Best Real Estate Agents, Mortgage Professionals, and Insurance Agents in Dallas

STEP 1

+ NOMINATIONS

D Magazine emails nomination ballots to all real estate agents, mortgage professionals, and insurance agents in our database; and emails and mails ballots to more than 20,000 D Magazine subscribers and recent homebuyers in the area.

Best Residential Real Estate agents:

• We ask recent homebuyers and subscribers to nominate up to two agents they have worked with who have demonstrated excellence.
• We ask mortgage professionals and insurance agents to nominate up to three real estate agents they work with closely.
• And we ask previous Best Residential Real Estate Agents to nominate up to three real estate agents (one inside their firms and two outside their firms).

Best Mortgage Professionals and Best Insurance Agents:

• We ask recent homebuyers and subscribers to nominate one individual with whom they have worked in each category who have demonstrated excellence.
• We ask fellow mortgage professionals and insurance agents to nominate up to three individuals in each category (one inside their companies and two outside their companies).
• And we ask real estate agents to nominate up to three individuals in each category with whom they have worked closely.

STEP 2

+ VETTING PROCESS

Votes are tallied and sorted by D Magazine’s editorial staff. We put the data into an algorithm that places emphasis on feedback we received from our subscribers and recent homebuyers. We then screen each nominee with the Texas Real Estate Commission, Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, and Texas Department of Insurance databases to make sure that licenses are up to date and that there has been no disciplinary action.

A ballot is not counted if:

• Self-nominations
• Duplicate ballots
• Nominees outside of our geographic boundaries (view here)

STEP 3

+ TOP RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGE PRODUCERS

Brokers/Owners and/or top level Executives are invited to submit production numbers for an agent’s previous year to determine eligibility for Top Producers. Individual agents may not submit production reports on behalf of themselves. Production minimum requirements are listed below.

Real Estate Top Producer minimum production requirement:

• Individual Agents, $10 Million
• Teams of 2 Agents, $15 Million
• Groups of 3-5 Agents, $25 Million
• Groups of 6-10 Agents, $35 Million
• Groups of 10+ Agents, $40 Million

Real Estate Platinum level minimum production requirement:

• Individual Agents, $25 Million
• Teams of 2 Agents, $30 Million
• Groups of 3-5 Agents, $45 Million
• Groups of 6-10 Agents, $60 Million
• Groups of 10+ Agents, $75 Million

Mortgage Top Producer minimum production requirement:

Mortgage Platinum level minimum production requirement:

• Individual Agents, $60 Million

STEP 4

+ NOTIFICATION

We mail and email congratulation letters to the Best Residential Real Estate Agents, Best Mortgage Professionals, Best Insurance Agents, Top Residential Real Estate Producers, and Top Mortgage Producers.

After notification, our sales team is allowed to view the list and offer advertising opportunities to winners.

We play fair:

• Advertising dollars have zero impact on the creation of this list.
• Best Residential Real Estate Agents, Best Mortgage Professionals, and Best Insurance Agents are featured in our July issue and marked as a Best in our online directory whether they advertise or not. Top Producers are also designated in our online directory, regardless of their choice to advertise.