About Us         WELCOME TO SANDY SPRINGS REALTORS THE SANDY SPRINGS REALTORS STORY HISTORY Sandy Springs Realtors is locally owned and operated. We are not a large franchise factory. We provide personal, one on one service. We have been in the real estate profession and serving local, national and international clients since 1972. In the spirit of hometown representation, Sandy Springs Realtors was officially formed in 2006 to celebrate the incorporation of The City of Sandy Springs www.sandyspringsga.org in 2005, and was the First real estate brokerage to open along with the city formation. Sandy Springs Realtors offers buyers, sellers and investors residential, commercial and investment buyer and seller opportunities. Our Sandy Springs Realtors team has recently achieved over $100,000,000 in home sales representing hundreds of individual homebuyers including first time buyers, move up, second home, investment, retirement/seniors and others, and home sellers, in all price ranges. This expansion of general “re-sales” and leasing services, in addition to representing new home and condominium developments, allows us to offer our clients with a complete and comprehensive selection of signature neighborhoods and homes, regardless whether the clients desire new construction or a re-sale residence. Sandy Springs Realtors represents a variety of home buying clients, as well as, numerous home and property sellers. Listings include farm and land, land for development, investor homes, fixer uppers, resort properties, retirement communities, building lots, single-family residences, town homes, and mid-rise and high-rise condominium residences with prices from mid $100’s to $1,800,000.00. Sandy Springs Realtors’ Builders & Developers Services Division offers complete New Home Community Sales and Marketing Services. The Burnette family founded Burnette Realty & Capital Advisors, Co. the predecessor company to Sandy Springs Realtors in 1978. Burnette Realty developed, built, brokered, managed and marketed single and multi-family residential properties and resort beachfront condominiums in Clearwater Beach, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Burnette Realty also acted as broker and sales & marketing management for builders, lenders and developers on a contact/brokerage basis for many national and international companies such as, Citicorp, GECC, Clearwater Federal, Technical Immobliari, US Home Corp., Hollywood Inc. and others for their projects such as, Boca Raton Yacht & Tennis Club, Rivermont Golf & Country Club, Vero Beach Club, Greenglades, and many more, with combined market value of over $500,000,000. EXPERIENCE AND INTRODUCTION Our team credentials reflect over 50 years of domestic and international experience helping hundreds of satisfied homebuyers, home sellers and investors. By listening to you about all aspects of your real estate needs and goals, we can help you make wise decisions. Our commitment is to provide you with superior service by “giving you the attention they deserve.” Experience Knowledge Commitment “Your Agency Relationship In addition to home sales, we have also developed and built several hundred homes and condominiums. This experience gives us the knowledge to evaluate lifestyle functionality design, design specifications and construction quality. This help to ensure that you get true quality and value, whether you are buying or selling. Buyer: Simply choose Market Analysis and fill out the requested information. Visit our Newsletter! Sellers: Simply choose Dream Home Finder and fill in the requested information. Or, search at [Search For Homes]. As your realtor, we will be completely objective and keep your best interests in mind, because we will be Your Realtor and advisor. We will listen to you, look after your interests, and identify opportunities for you and hidden problems before they occur. If you, a family member or friend is thinking about buying, selling or investing in real estate, you will want to have the highest level of experience and service possible, and that is exactly what we can offer you. We are your neighborhood realtors. AGENTS AND ASSOCIATE REALTORS We believe in "quality over quantity" and we have a close-knit group of high caliber professionals with diverse backgrounds. They are all committed to the Business of Real Estate. There are currently over 80,000 homes for sale in Atlanta. Where does one start? This is where we can help. We can help you achieve your personal objectives, whether you are buying, selling, retiring, or investing. We are dedicated to your needs. To achieve true success requires a real understanding of your personal real estate or retirement needs and goals, and experience. When you are purchasing or investing we can show you "pre-screened quality" homes and properties in preferred communities and neighborhoods that are just right for you, your family and your budget. When selling your home, we will target market it to high producing agents, the complete agent community, in FMLS, Internet and advertising. We will help you stage your home or property and get it ready to sell for its highest price, in the shortest time and with as few inconveniences as possible. We will pre-screen and qualify prospective buyers before we show your home. We will manage the process from showing, to contact, to closing for you. WE ARE NOT REAL "TOUR" PROVIDERS. GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS of specialization! Some of the best locations are almost unknown to most agents and buyers. Our agents are each specifically knowledgeable about a certain neighborhood. If your area is not their specific area of expertise, we will pair them up with the specialist for your neighborhood. You will have both of them, the entire team and the managing broker working with you to help you buy or sell. BROKER PROFILE Robert Burnette, a native of Atlanta, is managing broker of Sandy Springs Realtors, Inc. He has over 35 plus years of experience as a residential real estate sales and marketing specialist of single and multi-family homes (condominium and town home) properties and communities. Robert’s vision for Sandy Springs Realtors is to offer personalized and specialized representation to discerning buyers, sellers and investors in their real estate asset management endeavors. Our agents will meet and exceed customer service benchmarks. Robert has also personally sold over $60,000,000 worth of homes in Atlanta over the past few years and over 50 residences in this past year. He has also built and developed numerous single family and multi-family residential communities and beachfront condominiums in Florida and Georgia. Previous real estate positions and brokerage affiliations included: President, Harbor Island Development; Vice President, Discovery Homes; Sales & Marketing Director, Equipro International; Metro Brokers; Morris & Raper; and ReMax. Some of the clients, products and projects represented include: Eastland Woods, City Park Place, The Regent, Oldfield at Grant Park, Hammond Heights, Eagles Nest, City Central Builders, Jolly Dev., Citicorp, GECC, Equitable Life, Dogwood LLC and others. His responsibilities have included project and product planning and design, marketing and on-site and off-site sales for dozens of projects, of all product types, to all buyer profiles, both domestically and internationally. Previous management positions included advertising and marketing account management at world’s largest advertising agencies J Walter Thompson and BBDO in New York, NY. There he managed accounts such as: Pepsi Cola International (Europe, Central and South America), Playskool Toys, Milton Bradley Games, and Sheraton Hotels, among others. MISCELLANEOUS President’s Council of the Atlanta Board of Realtors Atlanta Board of Realtors, Women’s Council of Realtors, International Real Estate Council Habitat for Humanities Annual Auction, Committee Member Atlanta Board of Realtors Board of Directors-Dorothy Benson Multi-purpose Senior Citizens Center, Sandy Springs Cobb Services for the Elderly-Member and Senior Care Networking Council-Member Founding President of Chi Phi fraternity at Oglethorpe University, initiated at Emory Served in United States Marine Corps Reserves, MACS 15 MEET OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM Robert Burnette Managing Broker Robert has thirty plus years of international and domestic real estate experience in both single and multi-family new and restructured new home communities, development, building, sales and marketing management for leading companies in such as: Peachtree City Development Corp., U.S. Home, Morris & Raper, Technica Immobiliari (Guatemala, CA), Rivermont Golf & Country Club, Palm Beach Federal, Equipro, Hollywood Inc., Citicorp, GECC and others. Robert achieved over $60,000,000 in home sales representing hundreds of individual homebuyers. Previous to specializing in real estate, Robert held management positions in account/brand marketing and advertising in New York City at BBDO and J Walter Thompson for clients such as: Milton Bradley Games, Playskool Toys, Pepsi International’s Pepsi and Team brands, Sheraton Hotel, USSBA and others. Richard Sheets Dick is an award-winning executive with over 30 years of leadership as a real estate sales and marketing Chief Executive Officer, General Manager and Marketing Executive. He has been involved in the planning, marketing, sales and management of over 19 large-scale real estate ventures, valued at over $100,000,000. Dick works with Sandy Springs Realtors in its Builder - Developer Sales & Marketing Division as an independent project manager. Van Dao Commercial/Shopping centers Jonathan Sharpe Residential and Commercial H Paul/ Code 18 Advertising, Graphics and Internet Design Responsible for design and creation of web pages, advertising, and other marketing, collateral and merchandising programs. Hilda Worthy Leasing and property management. (Associate broker, Licensed with Quadrant Real Estate Services) CLIENTS Buyers, Corporate and Builders-Developers: Plus hundreds of individual homeowners. CURRENT PROPERTIES & CLIENTS Buckhead Grand Heights at Grant Park Dogwood Court City Park Place Union City Historic Home Sandy Springs residence Gwinnett residence PREVIOUS PROPERTIES & CLIENTS Mystic Court, Glen Meadows, Hammond Heights, Oldfield at Grant Park, Blackwell Park, Kings Walk, Eastland Woods, Morris & Raper, City Park Place, Citicorp, GECC Ivy Creek, Kensington Walk, Wannona Place, Eagles Nest, Peachtree City Development, U.S. Home, Veteran’s Village, The Eagles Golf & Country Club, Lakeridge, Emerald Green, Fontainebleau Park, East Pointe Towers, Bayshore Towers, Veteran’s Village, Bay Shore Yacht and Tennis, Boca Raton Yacht & Tennis Club, The Sanctuary, L’Ambiance, Tampa Palms, Vero Beach Racquet Club, East Lake Woodlands Country Club, Isle del Sol, Discovery Homes, Rivermont Country Club, Equitable Life, Winston Homes, Clearwater Federal, Richmond Investments, The Pattus Group, Palm Beach Federal, Equipro International, Technica Immobiliari, Greenman Corporate, Greenglades, Plum Hollow, Timber Oaks, Lenox Towers, Gemini Towers, Whistle Wood, River Wilderness Golf & Country Club, Town & River, And Others. OFFICE AND STAFF SUPPORT TEAM We have instance access to all the Multiple Listing Services, the Public Record Searches, and other tools and services that our agents need in order to better serve you. We also have a staff to accommodate all your needs. They help coordinate meetings, set schedules and control the closing/escrow papers and ensure the timely processing of all-important documents. We know Atlanta's Great Neighborhoods, Homes and Estates! Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Buckhead, Dunwoody, East Cobb, Emory, In town, Atlanta In town, Midtown, Milton, Morningside, Roswell, Virginia Highlands, Grant Park, Inman Park, Avondale Estates.   Successful developments and profits Don’t just happen… They’re created… by experienced and talented new home community sales and marketing specialists. Please give us a call for a no-obligation consultation.               Testimonials                       I am writing to commend Robert Burnette for his outstanding work as seller’s agent in the recent purchase of my new home. My wife and I were as impressed by Robert as we were our new home. From the outset, Robert made us feel welcome and comfortable while fully addressing all of our questions and concerns. Other agents, on the other hand, made us feel pressured. The attitude made all the difference. The others had a quick sales pitch. Robert had information and answers. The others wanted a quick sale. Robert cared about his buyers. Robert’s enthusiasm was infectious. He made us want to sign a contract. I highly recommend Robert for any real estate sales project. His interest, concern, and candor are major assets. Particularly, when the buyer is making a significant financial investment. Buyers must have complete confidence in the agent, and my wife and I have complete confidence in Robert Burnette. Richard W. Vitaris Richard W. Vitaris Robert Burnette has been extremely helpful in the purchase of my first home. He has gone beyond all expectations to help me. Not only did he take the time to teach me about different types of financing available, he also computed payments for each of these types of financing. He has followed up with me several times since I closed on my home to make sure everything is running smoothly. Amanda Mewborn Amanda Mewborn I especially appreciated the professional level of service and follow-up that Robert provided. He was always cordial to deal with and quick to respond to requests for information. Although there were many issues along the way, he was instrumental in getting them resolved. We made it to closing as scheduled in large part due to Robert’s efforts. Ann Lindner Ann Lindner Robert, you were so professional, honest, and knowledgeable about your product. We looked at 50 or so properties, and he felt you had the most Knowledge about actual construction of all we saw. Robert, I have never seen an agent give so much of himself---meeting us at off hours, taking the client to see the rest of Avondale Estates, not to mention your expertise in discussing construction---I will always bring my clients to a subdivision represented by you first. You are a pleasure to work with and I look forward to many opportunities in the future! You’re the BEST!!!! Virginia Ansley Virginia Ansley In the course of two meetings with Robert including one on a snowy day, we found him to be a very positive person and in fact he is the best “real estate broker” we have ever worked with. The single most impressive part of the relationship we were able to establish was his genuine interest in us a people and not just potential clients. He did a terrific job of both listening to and soliciting our needs and personal desires to make sure that we would end up in a property we would be happy with. We would highly recommend Robert to anyone who is looking to purchase a home and in the event that we might have future needs he will be the first person we contact. Rick Wheeler & Barbara Wheeler Rick Wheeler & Barbara Wheeler You were most helpful in advising her with the selection of upgrades and were quite knowledgeable in regards to her needs. Tanya Lambert Tanya Lambert Robert Burnette provided outstanding professional help through out the building process. Without his professional guidance the purchase of my home would have been most difficult, if not impossible. After a meeting with my Mortgage consultant I became very uncertain about obtaining a mortgage as well as my new home. I immediately met with Robert Burnette to explain my dilemma to him. Robert Burnette’s understanding and complete professionalism put me at ease. He was able to recommend another mortgage company. My mortgage was placed through them without any further incidents. Robert Burnette is a huge asset to anyone in the market for a new home. Thanks to Robert Burnette’s professional expertise and unlimited patience I am now a proud homeowner. Kevin F. Wisneski Kevin F. Wisneski Your Satisfaction is Important to us. General Testimonial Letters Under Contruction In all our dealings with Realtors over the past ten years, we have never met anyone as kind, helpful and energetic as you have been. Without hesitation, we would highly recommend your service to anyone who is looking for an experienced, caring Realtor who gets things done! Thanks for taking such good care of us! Bryan & Yvonne Carpenter, Atlanta, Georgia Thank you Robert so much for taking the extra effort to make our first home purchase successful. You were there guiding us through all the crucial and important steps! The McGinnis Family, Atlanta, Georgia