Welcome to The Select Group
Select Group began in this year.
What is 1980?
"Always Be Closing." This 1992 David Mamet film follows desperate real estate salesmen fighting over precious leads in a high-pressure sales office.
What is Glengarry Glen Ross?
Redding is nicknamed the "Sunshine Capital of California," averaging over this many sunny days per year.
What is 300?
As of January 1, 2025, California law (AB 2992) now requires this signed agreement before a buyer's agent can receive any commission.
What is the Buyer-Broker Representation Agreement (BRBC)?
This team member used to be a disc jockey spinning hits for two big radio station from Freedom to San Luis Opisbo in California.
Who is Craig King?
(The stations were KPIG & KPGY - both in Southern California)
This person purchased the first office that launched Select Group.
Who is Dan Jacuzzi?
The elite agents of The Oppenheim Group sell luxury real estate in this Netflix series.
What is Selling Sunset?
This president dedicated Whiskeytown Dam in 1963, on his final visit to California.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Under AB 2992, a buyer representation agreement for an individual buyer cannot last longer than this — and cannot be automatically renewed.
What is 90 days (3 months)?
At just 15, this team member lied about their age to land their very first job.
Who is Julie Faulkner?
(She fibbed her way into a hostess position at Colony Kitchens.)
Select Group of Real Estate Services launched under this national franchise brand before expanding into other banners.
What is Century 21?
The ancestral home of the Stark family in Game of Thrones.
What is Winterfell?
Shasta Reservoir is fed primarily by these three rivers.
What are the Sacramento, McCloud, and Pit Rivers?
This CAR form links the BRBC to the RPA and allows the buyer to formally request that the seller cover the buyer's agent's compensation.
What is the SPBB (Seller Payment to Buyer's Broker)?
During a US-Canada border closure, this team member was stranded on a tiny American peninsula with one grocery store — and less than 1,000 neighbors prompting their move to the North State.
Who is Will Suntken?
(Stranded in Point Roberts, WA — only reachable by land through Canada — he survived on tuna, canned pumpkin, mushrooms and White Claws before taking a boat, bus, and plane to start his new life in Northern California during COVID-19)
This title company — one of the oldest in California, having served El Dorado County since 1891 — joined the Select Group family in 2001.
What is Inter-County Title?
Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling star in this 2015 Oscar-winning film dramatizing the 2008 housing market collapse.
What is The Big Short?
Local lore says Whiskeytown got its name after a barrel of whiskey fell off of this animal and tumbled into a nearby creek.
What is a mule?
Did you know that Whiskeytown was originally named "Whiskey Creek Diggings"?
California property taxes become delinquent on December 10th and this spring date every year.
What is April 10th?
This team member currently keeps 3 chickens — and has lost many more to old age, wildlife and various hen related tragedies.
Who is Cheryl Diskin?
(Their names are White Chicken, Orange Chicken and Other Orange Chicken.)
Formed in the late 1980s to train new agents, Select Group's real estate school was eventually renamed this.
What is Select Success?
This Netflix drama set in a fictional tiny Northern California coastal town follows a nurse practitioner who moves there for a fresh start — and finds love along the way.
What is Virgin River?
Lassen Peak is the southernmost active volcano in this mountain range.
What is the Cascade Range?
This 1978 California ballot measure caps annual property tax increases at 2% unless ownership changes or new construction occurs.
What is Proposition 13?
This team member appeared as an extra in the 1984 film Hot Dog... The Movie in Squaw Valley while attending CSU Sacramento?
Who is Elizabeth Gonzalez?
(While she was pursuing a Bachelor of Science and competing on the ski team - she also had her first and last Hollywood moments)
In November 2025, this Mid-Atlantic brokerage joined the Select Group family.
What is Century 21 Redwood Realty?
Diane Keaton plays a playwright who falls for Jack Nicholson while renovating her stunning Hamptons beach house in this 2003 romantic comedy.
What is Something's Gotta Give?
This world-renowned architect designed Redding’s Sundial Bridge.
Who is Santiago Calatrava?
The landmark NAR antitrust settlement, finalized in 2024, resulted in this approximate total dollar amount paid to resolve claims about inflated buyer-agent commissions.
What is $418 million?
Our team (Craig, Elizabeth, Cheryl, Julie & Will) has a combined total of this many years at Coldwell Banker offices in Northern California.
What is 71 total years?
Will = 5 , Craig = 5, Julie = 13, Elizabeth = 18 & Cheryl = 30 years!