Nancy Fennell, CEO of Dickson Realty and Daniel Jacuzzi, President/CEO of the Select Group, jointly announced the transfer of

Dickson Realty’s Lake Tahoe offices to the Select Group. Dickson Realty is retaining its Reno/Sparks and Truckee, Calif., office

locations. The South Lake Tahoe, Zephyr Cove, Tahoe Keys, Incline Village and King’s Beach offices of Dickson Realty are

involved in the merger and will become Coldwell Banker offices effective March 11, 2009.

“Our country is in a severe economic contraction and most businesses are contracting accordingly. We at Dickson are no

exception,” said Nancy Fennell, CEO of Dickson. “The Lake Tahoe residential market sales activity is off almost 50% from 2005

and we had to take a hard look at whether Dickson could maintain the level of presence and devotion in this environment that

we desire for the markets we serve. It was a difficult decision, but we have chosen to refocus our efforts on our Reno and

Sparks core markets.

“The new owner is someone with a strong position in the lake area market, and has resources available to the offices and the

outstanding agents in them”, continued Fennell. “The Lake Tahoe residential market is really much more California driven,

than Reno driven. The Select Group has its roots in the California market, which will be great for the agents in the offices

involved in the merger.

Jacuzzi recently completed a merger of several of the most established real estate brokerages in the Reno and Lake Tahoe

areas including: Coldwell Banker Village Realty, Coldwell Banker Incline Village, Century 21 Mountain Properties, Century 21

Tahoe Pines and Century 21 Goldcrest Properties. Dickson’s former Tahoe offices will become Coldwell Banker offices under

the new ownership.

“The Lake Tahoe and Northern Nevada region are very attractive markets for Select’s clients throughout Northern California”,

says Daniel Jacuzzi, President and CEO of The Select Group. “We are excited about the merging of these outstanding firms that

both embody our focus on exceptional client?centric service. In addition, by linking together our Nevada team with our

California feeder markets we will be able to create exposure for our Buyers and Sellers that simply cannot be matched by any

other company”

Daniel Jacuzzi, owner of the Select Group began his Real Estate Career as a salesperson in 1976. In 1980, Daniel acquired a 9

person Century 21 office in Yuba City, CA that has evolved into The Select Group/

Today the Select Group is a regional, vertically integrated real estate company now operating 20 offices with over 700 Sales

Associates in the Reno, Sparks, Fernley, and the Lake Tahoe areas of Nevada and the Sacramento Region, Chico, Paradise, the