Mackenbach receives lifetime achievement

Steve Mackenbach, of Plus One Professionals Real Estate, St. Marys, has earned the 2021 Mary J. Pollock Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Midwestern Ohio Association of Realtors (MOAR). This award seeks to recognize a member who has devoted their professional life to the improvement of the Realtor profession.

Mackenbach has been licensed as a Realtor since 1974. He has had various occupations within his career: real estate agent, commercial appraiser, leasing agent, partner and a broker/owner of a brokerage which included six offices in northwestern Ohio.

He exemplified his commitment to the real estate industry by serving as a past president of Auglaize/Mercer County Board of Realtors and served as a director for Ohio Realtors. Mackenbach has also has been active in the community by participating as a past president and trustee of the St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce for many years.

"His No. 1 piece of advice is ‘Do what you said you would do,’” explained 2020 MOAR Board President Krista Opperman. “He also would say, ‘You have to follow through to be successful, you can't make empty promises.’”

Mackenbach mentored many real estate agents throughout his career. Another agent commented, “Steve gave me an education that I would never have gotten in a classroom. He taught me that taking the extra step (plus one) to help anybody ... was always the right thing to do."

Midwestern Ohio Realtors would like to congratulate Steve on receiving the 2021 Mary L. Pollock Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Midwestern Ohio Association of Realtors is a membership trade association whose more than 450 members are engaged in all facets of the real estate industry. The association includes the counties of: Miami, Shelby, Auglaize, Mercer, Champaign and Logan. In addition to serving the professional needs of its members, the association works to protect the rights of private property owners by promoting issues that safeguards and advances the interest of real property ownership.