Donna Travis, a sales associate with Long & Foster Real Estate’s Blacksburg office, has earned the Seller Representative Specialist designation. Long & Foster is the largest independent residential real estate company in the United States.

Awarded by the Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers, the Seller Representative Specialist designation is recognized by the National Association of Realtors. The designation recognizes that Travis is part of an elite group of agents who are advocates for their clients, making sure they are at the center of the sale. SRS designated agents are trained in a variety of traditional and digital marketing methods to uniquely promote clients’ properties and adhere to the highest level of professional ethics and business practices.

Donna Travis is the first agent west of Charlottesville, Va., to earn this designation. She learned about the program when she went through the Accredited Buyer Representative course with Adorna Carroll, a top real estate instructor from Connecticut. It was at that time Travis decided that she had received such good information and tips to help her assist buyer clients that she wanted to learn more so she could be the best listing agent possible.

“Under Adorna’s teaching, I learned better techniques to listing and selling properties – from getting the most out of online and print advertising, to marketing specific property types to the right demographics. I also learned new negotiating techniques that will further benefit my sellers when they receive an offer,” Travis said.

A Realtor since 2007, Travis has been affiliated with Long & Foster’s Blacksburg office since 2010 and is a member of Long & Foster’s Chairman’s Club and Gold Team in recognition of her production achievements. Travis was the recipient of the 2013 New River Valley Association of Realtors Ethics in Action Award and the Good Neighbor Award in 2010. Travis also holds the professional designations of Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource, Accredited Buyer’s Representative, and NAR GREEN designation.

Travis is a member of the New River Valley Association of Realtors and the Southwest Virginia Association of Realtors. She currently resides in Pulaski, Va., with her husband.

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