Suzanne Anderson said she became a Realtor quite unintentionally.

But, it’s a career change she’s incredibly happy with, because she has become one of the top producing Realtors in the United States.

Suzanne Anderson

"The intent was not to get into real estate as a career," she explained. "It was more to have a license for investment purposes, to pick up a property here and there."

But after she got her license she interviewed with Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell, liked what she saw and immediately came to work for the company.

"EWM has an image and a respect from other brokers in the community unlike any other company," she said. "I feel like this is a home; it’s a very friendly place. The image is terrific and the people who run the company are great people. They’re always there when you need them."

Anderson, 39, is a 14-year Pinecrest resident and a divorced mother of two children, Melanie, 14, and Tyler, 12. The youngsters attend Palmetto Middle School.

Anderson was born in New York City, but came to Miami as a toddler and grew up in Miami Lakes. After graduation from Miami-Dade Community College, she worked as a legal secretary for eight years before her decision to go into real estate.

Among her professional accomplishments is being elected to the Master Brokers Forum, an elite group of the top five per cent of real estate brokers in the community. She’s also a consistent annual member of EWM’s Chairman’s Club and this year attained the club’s Diamond Level, reserved for brokers whose sales topped $10 Million for the year.

"I have been consistently in the top 1 percent of the Realtors in this company year after year," she said proudly.

Anderson, who works out of the EWM Coral Gables office, agrees that the real estate business is very demanding and requires long hours. But, she says, it is also very rewarding.

"I do a tremendous amount of corporate re-location work and I work with a lot of heads of corporations," she said. "I have people that come here from Latin America, people that work for many of the major corporations that have their Latin American hub here in South Florida. I’ve enjoyed all of the people I’ve met and I’ve met people from all over the world."

But, it is not all work for Anderson. She enjoys the arts and does volunteer work for the Lowe Arts Gallery at the University of Miami.

Anderson is an avid tennis player, plays in the South Florida Women’s Tennis League and is a member of the Royal Palm Tennis Club. She also likes to run and is a long-time member of the Miami Runners Club. As if all this isn’t enough to keep her fit and trim, she also finds the time to visit the Paradise Gym twice a week to work out with a personal trainer.