Michael Ashworth, a sales associate with Long & Foster Real Estate’s Lynchburg, Va., office, has earned the Certified Residential Specialist designation. Long & Foster is the largest family-owned residential real estate company in the United States.

Awarded by the Council of Residential Specialists, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors, the CRS designation recognizes that Ashworth is an expert in working within the residential market using a variety of proven tools such as networking to deliver the highest quality and professional service possible to today’s homebuyers and sellers.

“The specialized and extensive training received in earning the Certified Residential Specialist designation better prepares me to serve my clients in the ever-changing and complex real estate market place,” Ashworth said.

A Realtor since 2001, Ashworth has been affiliated with Long & Foster’s Lynchburg office since 2004, and has previously been named to Long & Foster’s Directors, President’s and Chairman’s Clubs of the Gold Team. Ashworth also holds the professional designation of Accredited Buyer’s Representative.

Ashworth is a member of the Lynchburg Association of Realtors. A graduate of Virginia Tech and a retired Virginia Game Warden Captain, he currently resides in Bedford with his spouse, with which he has three children.

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