The Scott Loper Team at Re/Max Realty Group in Harleysville pays tribute to a fellow agent. We lost one of our colleagues last night. Richard Markel was an outstanding agent from our office, Re/Max Realty Group.
Rich was the kind of agent that you couldn't help but like. He was a straight talker, smart, honest, and dedicated. He was an expert at going after expired and withdrawn listings and typically carried the highest number of listings of anyone in our office. Rich was always happy to help newer agents and never too proud to ask the advice or opinion of other agents. Scott and I had a lunch or two with Rich to share ideas or get his help on matters of farming neighborhoods or listing presentations. He never presumed to "know it all" but boy he was a great sounding board.
Being old school, Rich was not the kind of guy to chase down the newest technologies but he did make an honest effort to keep up with technology. He was never afraid to ask agents what they did with things like Facebook or YouTube. But he was keen and discerning in what avenues he would travel. He never felt it was necessary to reinvent the wheel. I remember spending an afternoon with him once showing him how we did feature sheets on Microsoft Publisher. I think he kept that same format for a long time. Rich also liked the newsletter we wrote and sent out, he would buy it from us and send it to his clients. We always had no worries about it as we would never go after each others clients or listings. Rich was a guy you could trust.
Knowing Rich personally, he was a true gentleman with a fun sense of humor. He would get a gleam in his eye and smile when he would tell a story or ask about things like your kids or your plans for the weekend. He was so charming!
You will be missed! God Bless!
~Lisa
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