Jen Nelson, Realtor & Founder
Cynthia Shobe, Realtor & Operations Manager
Brittany Sauncy, Realtor & Real Estate Advisor
Cora Orso, Realtor & Real Estate Advisor
The Nelson Group with Realty Executives offers clients a proprietary combination of innovative technology, traditional marketing and decades of experience. Founded in 2015 and led by top-producing Realtor Jen Nelson, the group has received Realty Executives’ 2024 Excellence in Real Estate and Best of the Best awards. The team considers themselves advisors, not salespeople, and has built a business based almost entirely on referrals.
“We take our fiduciary responsibility seriously and truly want what’s best for the client,” says Nelson of fellow team Realtors Cora Orso, Brittany Sauncy and Cynthia Shobe. “Sometimes that means advising clients against selling a home or offering alternatives and resources to maximize their investment.”
The Nelson Group takes a systems-driven team approach to selling real estate. Each member focuses on tasks that play to their strengths and territories within the Valley they know inside and out.
Nelson fell in love with real estate after she and her husband purchased their first home in 2001, and their first investment property a year later. When they moved to Phoenix in 2004, they founded a development company and built residential and commercial projects throughout the Valley. A self-described “nerd for math and contracts,” Nelson was drawn to the residential side of real estate by “the heart behind the home.”
Orso is design-savvy and skillful at home renovation projects. She grew up in the equestrian community of the Northeast Valley and the luxury homebuilding world. Sauncy, a Scottsdale native, is a social media wizard and expert negotiator. Shobe, who also serves as operations manager, keeping everyone on track within transactions, is a native of the Valley and has 30 years of real estate experience.
“We work hard to provide clients more value than expected and earn the right to become their trusted real estate advisors,” Nelson says. Adding to that value is Marketing Director Christina Paul’s showstopping deliverables and Client Care Director Katie Bloxom’s celebratory gifts for clients.
