JPAR Franchising LLC, the franchising division of JP & Associates REALTORS®, has announced the appointment of Chastity Davenport as vice president of Expansion. Working alongside Frank Gay, chief executive officer of JPAR Franchising LLC, and the rest of the sales team, Davenport will ensure continued growth and development of the brokerage across the United States.
“Chastity is the ideal candidate for this position with our franchise team,” Gay states. “She is a highly motivated, detailed and knowledgeable individual with expert-level experience in management, sales and operations in various areas of real estate. Given her background and esteemed reputation, we are fortunate to have her as VP of Expansion.”
Davenport has a diverse background which includes founding startups, growing businesses and providing consulting within the real estate and technology spaces. In 2008, she was the leader of a top-producing team with EXIT Realty, and in 2012, started an independent brokerage, the Davenport Agents, which eventually became affiliated with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate.
Circa 2017, she developed strategic advisory relationships with brokers and agents for Opcity, an acclaimed lead generation and management company which would go on to be acquired by realtor.com® for over $200 million.
Most recently, Davenport worked cross-functionally at Perch to implement an iBuyer brokerage. She created and implemented processes to release new products in the context of technology and customer service. Davenport was responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and managing a team of real estate agents across multiple markets.
Having assumed her new position, Davenport is excited to be a part JPAR Franchising.
“I’m thrilled to be part of a team that is spearheading the expansion of one of the fastest-growing brokerages in the U.S.,” Davenport states. “I have immense respect for JP’s (referring to Broker/Owner/Founder Giuseppe “JP” Piccinini) relentless hustle and unique perspective on empowering the real estate agent, and broker, with tools to be highly productive while continually raising the bar on customer service.”
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