The problem, they tell GlobeSt.com, is there aren't that many qualified minority real estate executives on the playing field yet. Take Realvest Partners Inc. in suburban Maitland, for example.

"I see no barrier (for minorities) to top management due to race," Realvest's founder/president George D. Livingston tells GlobeSt.com. "Experience, ability and success rules."

At his own firm, Livingston concedes hiring minorities of either gender to middle management and top-level positions, has been challenging and not always successful.

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