DAVID S DRINKWATER
Accountancy in Scituate, MA

REO / Bank Owned, Short sales, Residential sales, Luxury homes, First time home buyers, Staging, Relocation, Waterfront and Water View Properties

Grand Gables Realty Group, Inc.
Scituate
(781) 618-4515
License #118242

REALTOR®

Home Buyers, Home Sellers

Single Family Home, Condo/Townhome, Multi-family

boating, swimming, gardening, carpentry, cooking, interior and landscape design, home staging, property renovations, property development, avid supporter of animals and wildlife

Scituate's Top Selling Agent - cumulative sales for past decade, Listed - Boston Magazine - 2003 Top Power Broker South of Boston, Plymouth County's Realtor of the Year in 1999, 1 of So Shore's Top 4 Agents decade of MLS sales ending 12/31/10, 2002 President of the MA Assn of Realtors, 2006 New England Vice President - Nat'l Assn of Realtors

English

20+ years experience as a listing and selling agent, Extensive negotiating experience, One of the South Shore's Top Agents, Staging Services

David S. Drinkwater has served Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate and the surrounding communities along the South Shore of Boston as a Realtor® for over 20 years. Consistently one of the region’s Top Producing Realtors®, David has earned numerous sales and recognition awards over the years. In 1999, David was honored as Plymouth County’s Realtor® of the Year. For the decade ending December 31, 2010, David was ranked as one of the South Shore’s Top Four Selling Agents from over 2,000 agents serving the marketplace. During that period of time, David closed approximately $146 Million in MLS sales. Based on dollar volume sold, David was ranked as the Number Two Selling Agent during that decade in the combined five town region of <br />Cohasset/Duxbury/Marshfield/Norwell/Scituate marketplace and the Top Ranking Agent in the Town of Scituate. The October 2004 issue of Boston Magazine named David as Top Power Broker South of Boston for dollar volume sold in 2003.<br /> <br />In addition to his accomplishments as a listing and selling agent, David has devoted a significant amount of volunteer time to the Realtor® organization, on a local, state and national level. In 1998, David served as the President of the 900 member Plymouth County Board of Realtors® and was twice honored with the Board’s President’s Award for Outstanding Service. David served as the 2002 President and chief industry spokesperson for the Massachusetts Association of Realtors®, the Bay State’s largest trade association. David chaired the state association’s Agency Task Force, which achieved major success in 2005 by obtaining passage of legislation aimed at enhancing the opportunities for both consumers and practitioners by expanding options in the marketplace regarding the practice of Agency. For the National Association of Realtors®, David has served on the national advisory board from 2003 through 2007 that is charged with examining the issue of housing affordability and availability and developing ways to enhance housing opportunities for all Americans across the country. In addition, David served as the 2006 Regional Vice President of the National Association of Realtors® and as a member of its Executive Committee.<br /> <br />In recent years, David’s professional expertise has been widely sought after by the media. In addition to numerous articles in Boston Magazine, Unique Homes, Banker & Tradesman, the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the Boston Business Journal, the Wall Street Journal, the Patriot Ledger, South Shore magazine, Commonwealth Magazine, USA Today, and various Community Newspaper publications, David has appeared several times on the major network stations, Fox 25, PBS, and local cable television programming; on WBUR, WBIX and WBZ radio as a repeating guest on shows hosted by both Anthony Silva and the late David Brudnoy. In addition, David has appeared as a guest lecturer for a number of industry and professional groups. In 2000, David served as President of the Cohasset Chamber of Commerce. Currently, David serves on the board of directors of the Cambridge-based non-profit, Solutions at Work, a private organization whose goal is to help end homelessness in the local community through a variety of services that include providing program participants with professional job interview attire, refurbished computers for job searching, clothing and personal care goods for their children and cost effective moving services. <br /><br />David is the president of Grand Gables Realty Group, Inc. of North Scituate, MA, a firm he founded in 2002 after having sold his interest in a real estate brokerage firm he previously founded in 1997. David also holds an active license in Massachusetts as a licensed Certified Public Accountant and has prior experience in the auditing, accounting and business consulting fields. David holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts (Lowell) and a Master’s Degree in Accountancy from Texas A&M University. David and his family have lived on the South Shore since 1987.