Don Matheson,  CRS, GRI, ABR, CLHMS, CDPE

Founder, The Matheson Team

Don Matheson is the founder of AZGolfHomes.com, ScottsdaleRealEstate.com and The Matheson Team of RE/MAX Fine Properties. Canadian by birth, Don emigrated to the US in 1995.  With over 34 years of experience, both in Canada and Scottsdale, AZ Don's top priority is to build trusting relationships with his clients.

With over $109.7 million in sale and 532 transaction in 2010, RE/MAX ranked Don and his team as #1 agent in Arizona and #5 agent in the United States. The Matheson Team has been one of the top teams in Arizona for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and is ranked as one of  the top RE/MAX teams worldwide from 2004-2010. Don achieved the RE/MAX Circle of Legends Career Award in 2008. To date, only 121 people in RE/MAX have reached this level of excellence.

Don attributes much of the team's success to their pioneering efforts on the Internet and looks for it to drive future growth. A true entrepreneur, Don isn't just in the real estate business; he is reinventing the business of real estate by maximizing the Internet's potential through his proactive and systematic approach to listings and buyers online. Don and his team generate over 33% of their sales volume from the Internet, second only to the team's referrals.
 
2008 brought change to the real estate market in Arizona. Don launched The Matheson Team's REO Department to help lenders dispose of their foreclosed property assets. The Matheson Team is an approved vendor for Fannie Mae and other lending institutions. Don earned the Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation in early 2009. He and The Matheson Team agents help homeowners in financial distress sell their properties before foreclosure is necessary.

Don is a Board Member for the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of their Partners Council, and a  member of the Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak Hospital Community Advisory Council. He is also a member of Sentinels of Freedom. Don received the Segner Business Volunteer Award from the Scottsdale Chamber in June 2007. In 2009, he was recognized with the Circle of Legends award, a prestigious achievement in the RE/MAX system.

As a resident of DC Ranch, Don is a skilled golfer with a 6 handicap and is an avid reader. Don speaks to numerous real estate professionals about the power of the Internet to grow their businesses as well as his own personal formula for success.  Don is never too busy for you or your referrals!

Jenny Matheson, MS, MBA, CDPE

Sales Agent

Born and raised in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Jenny completed her undergraduate studies at the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

After assisting her husband, Don, in establishing his real estate business when they moved to Arizona in 1995, Jenny began graduate studies at Arizona State University.  She graduated in 1998 with both an MBA and a Master of Science in Economics. In addition to earning a 4.0 GPA, Jenny was awarded the Barchilon Award for outstanding graduate student of the year in 1997 by the ASU Economics Faculty.

Jenny spent a year at PriceWaterhouseCoopers PLLC, where she primarily assisted with litigation support engagements involving property value diminution studies, leveraging her background in residential real estate and  her academic training in economic and statistical modeling. In 1999, she rejoined her husbands expanding real estate practice, which they have built into the #1 RE/MAX office in Arizona and #5 RE/MAX office in the United States.

In addition to managing The Matheson Team with her husband, Jenny represents both buyers and sellers in the purchase and sale of homes, primarily in the Scottsdale and Paradise Valley markets. Experience, education and exceptional attention to detail are the key ingredients to serving her clients with a very high level of service, which is evident in the fact that she works entirely by referral.