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S P E C I A L P R O M O T I O N S PROFESSIONAL Excellence | REAL ESTATE ALL PHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES. Rhode Island Monthly is proud to showcase our second annual Professional Excellence in Real Estate honorees on the following pages. This special section was put together to provide our readers with advice, resources and a list of some of the leading professionals for buying or selling a home. We hope you consider utilizing one of these honorees for your real estate needs. Attention all real estate agents! PROFESSIONAL Excellence REAL ESTATE 2020 Our Professional Excellence in Real Estate awards program recognizes those individuals named among the leading professionals in the field. Honorees are chosen based on several criteria ranging from home sales, feedback from professionals in related fields, professional standing, home buyers & sellers’ input, peer reviews and other data collected by a leading third-party survey company. Our survey partner will be sending out our 2021 survey this October, and we hope you will participate. While their database likely includes your information, we encourage you to go to rimonth.ly/REsurvey to add your information to ensure your participation. 59 | Professional Excellence in Real Estate Honorees 68 | The Dos and Don’ts of Buying Your First Home 58 RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY l JULY 2020