Prudential Auburn, otherwise known as Prudential Preferred Real Estate located in Auburn, Alabama is a fast-growing, thriving real estate company, full of allstars of Lee County Alabama's real estate industry.

I often tell people that with all of the negative media attention in the national real estate market, that Lee County is in the Twilight Zone! The rules don't apply. The numbers are not negative the way they are in Florida, California, and the other hurting areas of the country. We have excellent school systems and thriving industry.It is a GREAT time to buy here.

At the forefront of the Lee County Association of Realtors is Prudential Preferred Real Estate, a quasi-bolier room of good agents with an excellent support staff, a broker with a Ceasar-like persona, and a state-of-the-art office like no other in our area.

Stacy Williams Jordan, my broker, is a demigod in the real estate business in Auburn and Opelika. The walls in her office are adorned with numerous plaques, awards, and pictures that look like the gold records that hang on the walls of the Motown record label's lobby. I feel fortunate and privileged to be under the tutelage of such a giant in the industry.

When you walk in the front door of Prudential, you're greeted by the sweetest of souls, Nancy Blanchard, a former shaper of young minds, now retired and faithfully giving her smiles to each visitor who graces our lobby. The pretty fliers that are placed in front of all our listings are all designed by her. She's also recently organized a scholarship program to a deserving high school senior who will use the funds to attend college this fall. And most of the time, when you call the office, she answers and directs the phone traffic.

You'll then see our large confence room off to the right that holds a large table with leather chairs, with a contemporary chandelier above it and on the wall a large, flat screen for viewing video and presentations. There's another smaller conference room built for privacy immediately behind the larger one where many contracts and deals come together. We also have a large media/file room that holds cabinets full of paperwork, mailboxes, the copier/network printer and office supplies... first class and professionally functional.

Angela Sheflin, who holds a real estate license, is our office manager. She's so important and so integral that she has two offices from which she "holds down the fort" from. I say that she holds a license to let you know that she does a whole lot more than just shuffle paperwork. She's the glue that binds us all together. Angela keeps us compliant and up-to-date with the many responsibilites that is required of a real estate company in today's world.

We have a full kitchen in the back that stays full of groceries for us to offer our clients, nice restroom facilities and a large sign shop for our many incoming and outgoing listings.

Then there is the talent. The agents. I couldn't ask for a better team of agents to work with. For a diverse market such as ours, you need a diverse group of realtors to handle all of the different cultures, ages, and backgrounds of people who are moving into the Auburn area.

We have Dawn Radnitz, Missy Harris Thompson, Wendy Hamme, Chad Williams, Becca McVey, Amy Smith, Christal Ingram, and Stephanie Truett. There's room for more, but we're very selective on who we have working with us. Other offices (and I'm not going to name any names) around our area are filled with drama and inexperience. At Prudential, we don't tolerate it. The biggest argument you might ever hear in our office is where we're going to eat lunch when we have a company gathering.

I could go on, but I hate to brag. If you're ever in Auburn, stop by our office located on Glenn Avenue next to Countrywide Home Loans in the Bruno's Shopping Center. You're sure to be greated with a smile.