Russell, a native of Phoenix, has been in the real estate business since 1978 with John Hall & Associates. He has ranked among the top 1% of all agents since 1991. In November, 2007 - the Wall Street Journal recognized the Top 200 Agents in America and awarded Russell # 25 for number of units sold. He is currently the top selling agent in Arizona for helping more home sellers sell and lists and sells valleywide.

He has been a featured speaker many times at the national convention for Certified Residential Specialists and has also spoken at the National Association of Realtors convention, as well as routinely speaking at various real estate offices and meetings.

He is featured in the book, “Billion Dollar Agent” and was featured and quoted extensively in the best selling book, by Gary Keller, “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent”