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Joanne M. Stevens
Real Estate Broker Specializing in Multi-family Housing Communities
Joanne is one of the nation’s premier experts in listing and selling multifamily housing communities. Joanne has experience in corporate, commercial and investment real estate, but her passion is multi-family housing.
Joanne has zoned and developed communities, and she owns communities. Great customers and great relationships with those customers have been the cornerstone of Joanne’s success in the real estate business and the multi-family housing industry.
You and your real estate assets, whether it is commercial-investment, or multi-family, are the focus of her business. When the time is right for you to sell, whether that is now or in the future, Joanne is a resource, an advocate, and a collaborator for you.
Joanne’s goal is to always maximize the wealth of her sellers by maximizing their sale price. Her objective is to make sure that when you do sell, you do not leave any money on the table.
Joanne hopes that you find her website and her newsletters useful. They are written for you, the owner and convey ideas about actions that you can take now to improve the income and the value of your real estate asset and multi-family housing community, so that when the time is right for you to sell, Joanne can sell it you for top dollar.
Joanne invites you to contact her for a CONFIDENTIAL market evaluation of your multi-family housing community.
About Joanne
Joanne is considered a national expert in multi-family housing. The following is a partial list detailing her experience, affiliations and her involvement in community projects and development.
- Licensed real estate broker in the State of Iowa
- Brokered the sales of Manufactured Home Communities and Mobile Home Parks, 2004-present. Parks & Communities range in size of 30 home-sites to 400 plus.
- Developed a 485 home-site Manufactured Home Community in Marion, Iowa.
- Zoned & permitted a 190 site Mobile Home Community in Des Moines, Iowa.
- Founded and managed Squaw Creek Village Home Sales, Inc. (1991-2001) Sold new and pre-owned manufactured homes. Trained sales associates, purchased new stock units for display and was involved in all aspects of merchandising, marketing, arranging financing of homes for the home buyers and service.
- Former President of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association
- Served on the Board of Directors of the Manufactured Housing Institute and is a past national chairwoman of the Manufactured Housing Educational Institute.
- Former Vice President, Iowa Manufactured Housing Association, 2001.
- Board of Directors, Iowa Manufactured Housing Association, 1996-Present.
- Member of MHI – National Communities Council.
- Member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Designations
- 2004 Awarded the ACM designation (Accredited Community Manager): Manufactured Housing Institute.
- 1996 Awarded the PHC (Professional Housing Consultant): Manufactured Housing Institute.
- 1993 Awarded the CCIM designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member): CIREI (Commercial division of the NAR).
- 1992 Awarded the ALC designation (Accredited Land Counselor): Realtors Land Institute, a division of NAR.
Board and Council Appointments
- Past Vice President of Area Substance Abuse Council, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Past Xavier High School Foundation: Board Member
- Past Urban Land Institute: Council Member of Manufactured Housing
- Past Legion Arts
Education
- B.A. Loyola University
- Continuing education in commercial real estate
Community Support
- Camp Courageous of Iowa
- Catherine McAuley Center
- Community Health
- Salvation Army
- Foundation 2
- Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
- Cedar Rapids Public Library
- Loyola University
- Norte Dame University
