Meet Steve & Evelyn Rosling

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STEVE AND EVELYN ROSLING Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty

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JULY 2019

top producer A “WINNING PAIR” FROM CASCADE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY When Real Producers magazine contacted Steve and Evelyn Rosling to say that they had been recommended by peers to be featured in their publication, they were surprised and humbled.

Steve and Evelyn have been serving the Portland and SW Washington real estate market since 2001 and 1996, respectively. They are real estate entrepreneurs and leaders who continually strive to elevate their craft through excellent service, innovation and building trusted relationships with their clients and colleagues alike.

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Steve is a native Oregonian, born and raised in Portland. He played football at Western Oregon University, where he earned a degree in speech communication. Growing up, Steve’s passion was to become a police officer. His dream was curtailed by a childhood injury with a dart to his eye, rendering him legally blind in one eye. In college, Steve participated in the Army ROTC and other training programs in the hopes of becoming an Army officer but was unable to obtain a medical waiver due to the lack of vision in his left eye. Without the opportunity to pursue the Army, Steve worked briefly at the capitol building for a state senator. From there, he moved into the telecommunications industry where he became the youngest district sales manager in the county for a national wireless phone provider. After leaving the wireless industry, his love of cards and poker led him to the gaming industry. While

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in gaming, Steve was a poker dealer, poker room supervisor and was hired multiple times to run exclusive poker tournaments in exotic locations around the globe.

Evelyn was born in Hong Kong and blessed to have lived in some of the world’s most beautiful cities of Vancouver, British Columbia, San Francisco, Boston and Portland where her father, a renowned doctor of acupuncture and oriental medicine, relocated the family for his practice. Evelyn always thought she would be a teacher even though her friends were certain she’d be an actress. Evelyn giggles recalling the story that as a child, she would invite her friends over for playtime where she was the teacher and they were the students. She had them working on assignments and the

humorous part is that they enjoyed it. With her tenacity and ambition to succeed, Evelyn received a fabulous opportunity to work in the hotel industry and ultimately discovered her niche as a sales and marketing leader for luxury hotel brands. She credits her promotions up the ranks to executive management level through dedication and paying attention to detail. Evelyn’s stellar reputation led to top hotels vying and recruiting her to represent their brand and to solidify relationships with their sophisticated clientele from high-level executives to celebrities. Her love and in-depth knowledge of marketing are credited to her experience with the world’s most recognized luxury brands and flagship properties of the Four Seasons, Marriott, Inter-Continental and Ritz-Carlton hotel companies.

Homes, Westwood Homes, and several others. Steve has a passion for land development and new construction and is always on the lookout for development opportunities to bring to his builder clients.

Real estate is the second career for both. Evelyn chose it after she reached the pinnacle of her hotel career. She was confident that with her business experience and entrepreneurial spirit, real estate was the right path. The story of how Steve got into real estate, however, is more interesting and rather amusing.

Evelyn met Steve 22 years ago while playing poker at the casino where he was working. She was struck by Steve’s friendly yet astute demeanor.

Even when she would beat him in a hand, he would congratulate her.

When the dynamic duo started dating, Evelyn jokingly said to Steve, “Now you need to think about getting a real job.” Certainly, it wasn’t to knock what he was doing, but she saw the potential and desire in Steve to do

From Left to Right: Trish Gallus, Evelyn, Steve, Angie Bissett and Darlene Van Kuren

more. Always the strategist, whether in playing poker or with business, Evelyn had grand ideas for Steve.

When national homebuilder, DR Horton, came into the Portland market in 2000, Evelyn was the first REALTOR® they recruited to market their premier community of new homes.

At the meeting to sign her contract, Evelyn decided to put her chips “allin” by negotiating a job for Steve. She suggested to the vice president that if he wanted her, he needed to hire her fiance. When retelling the story, people chuckle at the risky move 40 • July 2019

she made for Steve; however, like in poker, Evelyn had already calculated the odds, which she felt was in her favor. Evelyn called Steve with the good news and that he needed to start studying for his real estate license right away. There was no doubt in Evelyn’s mind that Steve would be a phenomenal agent. In his first rookie year, Steve sold a record 120 houses with DR Horton. During his 18-year career, he has gone on to work with many of Portland’s premier builder and developers including Arbor Custom Homes, West Hills Homes NW, Everett Custom Homes, Pahlisch

In 2004, with a loyal clientele base, the dynamic pair combined their expertise to form their own brokerage: Park Place Real Estate. Steve and Evelyn endeavored to build a strong company with a solid reputation for its people, marketing and service excellence. Pouring their heart and soul into Park Place, they grew the company to 25 experienced brokers who shared their core values of honesty, integrity, and trust. Brokers who were steadfast about putting their clients’ needs and interests first and foremost. Park Place Real Estate received accolades from the Home Builders Association of Portland for “Sales & Marketing Excellence,” the Portland Business Journal for being one of the fastest growing privately held companies, and the Portland Metropolitan Association of REALTORS® bestowed the “Managing Broker of the Year” award to Steve. He also served on the leadership team of the Portland Metropolitan Association of REALTORS® Masters Circle, culminating in a oneyear term as President of the organization. The Roslings’ portfolio of sales is well over 1,500 homes as well as two Street of Dreams homes. This month, Steve closed on his highest priced listing – a 3.3-million-dollar development parcel of land in Happy Valley. The Roslings are thankful to all their clients, friends and family for allowing them to serve and to work exclusively by referral. They are equally grateful for their team of talented brokers and to their Transaction Coordinator, Trish Gallus, who has worked closely with Steve and Evelyn for the past six years.

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“On our own, we may be the ace in the deck but by raising and lifting one another up, we can collectively achieve the highest winning hand. Let us always be reminded that we are in the people business. It just so happens that we are selling real estate.”

possibility of acquiring Park Place Real Estate and becoming a part of their brokerage. The decision to sell was a difficult one as they had not entertained the idea of selling the company they founded almost 15 years prior. However, relinquishing the operations of their agency would allow Steve and Evelyn more time for their clients as well to their son, Hunter (14), and Evelyn’s ailing mother.

When they decided to sell Park Place, they selected Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty as the influential Sotheby’s brand, its global prestige and innovative marketing platforms would further elevate their value.

With the addition of Park Place’s team of brokers and its Beaverton office, Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty increased market share with over 300 agents in 12 offices throughout Oregon and SW Washington. Com-

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bined with the Sotheby’s network of 20,000 sales associates in 960 offices and 72 countries, the Roslings and their team can now provide a profound international reach for their buyers and sellers.

another up, we can collectively achieve the highest winning hand. Let us always be reminded that we are in the people business. It just so happens that we are selling real estate.”

The real estate market and landscape have changed many times throughout the Roslings’ two decades of service.

They both delight in helping others and collaborating on real estate projects. Evelyn has recently discovered the joy in mentoring, particularly with women in business. Both believe that the ethical standards and professionalism in our industry can improve with proper training for those who enter the business and the masters of the craft ought to impart their knowledge, perspective, and wisdom.

“On our own, we may be the ace in the deck but by raising and lifting one

CONNECT WITH STEVE AND EVELYN Evelyn Phone:

503.810.8858

Email:

Evelyn@EvelynRosling.com

Web:

EvelynRosling.com

Steve Phone:

503.810.7691

Email:

Steve@SteveRosling.com

Web:

SteveRosling.com

Facebook: RoslingRealEstateGroup

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