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In 1963, Mike and Jan Bowman relocated from southern Illinois and Indiana to Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to a career in real estate, Mike worked in the engineering division for Bell Helicopter. In 1969, Mike obtained his real estate license and began his career selling real estate. Mike opened his first real estate office with approximately 450 square feet of working space in 1971. His goal was to "provide the very best in services for buyers and sellers in a positive atmosphere, so realtors could build careers that allowed them to be the best they could be." As the real estate office grew so did the number of agents. Today, CENTURY 21 Mike Bowman, Inc., has expanded to 12,500 square feet in the Landmark Bank building in Euless, Texas. The company has more than 135 real estate agents and 21 staff members and managers. In August 2008, the company opened a relocation center in the Southlake Town Center. CENTURY 21 Mike Bowman, Inc. has received numerous awards, including the honor of the being the only brokerage in the history of the CENTURY 21 system to be named the No. 1 office in the world in closed units for seven out of the past eight years. In 1999, Real Trends magazine recognized the company as the No. 2 office in the nation in closed units out of more than 150,000 offices nationwide. In 2008, the company was listed as one of the top five offices in the country by Real Trends. "Our company has a long tradition of relocating families in and out of Northeast Tarrant County," Mike said. "We have sold more homes in the Northeast Tarrant County than any other office in the past 32 years. Our relocation office assists more than 1,350 buyers and sellers annually." Mike believes that the personal relationship between the real estate agent and the buyer or seller is an integral part of any real estate transaction. The company is renowned for breaking new ground in developing technology that can further assist the buyer and seller. The company launched its web site, www.c21bowman.com, in November 2008. This 1000-page site not only provides in-depth information about real estate but offers a powerful search engine that allows users to quickly search all properties listed with the North Texas multiple listing service, courtesy of the North Texas Real Estate Information Systems (NTREIS). "Since users do not want to wait a long time for a page to download, it was our goal to develop a web site for users to retrieve information quickly and easily, " said Mike Bowman, president of Century 21 Mike Bowman, Inc. "The results have been phenomenal. We receive more than 50,000 searches each month on our site not only locally but also nationally and internationally. Our relocation department has seen a dramatic increase in leads." The web site database is updated daily to ensure that the latest information is available online. Users can view more than 20,000 listings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. For each listing, users can retrieve relocation tools and school information and print a flyer. "Technology is setting the pace in real estate and more and more people are looking to the internet for information," said Mike Bowman. "We want to assemble a web site that is easy to navigate and provides useful information. We are constantly enhancing our site to meet the needs of our users and hope that buyers and sellers will 'Discover the Difference' with our site and our company." Mike has served as president of the Northeast Tarrant County Board of Realtors and as a member of the Board of Directors for area banks. He was the first chairperson of the Adopt-A-School program for the Hurst-Euless-Bedford (HEB) Independent School District. Mike and Jan have three children and seven grandchildren.
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