Dakota and Daisy Johnson, San Diego CA Realtors

EMERYVILLE, CA – ZipRealty, Inc. (http://www.ziprealty.com) (NASDAQ: ZIPR), the leading online residential real estate brokerage and technology provider, is proving to be an attractive – and potentially lucrative – place to work for young, tech-savvy real estate agents, according to Pat Garner, Designated Broker of ZipRealty’s San Diego office.

Pat Garner

In February, 18-year-old Dakota Johnson, the youngest agent in Ms. Garner’s office, sold his first home in the booming San Diego market.

“With rising prices and limited inventory, the housing market in Southern California is definitely making a rebound,” says Ms. Garner. “Becoming a real estate agent is a great career choice for younger people, especially if you’re willing to work hard,” she says.  “And Dakota has made a commitment to work hard,” she notes.

Mr. Johnson started his career at ZipRealty in June 2012 and is expected to close his first sale on March 15: a two-bedroom home in Oceanside, Calif., for just under $300,000.

A Phoenix-based real estate agent and a firefighter acquired the house as an investment property with the intention of making future investments in Southern California.

 In mid-April, Mr. Johnson is slated to close his second home sale: a two-bedroom condo in San Marcos, Calif., an REO that sold for $204,000, well above its original asking price of $192,000. And he is currently working with a computer programmer in his 30’s who prefers to work with a tech-savvy agent.

Jack Maroney

Mr. Johnson attributes his successful experience as a real estate agent to two factors: his mentor and mother Daisy Johnson, and ZipRealty’s innovative, technology-enabled brokerage platform.

 “I have been around real estate my entire life,” Mr. Johnson says. “Seeing my mom’s success had a significant impact on my life and career choice. As a kid, I used to help my mom put up for-sale signs, and then it turned into helping her write blogs and do email marketing as a young teenager,” he shares. 

“I encouraged Dakota to start taking classes to get his real estate license at the age of 17 ½ so he could be fully licensed when he turned 18,” notes Mrs. Johnson, a nine-year veteran of the real estate industry. Ms. Johnson has sold nearly $100 million in real estate during her career. In 2012, she sold 16 homes valued at $6.5 million.

Another San Diego real estate agent, 22-year-old Jack Maroney, has also started to mentor under Mrs. Johnson. Maroney began working for ZipRealty in late August 2012 and just commenced closing escrow on his first home.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

 Stacey Corso

510.735.2667

scorso@ziprealty.com