Mike Tezak

For Mike Tezak, success will never be defined by the gizmos, the tech tricks, the quick fixes or the buzzwords. Growth is about rolling up your sleeves and getting down to work, he says—a mantra he has put into action.

In a relatively small market and without a huge support staff, Tezak invests his own time and energy to ensure the success of every single one of his agents, and it is this dedication that allowed him to build up his brokerage brick by brick, nearly doubling the number of agents, closing $485 million in sales and adding a brand-new location and 50 agents in 2021 against the backdrop of the roiling pandemic.

The spirit of entrepreneurship and self-reliance is what drove Tezak to start his own business in the first place and continues to define Realty Executives Premier—a spirit he passes onto every one of his agents.