J. Robert Fullerton
J. Robert Fullerton
Bob started his real estate career with Commercial Realty in 1986. He progressed through the ranks of the company’s leasing and sales departments and was appointed Company President and Broker-in-Charge in 1990. He holds a B.S. Degree in Marketing from the University of Dayton.
Bob has enjoyed a diversified real estate career specializing in industrial land and building sales, office and retail leasing, partnership syndications, investment properties and 1031 tax deferred exchanges. In addition, he has provided seed investments to assembly and manufacturing concerns and development opportunities throughout the Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina area.
Most notably, Bob was responsible for the selling land successes within most of the local Industrial Parks, namely Dutch Square, NorthChase Park of Commerce, Murrayville Station and others. During his career, he has represented the largest developers in the area and continues to have business relationships with the well known land owners and developers.
Bob has given back to the community through his efforts and involvement in several entities and charities including pro bono real estate activities. He has lectured the Commercial Section of the approved North Carolina Real Estate Course at Cape Fear Community College.
Bob has consistently been at the top of the production list in annual real estate dollar volumes generating continual 8 figure gross annual sales and leasing activities.
John F. Hinrichs
John F. Hinrichs has been an active real estate broker since 1988. He handles all types of third party brokerage including sales and leasing of office, retail and industrial properties. John works regularly with income producing properties and has considerable experience in business brokerage.
John’s background includes an undergraduate degree in engineering from Purdue University and a MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management with focus on Real Estate and Finance in 1989. Trained in commercial brokerage in Chicago in 1988, John has worked as a property manager and as a real estate appraiser. In 1990, he joined Commercial Realty in Wilmington and is now a co-owner of the company.
Since moving to Wilmington, John has become very active in the community. He has been a Rotarian since 1991 serving as president and receiving the Rotarian of the Year award. He is currently serving as President of the Board of Directors of the Salvation Army. With five children, John has spent six years as the PTA treasurer for each of their elementary, middle and high schools and he is a past president of his Church Board. He is currently president-elect of the Commercial Real Estate Board (RCASENC) and chairman of the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) Committee.
Phil Kraus
Phil Kraus
Phil began his career in 1970 with Xerox Corp in Los Angeles, California, first as a Sales executive, then promoted to Sales Manager and finally assumed position of National Account Manager for the State of Alaska in Juneau, then to Anchorage until 1983.
In 1978, Phil received his Real Estate Sales license and associated with Polar Realty, specializing in Income properties and Land Partnerships and two years later, he passed his Brokers exam with the required 2 years of experience necessary to sit for the exam.
Phil moved to Richmond Virginia in 1983 to assume the position of State Director with Prison Fellowship, working with the 43 prisons to allow various programs sponsored by local churches, including finding jobs upon release. Phil was then promoted to Director of Management and Budget at PF headquarters in Northern Virginia until he moved to Wilmington North Carolina in 1986.
Since 1986 to present, Phil has been a Broker, once again specializing in Land Partnerships, Income Property Investments and was awarded as a member of The Society of Industrial and Office Realtor in 1995 by passing various courses and attaining a certain level of continuous sales and leasing production.
After being Broker in Charge of Phil Kraus & Associates, Phil joined Commercial Realty and presently is involved in land partnerships in Brunswick County and various investments throughout New Hanover County and the surrounding area.
Wilmington, NC