Stephanie Healy Cullum, of Coach Realtors, was accepted as a Member of the Top 5 in Real Estate Network(r), the most prestigious of all industry achievements.

More than just a sales-driven recognition, the Top 5 in Real Estate Network(r) meets a need that heretofore has never been addressed - helping consumers identify the most professional real estate agents in North America. To qualify, each member must first meet a stringent set of criteria, based upon performance, as well as educational and professional skills and service to the consumer.

Members of the Network are carefully selected and managed by RISMedia, which has provided the real estate industry with objective, unbiased news for nearly 30 years. As a Member of the Top 5 Network, Cullum is among the first real estate agents to be accepted into this elite organization.

Allan Dalton, the president and co-founder of RISMedia’s Top 5 Network congratulated Cullum for earning this top status within the industry. “Stephanie has reached the very highest level of North America’s residential real estate industry. Not only are her professional accomplishments extraordinary, she has long been a true champion for home buyers and sellers in her area. It is a pleasure to welcome Stephanie into this elite group of industry leaders.”

According to John Featherston, RISMedia’s CEO & publisher and co-founder of the Top 5 in Real Estate Network, the significance of Top 5 is that consumers deserve full transparency regarding all matters related to the real estate transaction, which often begins with the need to select a highly competent, experienced and results-oriented real estate professional. Top 5 in Real Estate has been established to both empower consumers with leading real estate content through Top 5 members, as well as to ensure that consumers are made fully aware that there is a material difference between average and exceptional real estate professionals.

Stephanie Cullum is a recognized expert in Long Island Real Estate, specializing in the Garden City market. Her 17 year career in real-estate has included sales, management, training, marketing, and land development. She attributes much of her success to her own community involvement as well as that of her associates at Coach Realtors. She takes great pride in her community and makes it a priority to give back by educating and providing public services and information seminars covering topics such as real estate tax certiorari grievance, real estate issues for seniors, current mortgage comcerns, interpretation of school ratings reports and the overall state of the local real estate market. Cullum began her real estate career with Hubbell & Klapper in 1992 and was recruited by Coach in 2002 to manage and develop the newly created Garden City Office. She has successfully developed the office into the #1 Coach office in volume and sales, and the #1 Garden City real estate office for market share. Cullum has been featured in the real estate section of the New York Times and has been quoted by Newsday on the state of the general market as well as the luxury home market. She was honored as Garden City Chamber of Commerce 2007 Businessperson of the Year and is the current Garden City Chamber Vice President. In addition, she has earned the prestigious Certified Residential Broker (CRB), Accredited Buyers Representative, (ABR), Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, (LHMS), Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES), Certified Buyer Representative (CBR),Certified Home Marketing Specialist, CHMS and Coach Realtors’ Platinum Circle of Excellence. She is also a member of various professional organizations including Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR), Christies Great Estates, Luxury Home Marketing Institute, Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate and Leading Real Estate Companies of the World.