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Born “Anna Laveria May” at the U.S. military hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, Anna May has worked and served in various capacities in the real estate industry as well as community and civic endeavors. A long-time member of Rotary International and as a history-making former elected official, she has mastered the inter-relation of business, government, community, and charity. Several very competitive endeavors have graced Anna May’s professional life including restaurant ownership and restaurant franchisor, franchising out numerous Rickshaw outlets in the Bay Area. Starting her real estate career as a loan officer with rates above 10%, she moved on to commercial real estate and business opportunity sales.

After affiliation with her own residential real estate brokerage for 19 years, she joined Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty due to its pristine reputation, international recognition, and high level of service at all price points. True to her down-to-earth roots, she continues to live, invest, and conduct business in the San Francisco Bay Area while often tapping into her international network to assist her worldwide real estate clients.

Consistently recognized as an award-winning top professional, Anna May was featured in the coveted East Bay Business Times “40 Under 40” shortly after being voted “Best Real Estate Agent” in the Daily Review reader’s choice poll. Often interviewed for industry magazines and local news outlets, Anna serves as an irreverent top producer panelist, keynote speaker and moderator for real estate events and conferences in addition to leading training sessions for fellow agents.

Anna May's leadership has extended to presidency of a Women's Council of Realtors chapter, Rotary Club President, Professional Standards Committee Member for the National Association of Realtors, and as Director/Vice President of her historic neighborhood association after she started the National Night Out events in front of her home. She also created her high school alumni association to support and challenge high performing but bored high school students, serving as president. Anna May also started the SantaCon phenomenon in her hometown and continues to organize and promote this annual venue-crawl on the 1st Saturday each December and throughout the year to raise money for sponsoring free pet adoptions at her local animal shelter in addition to volunteering.

To keep life balanced and fun, Anna May teaches yoga and performs as a stand-up comedian, donating all her comedy show earnings to charity.

Anna May's real estate designations and certifications:

CRS: Certified Residential Specialist - top 3% of REALTORS in the United States

PMN: Performance Management Network - a network of top agents in the Women's Council of REALTORS

C2EX endorsed: only a small number out of thousands of agents in the Bay East Association of REALTORS hold this endorsement

GRI: Graduate REALTOR Institute SFR: Short Sales & Foreclosure Resource

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