Stefan Swanepoel
is widely recognized as the leading visionary on trends and change in
the real estate industry. He has penned 13 Books, Whitepapers and
Reports including the 1998 Amazon.com bestseller, Real Estate confronts
Reality (1997), the sequel Real Estate confronts the Future (2004) and the Swanepoel Real Estate TRENDS Report (2006 and 2007).

He
has received numerous awards including; Businessman of the Year
(Jaycees), Best Idea in Real Estate (Great Ideas Conference), has been
ranked as one of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the Real Estate
Industry (Today’s REALTOR®) and was listed one of the Top 15 Technology Trainers in the US (The Real Estate CyberSpace Society).

His
academic accomplishments include a bachelor’s in science, a master’s in
business economics and diplomas in arbitration, mergers and
acquisitions, real estate, computer science and marketing. Today
Stefan serves as CEO of the RealtyU® Group of Companies and Chairman of The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation, Inc.
– A non-profit foundation providing grants to new licensees to help
raise the overall level of professionalism in the real estate industry.