ELKO — In 2016, after 12 years working as a medical assistant, Colette Reynolds switched careers to real estate. Reynolds said the change helped her find her "absolute niche." "I found a career I could carry over my passion for caring for others and my love for shopping.

What an ideal job for me," she said. "I hit the ground running and quickly became a top producing agent right out of the chutes and remain one still to this day." She said her accolades "make me proud because they reflect my hard work and dedication even through painful and difficult times of medical struggles.

" Since switching to real estate, Reynolds has received awards including Gold for best local real estate agent five years in a row; voted top Realtor in the Elko Readers Choice awards; the Colette Reynolds Group LLC won Gold for best team in 2022 a year after launching the team; 2019 Champion of Elko as the person who gives back the most to the community; with her previous affiliation with C21 she won top Nevada producer for 2020 and The Centurian Gold award. Further, when with eXp Realty, she was named “Icon Agent” from 2021 to 2023 and was named Best of Zillow four consecutive years, ranking in the top 1% of the Best of Zillow agents in the nation for her client care. Now with LPT Realty, she was ranked and publicly recognized as being among the top 10 LPT agents nationwide, and No.

2 in the first quarter 2024 for the western region of Nevada, Colorado, Idaho and Arizona. Even after taking a mon.