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Andre J. van Rensburg

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Andre J. van Rensburg CCIM, ALC, CIPS was born in South Africa and has been living in the United States since 1999. He is a USA citizen. He holds a law degree and a post - graduate qualification in Real Estate Development.

Mr. van Rensburg entered the real estate profession in 1985 after practicing law for a few years. He became the CEO and majority shareholder in Steer Commercial Realty (Pty) Ltd. - a Cape Town based company which was formed in 1879 – the oldest privately owned real estate Company in South Africa. In that period Steer & Co. operated approximately 35 offices throughout the Western Cape Region and approximately 472 real estate associates.

Mr. van Rensburg is the President of Prudential Commercial Real Estate based out of Jacksonville Florida servicing the Jacksonville MSA and surrounding areas. Mr. van Rensburg has been a court appointed appraiser since 1992. He taught commercial real estate practices to aspiring new commercial real estate practitioners at the Cape Town Institute of Estate Agents in the period 1993 – 1998. He was a founding member of the Timeshare Institute of South Africa, a member of The South African Property Owners Association. (SAPOA) Mr. van Rensburg specializes exclusively in commercial real estate and has worked in various parts of the world including South Africa, the UK and the USA. He was the president for the Commercial Board of Realtors of Saint Augustine and Saint John's County Board of Realtors and is the Chair for the Education Committee for Florida Commercial Alliance. He was  the 2010 President for the North Florida Chapter of CCIM.

He holds various designations including the prestigious Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation, Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) designation, Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation.

He is Rotarian and a Paul Harris Fellow. Mr. van Rensburg has taught various real estate courses and delivered presentations about various aspects of commercial real estate including hospitality industry and timeshare industry. Mr. van Rensburg is a senior instructor for the CCIM Institute and Realtor’s Land Institute. He has been awarded the 2009 Rising Star Instructor's award by the CCIM Institute and been awarded the 2009 amd 2010 Realtor's Land Institute Instructor of the Year award. He is a private pilot and will be seen at most of the Vanderbilt University Football games and Life University Rugby games as his two sons Shaun #11 Inside Center (Life)and Ryan #34 HB/FB (Vandy) play for these colleges.