Lead Agent, Listing Specialist
Alan is a REALTOR® and Broker Associate with Keller Williams Realty in Charleston-Mt. Pleasant, SC.
Initially trained as a Mechanical Engineer, Alan earned a Fulbright Scholarship and completed a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of California at Berkeley, where he specialized in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Alan brings extensive and diverse international experience: 21 years of real estate sales (residential, commercial and industrial), 8 years of international marketing consulting and 5 years of higher education; in Australia, Canada, Colombia and the U.S.
Alan has built a successful business based on strong client relationships, as between 65% and 80% of his business comes from referrals from past clients and people who know him. Since 2014, Alan has ranked in the top 2% of the Charleston MLS. In 2014, 2016 he earned the "Realtor of Distinction-Executive Level" Award, the highest performance level awarded by the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. In 2017 the team won the "Realtor of Distinction - Team Award".
Alan has established a strong presence and brand recognition with the local business community in Mount Pleasant, as well as the Hispanic community in Charleston (he is bilingual in Spanish), and has successfully helped many out-of-town clients who came to retire in Charleston, Mt. Pleasant or Daniel Island, SC. In 2014 Alan received the Seniors' Real Estate Specialist Designation (SRES) and in 2015 his CIPS (Certified International Property Specialist) designation from the National Association of Realtors.
Alan's team has ample (and successful) experience working with first-time home buyers, new construction buyers, investors, move-up/downsizing clients, military transfers, investors, luxury buyers/sellers and out-of-town retirees MJC.
Alan has been a volunteer at The Citadel School of Business Mentors' Association, the former Latin American Business Council of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors and the Keller Williams Realty Associate Leadership Council.
He is active in the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce, The Citadel School of Business Mentors Association and The Charleston Women In International Trade (CWIT).
In his spare time, Alan is an active tennis and pickleball player, and enjoys the outdoors.
01 May 2019
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01 Apr 2019
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01 Mar 2019
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01 Feb 2019
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01 Jan 2019
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05 Dec 2018
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07 Nov 2018
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29 Oct 2018
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29 Oct 2018
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29 Oct 2018
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