Jay Macklin
Owner/Broker, RE/MAX Platinum Living
Jay Macklin is the Co-founder and designated Broker of RE/MAX Platinum Living based in Scottsdale, with offices in the DC Ranch community of North Scottsdale Arizona, Scottsdale Waterfront, Cave Creek and the Business District area known as Biltmore. He has spent more than 25 years in Marketing and Business Development.
Jay grew up in the automotive capital of the world, Detroit, Michigan and moved to the Valley from Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1996. Prior to real estate, he spent 18 years in the automobile business, acquiring numerous awards and achieving the highest recognition in industry sales and sales management.
Jay & his wife Michelle started RE/MAX Platinum Living in 2013 with 10 agents after a short 3-year stint opening and running their independent real estate company. As of June 2015 they have 98 agents, 2 offices open and 2 more opening this year. As a master marketer and recruiter, jay understands the laws of leverage as well as what agents really want and need from a broker and brokerage.
As the RE/MAX Southwest winner of the Eagle Award for most net gains in agent count for 2 years running, Jay attributes much of his recruiting and retention efforts to building an incredible culture. “Offering agents what they want and need allows me to recruit and retain agents that i know fit the culture.” As a certified coach and trainer for Craig Proctor Coaching Systems, Jay develops and builds sustainable businesses for his agents. “The only way to grow your business is to have an overflow of it, and that's what teach and coach agents to do”.