Realty Austin’s Founders Named to Swanepoel Power 200 | 2020

AUSTIN, TX — Realty Austin, the #1 independent real estate brokerage in Austin, is proud to announce Jonathan Boatwright and Yvette Flores were named in Swanepoel Power 200’s list of The Most Powerful People in The Residential Real Estate Brokerage Industry in 2020. The annual Rankings, the Power 200, ranks the most powerful leaders in the industry based on their decision-making power and influence in the industry in The Real Estate Almanac produced by T3 Sixty and CEO Stefan Swanepoel.

Known in the industry as the Brains + Heart dynamic duo, Jonathan Boatwright and Yvette Flores were recognized for their innovative and visionary contributions within the real estate industry both nationally and locally. In 2019 they were honored with the Platinum Top 50 Executive Leadership Award for their visionary contributions within the real estate industry. 

In 2004, Jonathan Boatwright and Yvette Flores founded Realty Austin and grew their business from one 1,800 square foot office to five innovative and modern workspaces staffed with 550+ full-time rockstar agents. With work hard, play hard, give back as their mantra, Realty Austin was awarded both No. 1 Top Workplace by the Austin American Statesman and No. 1 Best Place to Work by the Austin Business Journal for the first time in the same year in 2019.

Jonathan Boatwright and Yvette Flores have inspired a culture at Realty Austin where the agents and employees have volunteered over 11,000 hours, donated over $1,000,000 of their commission from transactions, and raised over $100,000 from industry partners to support their philanthropic partnerships. Learn more at OurAustinPledge.com.

The SP200 (Swanepoel Power 200) is the definitive ranking of residential real estate’s top leaders produced and published annually by the Swanepoel T3 Group. Leaders are evaluated based on the office they hold, the decision-making power associated with the office, the financial resources at their disposal, their organization’s industry significance and geographical reach, public announcements about imminent changes, their tenure and their personal influence in the industry and then ranked in The Real Estate Almanac.

About The Real Estate Almanac

The Real Estate Almanac is the most comprehensive compendium of annual rankings and tabulation of the residential real estate brokerage industry and all its various participating players. It recognizes the industry’s 2,000 best brokerages, franchisors, associations, MLSs, technology platforms, and leaders. The Almanac includes real estate power brokers, franchisors, real estate holding companies, MLS organizations, Realtor associations, technology companies, referral companies, real estate networks, the most powerful people in real estate, the most powerful women in real estate and much more. Effective 2020 the Real Estate Almanac incorporates the widely popular Power 200 and the Mega 1000.