Mark H. Kreditor
GTF Realty was founded by Mark H. Kreditor, MPM in 1981. Throughout the early 80's GTF Realty developed direct marketing programs to sell real estate. GTF Realty was responsible for close to 5 million pieces of real estate related direct mail annually, in an effort to market condominiums and homes in the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth area. This proved to be very effective and led GTF Realty to venture into leasing and property management in the mid 80's after the properties were eventually sold.
Since that time GTF Realty's business core has grown to service individual owners, developers and financial institutions holding residential rental properties. GTF Realty manages over $130 million worth of residential properties mostly held by individual owners. Their owners remain clients for years.
GTF Realty manages well over 1,500 rental properties in all areas of Dallas, Collin and Tarrant counties.
Mark H. Kreditor, MPMBroker and President
Mark Kreditor moved to Dallas in 1981 after completing a 5-year Marketing program at Northeastern University in Boston where he graduated with high honors. In 2002 he received a Graduate Marketing Certification degree from Southern Methodist University. Upon graduation from Northeastern he started GTF Realty, Inc. and throughout the early 80's his company developed direct marketing programs to sell real estate.
Mark was a founding member of the Blue-Book, a Residential listing guide published in Dallas and is past chairman of the Property Mgmt/Leasing committee of The Dallas Association of Realtors. Mark is a frequent guest lecturer speaking on property management and landlord rights to investment organizations locally and throughout the country. He has taught real estate investment strategy at Southern Methodist University's (SMU) continuing education program and has presented his real estate workshops to investors and property managers nationwide.
He has traveled extensively on behalf of the National Association of Residential Property Manager's (NARPM). He has been a guest speaker at every annual convention since 1992. He is certified as a national instructor for NARPM in Marketing and Office Operations and in 2002 was awarded the nation's highest honor; NARPM's "President's Award." He holds an MPM (Master Property Manager) designation from NARPM, which is held by fewer than 100 managers nationally. He served on NARPM's national board of directors from 1993 until 1999. He was their National President in 1997-1998 and traveled throughout the country speaking to thousands of property managers about the industry. Mark is also on the Texas Association of Realtors forms committee, which designs contracts for property management Texas Realtors. He recently spoke as an invited lecturer for the Florida Association of Realtors at their annual convention.
In 1997 Get There First Realty became the first property management firm in North Texas to be awarded a Certified Residential Management Company (CRMC) designation from NARPM. There are fewer than 35 CRMC firms operating in the country. Mark's aggressive approach to property marketing and management has made him a leader in the management field. He teaches on a regular basis for Coldwell Banker Real Estate & Ebby Halliday as well as being a certified instructor for the Texas Real Estate Commission.
GTF Realty manages well over 1,500 rental properties in all areas of Dallas/Fort Worth. Mark maintains memberships in The National and Texas Association of Realtors, The Texas Apartment Association and The National Association of Residential Property Managers. He enjoys jogging and has completed 12 Marathons. He has played piano professionally for over 25 years and has taught 20th century music at adult education programs throughout the country. His original compositions are often featured from national real estate conventions to his daughters' school programs. Mark is married to his wife Carol, a former executive at Crow Investment Trust and resides in Preston Hollow.
