Stefan Swanepoel is widely recognized as the leading visionary on trends and change in the real estate industry. He has penned 13 Books, Whitepapers and Reports including the 1998 Amazon.com bestseller, Real Estate confronts Reality (1997), the sequel Real Estate confronts the Future (2004) and the Swanepoel Real Estate TRENDS Report (2006 and 2007).

He has received numerous awards including; Businessman of the Year (Jaycees), Best Idea in Real Estate (Great Ideas Conference), has been ranked as one of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the Real Estate Industry (Today’s REALTOR®) and was listed one of the Top 15 Technology Trainers in the US (The Real Estate CyberSpace Society).

His academic accomplishments include a bachelor’s in science, a master’s in business economics and diplomas in arbitration, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, computer science and marketing. Today Stefan serves as CEO of the RealtyU® Group of Companies and Chairman of The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation, Inc. – A non-profit foundation providing grants to new licensees to help raise the overall level of professionalism in the real estate industry.