Matthew Sharman, team leader of The Sharman Team at Real Broker NY LLC, has been named an Elite Agent by Real Brokerage, a designation the company reserves for individual agents and team leaders who achieve exceptional sales volume. The recognition is not based on tenure or membership but strictly on production, reflecting business closed within the qualifying year.
For buyers and sellers, the distinction matters because it signals an agent who has been actively involved in the market recently, handling pricing, negotiations, inspections, appraisals, financing, title issues, and closing coordination. “Clients should never choose an agent because of a title alone. What matters is what the agent had to do to earn it,” said Sharman. “Reaching Elite reflects sustained, current experience across a large number of transactions, and every one of those experiences makes us better prepared to protect the next client when something unexpected happens.”
Sharman specializes in the waterfront market across Conesus Lake, Honeoye Lake, Silver Lake, and the western Finger Lakes, working alongside his father, who has been licensed in the region for five decades. Conesus Lake inventory is concentrated and seasonal, and repeated transaction experience translates into a working familiarity with frontage measurement, shared-access and easement arrangements, and appraisal gaps on properties with few clean comparables—details that determine whether a lake purchase holds its value.
Earlier in 2026, Sharman was named RateMyAgent Agent of the Year for both Livingston County and Conesus Lake and a Top 10 Agent in New York State. Real's Elite Agent Program offers two qualification routes: reaching the company's full annual cap of $12,000 and then generating a further $6,000 in post-cap transaction fees, or alternatively reaching $500,000 in gross commission income across at least 10 completed transactions of $1 million or above. Sharman qualified in August 2026 under the first route, based on roughly 70 transaction sides over the preceding twelve months, split nearly evenly between buyers and sellers.
This achievement is significant in an industry where many agents have years of experience but may not have recent, active dealings. Sharman's qualification underscores his current market involvement and the depth of his expertise, which is critical in niche markets like Conesus Lake where unique challenges require hands-on knowledge.
