Areas: Gainesville, Ocala, St. AugustineMission: Improving and empowering the lives of others, one person, one family, one community at a time.Values: Integrity, Accountability, Excellence, Family, Impact, Balance, Growth & FunBetsy Pepine - Broker-Owner of Pepine Realty, MBA, CRSOffering full-service support with listing and buyer specialists, transaction coordinator, internal sales associates, marketing specialists in residential, commercial, land, leasing and property management. I'm also a mortgage loan originator and own a mortgage company and title company as well as a real estate school.Awards:2020 SJ Ranked 64thTeam Owned Brokerage in USA2020 & 2018 Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the USA2019 Top 50 Florida Companies to Watch2019 America's Top 100 Real Estate Agents®2018 Awarded Florida Best Places to Work by Florida Trends2018 Wall Street Journal Ranked Top 105th Team in USA2017 Wall Street Journal Ranked Top 248th Team in the USA2017 Best Large Business in Greater Gainesville by Chamber of Commerce2017 Best of the Best Real Estate Brokerage by Gainesville Sun Readers2016 Impact Award by Business in the Heart of Gainesville#1 Residential Team in Alachua County 2016 & 2021#1 Residential agent in Alachua County 2011-2015Voted top 3 finalist in Leading Women's Enterprise category in 2015 and 2016 by the Alachua County Chamber of CommerceSits on the Board of Directors for Capital City BankPast real estate coach for Tom Ferry, Your CoachHas been on Board of Directors for Gainesville-Alachua County Association of Realtors and the MLS Finance CommitteeBeen on Board of Trustees at Trinity United Methodist ChurchSelected for and participated in Leadership Gainesville and Leadership Development Program by GACAR and consistently gets into GACAR's Honor Society, Leader's Elite and receives yearly RPAC awards for her contributionsHave earned in past or present:Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS)Mortgage Loan Originator (MLO)Real Estate School InstructorGraduate Realtor Institute Designation (GRI)Council of Real Estate Brokerages (CRB)Community Association Manager (CAM)Member or past member of:Gator BoostersGainesville RotaryLeadership Committee Member for the Urban Land InstituteDiplomat for the Greater Gainesville Chamber of CommerceMember of International Mentoring AssociationMentor for the Gainesville Entrepreneurship and Adversity Program (GEAP)National Association of RealtorsFlorida Association of RealtorsGainesville/Alachua County Association of RealtorsULI North Florida Center for Leadership Inaugural Class of 2019Biography:Betsy moved to Gainesville in 1974. After graduating from Buchholz High School, sheleft Gainesville to pursue a business education at Duke University and a MBA inmarketing from The Wharton School of Business. After a twelve year career inpharmaceutical marketing research and consulting, she returned to her hometownGainesville and pursued her interest in real estate. Having been a real estateinvestor for years, she turned her passion into a career by becoming afull-time Realtor. Betsy soon became a broker, opened Pepine Realty in 2010 andbegan building a robust real estate team, helping families and businesses withtheir relocation, second-home purchases, primary residences and office spaces.Her team stays very active in the community, volunteering regularly in thecommunities that have supported them. In 2017, Betsy opened Gator Title and in2018, Betsy established Pepine Gives, a 501c3 non-profit foundation whosemission is to improve and empower the lives of the undeserved in her community.In 2019, Betsy opened Motto Mortgage Integrity to serve borrowers in Florida. Aloan originator herself, Betsy employs an experienced staff of loan originatorsto facilitate clients’ mortgages. Personally, Betsy is an active volunteer in the community, earning her the Impact Award in 2016 by Business in the Heart of Gainesville. Betsy has served on numerous boards and has been active teaching Gainesville's youth at church, assisting with homelessness in the community and has raised several guide dogs for the blind. In her free time, she enjoys real estate investing, running, pickleball and traveling. Most importantly, Betsy has two daughters and several rescue dogs with whom she devotes significant time.