspire others with their vision, leadership, and achievements.

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INC. 500 Company (1992)

In the span of a few short years, my international sportwear business experienced such explosive growth, that it was included in INC. Magazine's annual INC. 500 list as one of the five hundred fastest growing privately-held companies in the United States. This prestigious list has become a hallmark of entrepreneurial success. Past honorees include well-known brands like Chobani, Dell, Domino's, Intuit, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Oracle, Timberland, Under Armour, Yelp & Zillow. 

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RE/MAX® Hall of Fame Career Award

2013

RE/MAX® Lifetime Achievement Career Award

2020

RE/MAX® Circle of Legends Career Award

2021

RE/MAX® Pinnacle Club Award

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As a top selling RE/MAX agent nationwide and worldwide, I am uniquely qualified to help you with your real estate needs along one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. It is my privilege and goal to be of service to you, providing exceptional representation with the highest levels of integrity, discretion and professionalism. For more than 20 years homeowners have entrusted me to represent them in over 900 real estate transactions. I'm ready to help you with a purchase or sale by providing you with outstanding service and outstanding results. Free to reach out with a call, text or email. I look forward to speaking with you! Let’s make your next move extraordinary!