Meet your real
estate instructors

Adelyn Ortlieb was first licensed in real estate in 2004. She started in residential real estate just before the Baton Rouge Hurricane Katrina housing boom. Prior to joining her current position, Addy was the head broker for a Florida-based residential brokerage and spearheaded their expansion in Tennessee before founding a small consulting company. She worked with a large hospital company in-house after working with a commercial firm (first on a banking client account and then on the medical side). In 2011, Addy entered commercial real estate. Adelyn is licensed as a broker in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Georgia and has experience with residential sales/management, as well as commercial management/transactions.

Specializing in sales pre-license education and earning her instructor license in 2016, Amanda Adams teaches 60-hour Alabama Salesperson Pre-License and Post-License courses. Amanda has written two textbooks to help her students successfully pass the real estate course and the state licensing exam. Amanda is an associate broker at Intervest Realty in Montgomery, Alabama, and a member of MAAR, the Montgomery Association of REALTORS®. Amanda has served at the 2019 AREEA president (Alabama chapter of the Real Estate Educators Association) and has served as the AREEA webmaster since 2018. Between 2021 and 2022, Amanda served on two Alabama Real Estate Commission Education (AREC) taskforces to help guide and improve the direction of real estate education in Alabama. She has also taught two AREC-approved Instructor Development Workshops (IDWs) and serves as an Alabama CREI (Certified Real Estate Instructor) trainer.

Amy Bernard is president and co-founder of Mineral Grove Realty in Fort Worth, Texas. She serves as the designated broker for the boutique brokerage and has completed numerous transactions in the real estate industry. Getting her start in the business by earning co-rookie of the year her first year as an agent, Amy has continued to build upon the foundation of her business by exceeding previous year’s production numbers annually as an agent and broker. Sponsoring agents and teaching both licensee and pre-licensee students comes naturally for Amy — for over 16 years, she was a teacher in public education. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas and a master’s degree in educational leadership from LeTourneau University.

Andrew entered real estate in 2016; currently, he’s a licensed real estate broker salesperson, working with mostly Jersey Shore clientele. In addition to his experience to residential sales and rentals, he also specializes in guiding clients through the process of buying and selling vacation homes on and near Long Beach Island (including the many waterfront communities in Ocean County). In 2021, he started teaching pre-licensing courses with Colibri Real Estate when he discovered he had a passion for helping others begin their real estate careers.

Anna is a Virginia real estate instructor who, as a top performer in the industry, possesses real-time knowledge of changes in the market. In her tenure, she’s helped over 300 sellers and buyers have a smooth and seamless real estate experience. Her first-hand experience even earned her stripes for closing over 250 transactions (buyer and sellers) as a solo agent in just under three years.

Anne Segal is a licensed attorney in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Illinois. She is also a real estate agent in California and Arizona. She is currently a lecturer at the University of Arizona Medical School and teaches various subjects. Anne spends time in Santa Cruz, California, as well as Tucson, Arizona, and has closed more than $9 million in real estate transactions. She is passionate about teaching ethics, laws, and disclosure issues to pre-licensing students.

Belinda has been an active real estate agent for 30 years, specifically in residential real estate. As a distinguished teacher in real estate education for 24 years — including writing real estate content — she currently teaches livestream classes for Colibri Real Estate. As a U.S. Air Force veteran, Belinda integrates a strong work ethic, mixed with a little humor, into her classrooms. Belinda currently holds a Certified Long Distance Learning Instructor certificate, as well as a Graduate REALTOR® Institute (GRI) designation.

BJ has held a broker’s license for 36 years. Currently, he is president of Rosow Education and a broker associate for Rosow Realtors. His family has been involved in real estate for 91 years since his grandmother started her company in 1927. BJ’s real estate teaching career started in 1981. He has written training manuals and curriculum for numerous real estate schools and firms. He was also a regular guest lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to real estate, BJ is a successful entrepreneur, building a $60 million company from the ground up.

Brian Austin attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. It was there that he discovered his love for both business and real estate. He gradated with a degree in business administration and returned to Maryland in 1983 to practice real estate part time. In 1997, he left his job in the Washington, D.C. Public Schools Inspector General’s Office and entered real estate full time. In 2006, he formed Royal Realty, a brokerage firm that operates today in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. Brian’s firm provides both residential and commercial real estate services. Along the way, he has started several other companies and gained considerable experience in real estate development. After 39 years in real estate, Brian finds joy in sharing his considerable experience to those entering the field. Brian has been a livestream real estate instructor with Colibri Real Estate since April 2021.

Camie Jelinek is a licensed Missouri real estate broker. With more than 10 years of real estate and property management experience, she joined Colibri Real Estate in 2019. Camie is a Graduate of the REALTOR® Institute (GRI) and a Certified Distance Education Instructor (CDEI). Camie is an active member of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and has shown her REALTORS® Commitment to Excellence by earning the C2X endorsement from NAR. Camie is also involved with Missouri REALTORS ®, Real Estate Educators Association (REEA), and serves as vice president of her local board of REALTORS®.