Pat Zaby began his real estate career in 1968 and has been involved in sales, management, commercial, and property management.
àdeveloped simple-to-use forms accepted industry-wide to explain financial concepts such as the benefits of home ownership, the cost of waiting to buy, investment analysis, loan comparison, and others.
àunderstands the needs of todayÆs real estate agent better than any other product developer. He knows what they will use, how theyÆll use it, and how much theyÆll pay for it. He also knows how to train them.
àtaught nationally for almost 25 years in the CRS, Certified Residential Specialist and GRI, Graduate of the REALTORS« Institute programs.
àspoken at the National Association of REALTORS« Convention each year since 1978. He has been a featured speaker for state association conventions and national franchises, like RE/MAX«, Realty Executives, Keller Williams, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Century 21, and Realty World.
àconceived and developed the Prep Software company that grew to 20,000 customers and one of the preferred agent software solutions. It had many ôfirstsö in the real estate sector: the first Windows Financial program, the first multimedia program, the first to make the switch from DOS to Windows, the first true Windows contact manger, and the first fully integrated Suite to use the same database.
àconsulted with Texas Instruments to develop the BA Real Estate financial calculator that allows agents to easily provide information for buyers and sellers to make better decisions.
àconsulted with CompUSA, Texas Instruments, Acer Computers, Hewlett Packard, Epson, Lexmark and others to develop relationships with the real estate industry.
àdeveloped several software programs that became industry standards for real estate agents. The strong marketing applications became the unique quality in his products. They were recognized as the leading presentation products available.
His Credentials are impressive:
Bachelor's degree in Real Estate from the University of North Texas
Certified Residential Specialist, CRS
Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager, CRB
Certified Commercial Investment Member, CCIM
Active member of the National Association of REALTORS«
Senior Instructor for Council of Residential Specialists
Publisher of Real Estate Focus Newsletter
1996 recipient of the RNMI Quill Pen Award
President, Council of Residential Specialists, 1990
President - REALTORS« National Marketing Institute«, 1993
Recipient of Omega Tau Rho, National Association of REALTORS«, 1993
Over 80 articles published in national real estate periodicals (1975 - 2000)
National Association of REALTORS« Convention Speaker (1979 - 2000)
Convention speaker for numerous state Association of REALTORS«
