Beyond the Hedges

Eric Sain, a sales associate with the Corcoran Group’s Palm Beach real estate brokerage, is a busy guy — and he’s lately been racking up accolades to show for it.

 

In August, Sain, 41, was named 2010 Associate of the Year by the Florida Realtors, which singled him out from among 118,000 sales-associate members.

 

Sain was honored for his professional achievements and his service to the statewide trade association, formerly the Florida Association of Realtors. Since 2003, he has served on more than 65 of its committees.

 

Then in September, Sain was named Realtor of the Year by the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches, which serves Palm Beach County. He’s a past president of the group and will be its 2011 treasurer.

 

Sain is finishing up a term as vice chairman of the state Realtors’ Public Policy Committee and will become its chairman in January, helping set the 2011 agenda for the group’s legislature-lobbying efforts in Tallahassee.

 

“It’s a pretty coveted position,” Sain says, “quite an honor.”

 

Among its tasks, Sain says, the committee will work with lawmakers on issues related to so-called “short” sales, in which mortgage-holders agree to sell distressed properties for less than what their owners owe.

 

“We’ll be working to streamline the short-sale process,” says Sain, who has been affiliated with Corcoran Group for the last seven of the 14 years he has sold properties in the county.

 

Sain, who also is treasurer of the Palm Beach Board of Realtors, acknowledges that his volunteer schedule is intense.

 

“But when you have a passion for something,” he says, “you make time for it.”