The Wartick Ashley Real Estate Group

08/08/2026

July Leaders for Cressy & Everett Real Estate Sales, Listings and Customer Reviews!

Congratulations to our July 2026 Leaders! We’re proud to recognize the Cressy & Everett Real Estate professionals and teams whose outstanding work in sales, listings and customer service earned them a place among this month’s leaders.

Lori Johnston - Cressy & Everett, Ironwood — Sales Volume & Units
Monica Eckrich - Cressy & Everett Real Estate — Sales Volume & Units; Listing Volume & Units
Leonard — Listing Volume & Units
Debbie Foster with Cressy & Everett Real Estate — Customer Surveys
Julie Vest - Realtor/Cressy & Everett Real Estate — Customer Surveys
Laurie LaDow- Simply REmarkable Team with Cressy & Everett — Sales Volume & Units; Customer Surveys
Sarah Dalton - Simply Remarkable Team at Cressy & Everett — Sales Volume & Units; Customer Surveys
Linda Smith — Sales Volume & Units
Heather Merrill — Listing Volume; Customer Surveys
David Rogers w/ Cressy & Everett Real Estate — Customer Surveys
Kim Vuittonet - Cressy & Everett Real Estate — Sales Volume & Units; Customer Surveys
Tarah Sheteron — Sales Volume & Units
Pam Gille — Listing Volume
Kelly Toney — Customer Surveys
Tania Hartline-Montgomery — Sales Volume & Units; Listing Volume
Dennis Bamber Group — Sales Volume & Units; Listing Volume & Units
Sheree Slott — Sales Volume
Browning Chabot Realtor with CressyEverett — Sales Volume; Customer Surveys
Linnea Strunk — Sales Volume
Ben Stephen - Southwest Michigan Realtor — Sales Units; Listing Volume & Units
David Bruce Springsteen, Real Estate Broker, Cressy & Everett Real Estate — Customer Surveys
Mawhinney Team — Sales Volume & Units
The Wartick Ashley Real Estate Group — Listing Volume; Customer Surveys
Jerry Olson Harbor Country Realtor — Sales Volume & Units

Congratulations to all of our July leaders! Your expertise, dedication and commitment to your clients are a big part of what has kept Cressy & Everett Real Estate moving Michiana forward for 80 years.

Since 1946, generations of buyers and sellers have trusted our local real estate professionals to guide them through some of life’s biggest decisions. Today, we’re proud to be Michiana’s #1 real estate company for 15 years, backed by nearly 180 local real estate professionals serving northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan.

Thinking about buying, selling or making a move into your next chapter? Start with the local professionals who know the market and the communities we call home.

www.cressyeverett.com

12/22/2025

The results are in. Here are the amazing Cressy & Everett Real Estate November leaders who achieved this distinction through their hard work and dedication while serving their home buyers and sellers. Congratulations to our November 2025 Leading REALTOR® team members!

Shawn Wartick with The Wartick Ashley Real Estate Group / Cressy & Everett Real Estate

10/19/2025

Ooops We did it again. :)

September flew by and many homes were put on the market and sold creating happy homeowners who moved on and moved in! Residential real estate is very active. Help us wish a hearty "CONGRATULATIONS!" to our Cressy & Everett Real Estate Leaders for the month of September!

With training, knowledge, experience and connections, these trusted REALTORS® are leading the way in residential real estate home buying, selling and service. Each one honored here demonstrates a commitment to their customers through hard work, transparent service and communication that matters.

Dennis Bamber Group


Doug Birkey, Broker at Cressy & Everett Real Estate

Browning Chabot

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Maria Lisenko at Cressy & Everett Real Estate


Maggie Olson


Julie Quardokus

Laurie LaDow- Simply REmarkable Team with Cressy & Everett w

Sarah Dalton - Simply Remarkable Team at Cressy & Everett
Billie Limberopoulos w/ Cressy & Everett Real Estate


Benjamin J. Stephen - Southwest Michigan Real Estate Agent Cressy & Everett

Christine Tirotta, Realtor with Cressy & Everett

Cynthia Trapp with Cressy & Everett Real Estate

The Wartick Ashley Real Estate Group

05/31/2025

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05/24/2025

How to Stage Your Home to Win Over Summer Buyers
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05/23/2025

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05/23/2025

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05/17/2025

Selling With Kids? Here's How to Stay Show-Ready and Sane
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