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Michael McClure started his career as a CPA for Price Waterhouse before he began his illustrious stint in real estate. That stint has included founding the Raise the Bar in Real Estate Facebook group, co-authoring a couple of Swanepoel tech guides, and building up a Twitter following of about 55,000 tweeters. With Verified Professionals, he’s working to create a uniform “baseline of professionalism” for the industry.