Richard has recently been honored by the Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS for his participation, and he has been accepted to the Ombudsman committee where he will assist in resolving transaction issues for SCCAOR members.

Richard is also broker owner of Realty World Powerhouse Brokers with locations in San Jose and Modesto with an emphasis on REO and Short Sale listings.

Patricia began her career in Real Estate as a Bi-Lingual Escrow Officer working with various San Francisco based title insurance companies. As a licensed Realtor since 1996, Patricia’s experience ranges from residential to commercial real estate working with First-Time Home Buyers, Business Owners, and Luxury Homes.

Patricia’s passion for helping real estate consumers with educational services to help them make empowered choices is exemplified by her participation in various community outreach programs in Silicon Valley. Patricia’s most recent community service related activities include her position as Founding National Board Officer of NHORA: The National Hispanic Organization of Real Estate Associates where she serves as President- Elect and Chair of the National Chapter Development Committee.

Some of Patricia’s more recent collaborations include participation in the Presidents Advisory Council for Skyline College’s President’s Innovation Fund, featured speaker for The American Institute on Ethics, Past President / Founding Board Officer of NAHREP of Silicon Valley, and 2007 Cultural Diversity Committee Chair for The San Mateo County Association of Realtors where Patricia organized The First Bay Area Multi-Cultural Real Estate Summit: an educational symposium bringing diversity leadership from the entire San Francisco Bay Area together to address the current market trends and needs of Bay Area Real Estate Communities currently in it’s 4th year.

Ms. Ramirez and her business partner after working and providing dedicated service to the firm since 1986.

Hilda holds the coveted Certified Exchange Specialist®, CES® Designation the only professional designation available to 1031 Exchange Practitioners. She is a Charter member of the Certification Council. The Council

was commissioned by the Federation of Exchange Accommodators, the National Trade Association for Qualified Intermediaries.

With over two decades of experience in Education based Marketing Hilda became an early adopter of Social Media Networking and Social Media Marketing for Business. Got2BSocial was founded in 2009 to answer the demand of a growing industry. Hilda is a well recognized speaker on Social Media and has received many accolades.