Tracey (Forgione) Ernst was born in Salem, Massachusetts and lived in the Boston suburbs for 18 years. She attended Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana where she earned a bachelors degree in animal science. After college she lived and worked in the Tucson, Arizona, area where she worked with the local Humane Society. She moved to Florida in 1996 where she eventually met her husband David. They were married in 1998. In 2000 she earned her Real Estate License but then took time off to give birth to her daughter, Haley. She returned to practicing Real Estate on a full time basis in 2002 and worked with several brokerages until David and his partner started Realty International in March of 2006. Tracey is currently a Realtor for Keyes Real Estate. Tracey enjoys working out at the gym, tennis, and is actively involved in animal rescue and cancer research charities as well as volunteering at Haley's school. She lives in West Palm Beach with David and Haley, 2 dogs (Chili and Pebbles), and a ferret(Trixie). | David Ernst originally started his career working for the AT&T Western Electric Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania as a manufacturing forecast analyst. He spent seven years with AT&T in several manufacturing planning management positions before accepting an opportunity with Day Timers, the premier manufacturer of personal time management systems. While at Day Timers he headed the information system implementation for the Proprietary Marketing Database and Manufacturing forecasting module of American Software. Subsequently, he accepted an opportunity with SAP, the German based software company which was less than a year into their penetration into the United States applications software market. He was with SAP through their incredible growth to the third largest software company in the world behind Microsoft and Oracle and largest worldwide application software company. He played a key role in SAP's North American Growth by growing the professional services organization for the Southeastern US from nothing to over 60 consultants and close to $20,000,000 in annual revenues. With SAP's blessing he moved into one of the SAP mid market resellers, Global Core Strategies, where as General Manager of the Southeast Region he assisted in growing Global Core from a $2 million annual revenue level to a $33 million level in 3 years. His final position in the Technology Management Consulting world was with IBM Global Services as a Practice Executive for the Distribution Industry Customers Software Package Implementations. After his marriage and the birth of his daughter, he left the consulting world and started a new career in the mortgage business in West Palm Beach, Florida where he had relocated during his stay at SAP. He opened his mortgage business in 2003 and subsequently entered into a business arrangement to jointly own Realty International in 2006. Realty International was merged with a GMAC Real Estate Franchise in 2008 and he became a business consultant to the GMAC franchise network in addition to practicing Real Estate. He currently practices Real Estate for Keyes Real Estate. He has a Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh, a Masters of Business Administration in Operations Management from St. Josephs University, Certification in Production and Inventory Management from the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) as well as a Florida Mortgage Brokers and Real Estate Brokers License. He lives in West Palm Beach with his wife Tracey, daughter Haley, two dogs (Chili and Pebbles) and a ferret (Trixie). He is an avid golfer and has won the club championship at his home club three times. He also enjoys biking, fishing, and playing games with Haley. |
| "We've had the pleasure of knowing David Ernst for this past year. At first our needs were unclear and the decision to buy or do a long term lease under these difficult economic times made it even more murky. It was David's ability and willingness to sort out our real needs and cleverly present several alternatives including providing detailed market analysis discounted due to the economic crisis.
Once we realized it only made sense to do a long term lease with certain difficult conditions, David dealt with the broker of the house we were interested in and successfully came to a middle ground which was completely acceptable to us. We have recently moved into our new winter home and are thrilled.
We would recommend David Ernst to anyone seeking a purchase or lease of a house in Ibis. David thank you. "
Best,
Barbara & Jerry "David, We would like to take this time to thank you for all of your patience with us. You had hope & you gave us hope when we had none left! Thank you for always thinking of our best interest, not the sale. You have truly wowed us! We wish you lots of success and good health always! We know who to refer anyone in the market for a house! You! Thanks again. Sandra & Javier"
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