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Dave remains active in organized real estate, currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Association of REALTORS® (SAR), the California Association of REALTORS® (CAR), the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and Metrolist, Inc., the large regional multiple listing service covering the Sacramento and Central Valley areas.  His other duties in recent years have included serving on the NAR Professional Standards Committee since 2001, serving on the CAR Professional Standards Committee since 1989 where he served as Chair in 2001, chair of the SAR Professional Standards Committee from 1998-2001, vice-chair of the CAR Legal Affairs Forum in 2002 and he has been selected to be the vice-chair of the CAR Multiple Listing Policy Committee for 2003. 

He has also chaired and vice-chaired many other committees at the state and local level.  Dave is also a frequent speaker and instructor at real estate associations throughout the region.

His current association with RE/MAX Central has allowed Dave to return to the vocation he wanted to pursue so long ago, teacher.  Over the years his love of teaching has remained strong and has rubbed of on his family.  His daughter Vara has served as a kindergarten teacher for almost fifteen years.  Now it is Dave’s turn to focus on teaching. 

He will tell you that outside of his family he is most proud of the people he has been able to personally train to reach their top levels of performance.  He will also tell you that he is enjoying the most satisfying period of his career, the opportunity to pass on the knowledge that he has gained to the next generation.  And he is always looking for the next student that wants to let him help them be the best they can be. 

Dave Tanner is the Training Manager and in-house legal counsel for  RE/MAX Central.  He has held a California real estate license since 1978, a California Real Estate Broker License since 1980 and been a member of the California State Bar Association since 1981. 

He  joining the Army in 1965. His twelve years active duty took him to Viet Nam for two years, Thailand for two and one-half and Hawaii for three and one-half years. 

  His link to real estate began in Bangkok where he served as leasing officer for all United States government agencies in Thailand and continued when he served as construction inspection and acceptance officer for newly constructed and renovated military housing units at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Dave left active duty at Fort Ord, California in 1977 to attend law school at Santa Clara University.  To earn money to support his family while maintaining flexible hours to support his studies Dave obtained his real estate license.  

While attending law school he studied for and obtained his real estate broker license and in 1980 partnered with a friend to start his first real estate company.  In 1982 Dave decided to focus his time on his new career in law and continued with his real estate career on a part-time basis.He managed a branch office of a large multi-office firm in Milpitas, California .  During this time he also served as an officer of the San Jose Real Estate Board where he served as President in 1995, as an officer of RE Infolink, a large regional MLS covering five counties in the Silicon Valley area, where he served as Chairman in 1995-1996 and served as a member and vice-chair of the San Jose City Planning Commission from 1992-1996. 

RE/MAX Central is a corporate business owned by one of the areas most distinguished REALTORS, Broker Ron Benning. Since it’s beginning with a handful of associates in 1992 the company has steadily grown to currently having nearly 60 full time sales associates. 

The company has been recognized since the third quarter of 1997 as having the highest average production per sales associate of any RE/MAX office in Northern California.

Because the majority of our sales associates are long time residents of the Sacramento area and have watched the area develop from a small community to a major metropolitan area our real estate professionals have intimate knowledge of each community’s character, mood, and growth potential.  

Drawing on their extensive knowledge of schools, recreational facilities, shopping requirements and transportation our associates are able to better satisfy the special housing needs of their clients

RE/MAX Central was founded on the principle of always maintaining honesty, integrity and a high degree of professionalism throughout all aspects of the real estate transaction. This principle remains our guiding force today. 

When a sales associate has been invited to join RE/MAX Central it is only after a thorough review of their business practices has been completed to insure they adhere to this driving principle. It is because of these dedicated people you can feel confident that all of your real estate needs will be handled in a most trustworthy, professional and efficient manner.
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