The group included Valerie Cross of the Conyers/Rockdale County office;

Donna Daniel of the Peachtree City/Fayette County office; Regina Krytus

and Mary Collum of the McDonough/Henry County office; Kimberly Weatherly

of the Jackson/Butts County office; Sherry Mattox and Trudy McClellan

of the Jonesboro/Clayton County office; and Freda Stephens, who was with

the McDonough/Henry County office and is now the company's relocation

director.

These agents were presented with this distinguished honor at the company's

International Business Conference, held recently in Las Vegas, Nev. The

annual event brought over 10,000 Coldwell Banker sales associates, brokers,

managers, and employees together for an intensive program of professional

development and recognition of achievement. Barbara Walters, ABC news

correspondent, co-anchor of "20/20", and co-host of ABC Daytime's "The

View," was the keynote speaker for the high-powered gathering. The

conference entertainment included master of ceremonies Bob Eubanks; comic

Richie Minervini; the popular dance band, The Zippers; and the Grammy-Award

winning female trio, the Pointer Sisters.

The oldest and largest real estate company headquartered in the Metro

South area of Atlanta, Coldwell Banker Bullard has its headquarters in

Jonesboro. The company now has other offices in Griffin, McDonough, Jackson,

Peachtree City, and Newnan, plus its new branch office in Conyers and

the separate but affiliated Coldwell Banker American Land Mart in Conyers.

The Bullard organization, founded in 1956 by the late Cliff Bullard,

worked out a franchise agreement with Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation

a few years ago. Current president and owner Steve Bullard has been with

the company for more than 30 years.

Since 1906, the Coldwell Banker organization has been the premier provider

of full-service real estate. In 2003, Franchise Times magazine's prestigious

Top 200 issue ranked the organization number one in real estate and number

eight overall. Additionally, the Coldwell Banker organization has the

highest ranking in customer satisfaction from both first-time homebuyers

and sellers who used national real estate firms, according to the J.D.

Power and Associates 2003 Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Study. The Coldwell

Banker system has approximately 3,600 residential and commercial real

estate offices with 113,800 sales associates globally. Each office is

independently owned and operated except for offices owned and operated

in residential real estate, and in niche markets such as resort, new

homes and luxury properties through its Coldwell Banker Previews International

division. It is a pioneer in consumer services with its Coldwell Banker

Concierge program and award-winning Web site, www.coldwellbanker.com.

Coldwell Banker Mortgage is one of the largest telephone/web based lenders

in the country and the Coldwell Banker Commercial system is one of the

largest commercial franchise operations with over 400 affiliates offering

clients comprehensive buying, selling, leasing, acquisition, disposition

and management services. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, is

a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD).

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