Joshua Harmdierks with RE/MAX Properties is among the 2,691 RE/MAX agents and teams featured in the 2016 REAL Trends “America’s Best Real Estate Agents” survey. The agents included in the survey represent less than 1 percent of all real estate professionals in the United States.

“Our No. 1 priority is to help our clients have the best possible experience when selling or buying a home,” Harmdierks said. “Being recognized alongside so many hard working and dedicated real estate professionals is an accomplishment, and I’m honored to be named among ‘America’s Best’.”

“America’s Best” is the industry’s largest ranking of agents based on homes sold in 2015. The survey is open to individual agents who closed at least 50 transaction sides or $20 million in sales volume and teams who had at least 75 sides or $30 million in volume. The fourth annual ranking groups agents by state and metro area.Individual agents and teams are recognized for their number of transaction sides and/or sales volume.

Harmdierks has more than 12 years of experience in the Freeborn County market. This is the first year Harmdierks has been recognized among “America’s Best.”

RE/MAX agents accounted for 22 percent of the more than 12,000 participating agents who qualified for the survey. This year, RE/MAX had more agents named in the survey than any other brand.