Our Mission
Creative Solutions To Commercial Real Estate Challenges
MKB, REALTORS was founded in 1973 by R. Lee Mastin, Betty Kirkland and Chan Bolling. The firm has two offices in Roanoke, an office in Daleville, Salem and at Smith Mountain Lake. With over 200 sales associates and gross sales in excess of $550,000,000 yearly, MKB is the largest real estate firm in the region. MKB is a full service firm offering residential, commercial and property management services to its clients.
In March of 2012, MKB announced a new ownership team that includes Kit Hale, Director of Sales for 16 years, Steve Hoover, a former owner and Managing Broker, Mary Dykstra, Director of Business Development, Curtis Burchett, an associate with the firm for 10 years and Henry Scholz, formerly of Hall Associates Inc. for 24 years and now Director of Commercial Real Estate Services. Ed Smith became a partner in the firm in 2019.
From top left: Henry Szholz, Kit Hale, Curtis Burchett, Ed Smith, Mary Dykstra, Steve Hoover
Experienced Professionals
Among our many strengths is an engaged and experienced group of real estate professionals as owners. Hale is a former Chair of the Board of Commissioners of the Virghinia Housing Development Authority (VHDA). Hoover is a former Chair of the Virginia Real Estae Board, the regulatory body for the 44,000 real estate licensees in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
MKB keeps its focus on full customer service and straightforward honesty from the moment an inquiry arrives to the end of a client transaction. Their attitudes of fiarness, ethical behavior, and a desire to help has won several business awards, including Roanoke kREgional Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award, and many years in a row the Best Real Estate Firm by the readers of the Roanoker Magazine. In addition, the firm has won the prestigious Roanoke Valley Association of REALTORS® Distinguished Service Award year after year.
Service to Community and Clients
The greatest percentage of our business is through referral and from repeat clients. We are committed to serving our clients and serving our communities. We serve as ambassadors of our community, and as such, pride oruselves in beign engaged in not only the real estate industry, but the comunity at large. Leadership and civic duties include coaching and volunteering with and serving on the boards of museums and charitable organizations such as the Junior League of Roanke Valley, RAM House, Local Children's Miracle Network, League of Older Americans, Toys for Tots, the Art Museum of Western Virginia, Habitat for Humanity, and the SPCA just to name a few.
Service to Profession
Service to profession, on a local, state, and national level has ebeen just as important. Hale, Hoover, Dykstra, and Scholz have all been past Presidents of the Roanoke Valley Association of REALTORS®. On a State level, Dykstra was President of Virginia REALTORS® in 2014, Hale in 2006, and Hoover in 1992. All three are recipients of the Virginia REALTOR of the Year Award, the highest honor that can be bestowed by their peers. at the national level, Hale, Hoover, and Dykstra have been national Direcotrs and have served on the Leadership Team. Scholz has served on the national Commercial Committee and Legislative Committee.
Since 1973…a Commitment to Clients, Community and Profession
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