On July 8, REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal released its Top One Thousand list for 2014. As advertised by The Wall Street Journal, REAL Trends Top One Thousand recognizes the top one half of 1 percent of nearly 963,000 licensed Realtors in the country. The prestigious awards are sponsored by both publications annually. REAL Trends analyzes the most renowned real estate agents and companies in order to compile this list, which includes the top 250 agents in the following categories: Individuals by Transaction Sides, Individuals by Sales Volume, Teams by Transaction Sides and Teams by Sales Volume.

To create this list, REAL Trends reaches out to nearly every leading brokerage and Realtor associations in request of applications. Not all eligible professionals are aware of this list or wish to share their data for the compilation of the list and are therefore not included. REAL Trends and The Wall Street Journal verify applicants through third party sources.

Eloy Carmenate

Listed at No. 65 in the category of Individuals by Sales Volume is Eloy Carmenate from ONE Sotheby’s International Realty. He is the only agent from Miami to be recognized in the Top 100 for this category, with $112.95 million in sales volume. Carmenate, executive vice president of ONE Sotheby’s, carries more than twenty years of experience with him. He works mainly with celebrities, CEO’s and sports figures in luxury residential real estate; however, Carmenate ensures VIP treatment to all clients, no matter the cost of the property. He has been a resident of Miami for nearly 40 years, making him extremely knowledgeable about the city and surrounding areas. Prior to joining ONE Sotheby’s Carmenate ran his own boutique brokerage firm on Ocean Drive. Currently, he and his team lead the Towers and Mixed Use Properties Initiative at ONE Sotheby’s. For more about Carmenate and his colleagues also recognized on Top One Thousand, click here.