Coldwell Banker Realty is proud to announce that Roger Pettingell, a Sarasota real estate professional affiliated with the company’s Longboat Key office, has earned a prestigious spot on the 2023 Real Trends The Thousand, as featured in The Wall Street Journal. Real Trends ranked Roger Pettingell No. 198 on the list of the top individual agents in the U.S. based on achieving $130,120,500 in closed sales volume in 2022. As part of the distinguished Real Trends honorees, Pettingell ranks in the very top agents and teams in the United States. His sales also make Pettingell the No. 1 individual agent for sales volume in Sarasota and Longboat Key. He is one of the top 200 agents and as a comparison, the National Association of Realtors® has just over 1.5 million agents as members. A certified Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Property Specialist, Roger Pettingell specializes in residential luxury real estate in the Sarasota, Bird Key and Longboat Key areas. He has been the number one individual agent in the area for the last 12 years. The Thousand represents the top 500 individual real estate agents and top 500 real estate teams in the United States for the calendar year 2022, split between the categories of closed residential transaction sides and closed sales volume. Individual agents who ranked in The Thousand closed at least 40 residential transaction sides or approximately $16 million in sales volume. Teams are ranked by size: small (2-5 licensed agents), medium (6-10 licensed agents), large (11-20 licensed agents) and mega (21-plus licensed agents). To qualify, teams must have closed at least 60 residential transactions sides or $24 million in sales volume in 2022.