Steve Bullard,

owner and president of CB Bullard Realty, said, "We are very excited

about the merger of Joyce Faulkner & Associates and Coldwell Banker

Bullard Realty."

He told the

Joyce Faulkner agents at the meeting, "We believe that the merger

of these two companies will provide you with increased services along

with the the same business philosophy you have been working with."

Noting that

his company's franchise affiliation with Coldwell Banker two and one-half

years ago "has really worked out well," he told the group that

Bullard is the principal Cendant Mobility broker for the Metro South Atlanta

area and has the largest relocation department on the Southside.

In addition,

he said, the company has a real estate owned (foreclosure) department;

Cendant Mortgage representatives in two offices and phone-in, call-in

services in the other offices; a property management company; a builder

services division; Bullard College for continuing education; and a large

administrative and clerical staff to serve agents.

Also addressing

the group were Rex Yoder, the Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation

business consultant working with the Bullard organization; Jim Butcher,

manager of Bullard's Builder Services Group, whose company merged with

Bullard one year ago; and Dena Williams, a former Coldwell Banker Jim

Butcher Properties agent who is now with Bullard's Henry County office.

Others on hand

to answer questions for the Joyce Faulkner representatives were Jerry

Nesbitt, managing broker of Bullard's Fayette County office in Peachtree

City; Rick Rice, managing broker of Bullards Tri-County/Riverdale office

in Riverdale; Jay Snowden, franchise development manager for Coldwell

Banker Real Estate Corporation; Art Nyman, comptroller for the Bullard

organization; Walter Krauth, manager of Bullard Property Management Co.;

and Gail Wilson, Linda Scott and Doris Wagner, agents with Bullard's Fayette

County office.

Joyce Faulkner

& Associates was founded on March 1, 1989. Qualifying broker Joyce

C. Faulkner had been in real estate since 1977 and was the top producing

agent for the Fayette County Board of Realtors for the five years just

prior to the opening of her own firm.

She became

the second recipient of the Board of Realtors Phoenix Award recognizing

10 consecutive years as a multi-million dollar producer.

When she retired

in 1995 because of illness, her son, Michael Faulkner, became involved

in the company. He had been in mortgage banking for 13 years prior to

his move into the real estate industry.

Michael Faulkner,

a Fayette County High School graduate who holds degrees from Georgia Tech

and Georgia State University, is the incoming president-elect of the Fayette

County Board of Realtors. An Active Life Member of the Million Dollar

Club, he is a candidate for the Certified Commercial Investment Manager

(CCIM) designation.

He will continue

to operate Faulkner Development Corporation, a residential and commercial

development company specializing in age 55 Plus communities which is currently

active in Fayette and Fulton Counties. The residential sales in Clairmont

in Fayette County and Nassau Village in South Fulton will now be handled