Steve DuBrueler started his real estate career in 1988 as an agent in Winchester, Virginia, where he became a top salesperson and earned nationwide recognition as a 30 Under 30 recipient from the National Association of Realtors®. He eventually opened his own brokerage before buying the local Coldwell Banker franchise in 1995 and renaming it. Steve has become one of the real estate industry’s most revered leaders through his development and management of multiple high-growth companies with repeated success. With Steve at the helm, Coldwell Banker Premier is now one of the top 20 Coldwell Banker franchises in the nation, having earned the brand’s coveted Chairman’s Circle award as well as a place on the prestigious RealTrends 500 list of the country’s top real estate brokerages. For the most recent three consecutive years, Steve and his company have been named a RealTrends GameChanger for exceptional 5-year growth – an honor bestowed to just 18 real estate firms out of over 100,000 in the country. The company’s award-winning relocation department has been an Anywhere Leads Network Platinum Award Winner for ten years, and for multiple years has also received the President’s Club Award which recognizes the top 5% of brokers in the network. Coldwell Banker Premier’s remarkable coverage area spans nearly 26,000 square miles in seven Mid-Atlantic states including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, and Washington DC. In addition to servicing residential and commercial real estate, the enterprise handles property management, vacation rentals, auctions, luxury real estate, REO, mortgage services, insurance, and title services.

A true visionary, Steve also created and employed one of the most-unique offerings in all of real estate – a benefits package for agents that includes health, dental, and vision insurance along with a 401K program. The rationale is simple: by providing everything an agent needs to create a successful business while reducing stress associated with the basic human needs of health, wellness and retirement planning, an agent can truly prosper. In 2021, Steve was honored with the Coldwell Banker Chandler Barton Spirit Award, the highest individual achievement in the brand, highlighting his “Can Do” spirit. He attained this distinction for his outstanding dedication to his agents and the community. Steve has climbed several of the world’s tallest mountain peaks to raise funds for charitable organizations, and in total his team has supported 175+ different charities to date.

To date, Steve has built over 300 homes, spearheaded large developments, and successfully facilitated massive sales of entire communities, commercial properties, multi-million dollar residences, 1031 exchanges, and many more niche real estate scenarios that proved too challenging for other agents and firms. He is highly skilled at sales, leadership, objection handling, problem solving, and “thinking outside the box”; and is enthusiastic about helping others develop these skills that are necessary for success in the competitive and ever-evolving real estate industry.