Hayward and Gonzalez will each have the title director of sales and will be responsible for launching Mark Spain Real Estate's residential real estate operations in the Orlando and Tampa markets. Their responsibilities will include agent acquisition, training, development, coaching and expanding the Florida sales team.

Mark Spain Real Estate has earned the top real estate team ranking in the U.S. for closed transactions by The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends for the last three straight years, selling more homes than any other Realtor or team in the nation. In 2020, Mark Spain Real Estate sold a record $1.4 billion in real estate, increasing sales 47% over the prior year. On average, the team sells 21 homes per business day.

Anne-Marie Hayward has 19 years’ management experience and 15 years of sales, organizational development, training, consulting and coaching experience. In her five years of leadership with Keller Williams, Hayward grew a new franchise from 14 associates to 140 agents in just 18 months and had a franchise office named one of the 10 franchises nationally for that organization. While Vice President of Business Development for the northern New England region of EXIT Realty, Hayward grew agent productivity 46% in two years.

While most recently owning and operating a coaching/training firm specializing in real estate professionals, she authored more than 35 training programs and served over 300 agents. Hayward and her family moved to Orlando in 2017 and reside in Seminole County. She is also a graduate of the College of Disney Knowledge and completed Disney’s Approach to Quality Service program via the Disney Institute.

A big believer in giving back to the community, Hayward volunteers and supports the United Way, Best Buddies and the Special Olympics. Hayward also serves on the board of the Florida chapter of Fellowship of Women Leaders, is co-chair of the Women United Luncheon, which annually raises more than $150,000 for local families, and is a regular guest speaker for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

Robert Gonzalez has an extensive background as a sales and marketing leader/expert. He has a proven track record of team building, expansion and training. Gonzalez’s experience in sales, marketing and talent development make him ideally suited to help develop and drive Mark Spain Real Estate’s Florida expansion efforts.

A long-time resident of Florida, Gonzalez has extensive senior sales management experience in the timeshare industry and served as vice president of sales and marketing at a healthcare company. His motivational management style resulted in a proven history of acquiring and developing high-performance sales teams. Gonzalez is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. Outside of work, he resides in Winter Garden and family is the key foundation in his life.

“We are fortunate to have Anne-Marie and Robert leading our sales team expansion efforts in Florida,” said Chairman and CEO Mark Spain. “They both exemplify our core value of leading with a servant’s heart and will be great assets in our team-building efforts in Orlando and Tampa.”

Mark Spain Real Estate typically only hires one in 10 real estate applicants, after conducting a multi-step assessment and interview process. Hayward and Gonzalez will be responsible for selecting talent to join Mark Spain Real Estate who embody the company’s value of having an attitude of excellence in serving the company’s clients.

Differing from traditional real estate brokerages in that all agents work as a team to serve clients, Mark Spain Real Estate’s agents are highly trained and specialized, serving clients on only one side of a transaction. The firm has a tradition of providing an unparalleled client experience. This client focus has resulted in Mark Spain Real Estate receiving over 5,000 5-star reviews and being the No. 1 most reviewed real estate company in the country.

The new Mark Spain Real Estate Orlando office is located at 300 S Orange Avenue, Suite 1000 and the Tampa office is at 401 E Jackson St Suite 3300. Mark Spain Real Estate has six locations in Georgia—five in metro Atlanta and an office in Athens, two locations in North Carolina—Charlotte and Raleigh, a Tennessee office in Nashville, and new branches opening April 1, 2021, in Orlando and Tampa. Continued expansion is planned to serve other parts of Florida as well as additional states in the coming months.

Mark Spain Real Estate initially plans to employ more than 100 people in Florida. To learn more about joining the fun and supportive culture of Mark Spain Real Estate, visit https://markspain.com/careers/. For more information about the company and its Guaranteed Offer program for home sellers, go to MarkSpain.com or call 855-299-SOLD.

About Mark Spain Real Estate:
Mark Spain Real Estate is the most trusted name in real estate, earning more 5-star reviews than any other firm in the United States. It has earned the No. 1 real estate team in the U.S. honor the last three consecutive years by the Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends for annual sales production and is a five-time Inc. 5000 recipient, an annual list honoring the fastest-growing private companies in America. Mark Spain Real Estate’s mobile site design was named the No. 1 Mobile Website in real estate by REAL Trends in 2019 and 2020. MarkSpain.com also earned recognition as a Top 10 Overall Website in 2019 and 2020. The company was honored in 2017, 2018 and 2020 as one of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Top Places to Work. It has earned the Atlanta Business Chronicle Pacesetter Award the last four years, as one of metro Atlanta’s 100 top, fastest-growing, privately held companies. Mark Spain Real Estate made its third appearance on Atlanta’s Top 25 Real Estate Companies annual list in 2020 and debuted on similar lists for Charlotte and Raleigh.

As a company leader with cutting edge ideas like its Guaranteed Offer program and innovative and award-winning website, Mark Spain was honored in February as a 2021 Real Estate Newsmaker. Compiled by RISMedia, a leading residential real estate industry information provider, the Newsmakers list includes nearly 300 industry professionals and Spain was named one of the Trailblazers/Agents of Change. He was also recognized as one of the PropTech 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate. The firm had a record sales year again in 2020, with more than $1.4 billion in gross sales volume, a 46.5% increase year-over-year. In line with its core value of leading with a servant’s heart, Mark Spain Real Estate’s 2020 partnerships with charitable causes in Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte and Raleigh resulted in nearly a half million dollars raised for charity.