About Erik Sousa

Sales Associate - West Hartford Office
125 LaSalle Road, West Hartford, CT 06107

Email: erik.sousa@raveis.com | Cell: 860.983.0457 | Office: 860.521.4311
Website: https://burgiosousateam.raveis.com

Get ready for a an exceptional real estate experience! Passion, high-energy, experience, and professionalism is what you can expect when you hire Erik Sousa, Broker Associate and Co-Team Leader of the Burgio Sousa Team. Representing buyers, sellers, renters and investors for over 15 years in West Hartford, all of Connecticut, and now Sarasota Florida!

Erik has extensive home construction knowledge, negotiating skills, and has an expansive team of real estate professionals (Mortgage, Insurance, Home Inspectors, Stagers, Contractors and Attorneys) ready to assist his clients, all in an effort to ensure a smooth and stress-free real estate experience.

Erik was the co-founder of the Burgio Sousa Team in 2020, one of the fastest growing real estate teams in CT. In 2020, 2021 & 2022, the Burgio Sousa Team were Platinum Award winners, closed over 600 transactions and over $150,000,000 in volume. The Burgio Sousa Team has been the #1 West Hartford Raveis Team in closed units for the last 3 years!

Having a large team with this type of production allows BST to take a team approach to marketing their listings and provide Next-Level-Service to their clients. More agents, more marketing, produces maximum showings, which means Top Dollar for their clients!

Agent Credentials

Professional Association

Connecticut Multiple Listing Service
Greater Hartford Association of Realtors, GHAR
Connecticut Association of Realtors, CAR
National Association of Realtors, NAR
Homes for Heroes
Florida Multiple Listing Service
RASM - Realtor Association of Sarasota & Manatee
Florida Association of Realtors

Education

South Catholic High School
University of New Haven
Tunxis Community College
William Raveis Agent Training

Achievements

Burgio Sousa Team at William Raveis Real Estate in West Hartford was started by Erik Sousa & Dan Burgio in 2020. They have a combined 30 years of real estate experience and have grown a team of over 25 agents. They were Platinum Award Winners in 2020, 21 & 22, closed over $150,000,000 in volume, and was ranked the # 1 Raveis West Hartford Real Estate Team all three years for closed units, which was over 600 transactions!

(ABR) Accredited Buyers Representative Designation, 2008
(GRI) Graduate Realtors Institute Designation, 2010
Appraisal 1 completed 2011
(CDPE) Certified Distressed Property Expert Designation, 2012
(CHP)-Certified Home Specialist Designation 2014
Associate Manager Wethersfield Office 2014
Team Leader The Sousa Group Team 2014
Licensed Real Estate Broker 2015
Chairmans Club 2014, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Co-Team Leader Burgio Sousa Group 2020
Platinum Award Winners 2020, 2021, & 2022

Professional Specialty

Buyer Representative Specialist
Listing Agent and Marketing Specialist
Real Estate Consultation
Relocation Services
Raveis Internet Response Team Member
Multi-Unit - Investor Specialist

Personal

Erik Sousa is a graduate of South Catholic High School in Hartford, studied Criminal Justice at the University of New Haven, and is a retired Correctional Lieutenant for the Department of Correction. Erik has been a Broker Associate with William Raveis Real Estate for over 17 years and is affiliated with the West Hartford Raveis office. Erik is the Co-Team Leader of the Burgio Sousa Team, one of the fastest growing, award wining teams in Connecticut. Erik is a licensed Broker Associate in both Connecticut and Florida!

Married for 28 years
Son and Daughter
West Hartford Resident
Licensed Broker in Florida

Experience

Realtor-Broker Associate 2007-Present w/ William Raveis Real Estate
Personal Real Estate Investor
20 plus years of home renovation.
Property Manager 1995-2013
Co-Team Leader Burgio Sousa Group 2020 West Hartford Raveis

Areas Covered

Erik and the Burgio Sousa Team represent buyers, sellers, renters and investors in all of Connecticut, as well as Sarasota and Southwest Florida.

Hartford County
Middlesex County
Tolland County
New London County
New Haven County

Niche Marketing

Erik Sousa has extensive knowledge of home construction and specializes in New Construction, Luxury Homes, Investment Properties and Residential Resales. Erik Sousa specializes in providing sound pre-listing advice to help his sellers get their homes ready for sale, provides his buyers expert home condition evaluations, professional market value analysis, as well as expert negotiating tactics. Erik and the Burgio Sousa Team has a professional media team of photographers, videographers, stagers and social media marketers, who are always ready for media day at our new listings. Erik guides his clients through every step of the buying and selling process, and ensures his clients enjoy a smooth and stress-free real estate experience.

Exceptional Properties
New Construction
Investment Properties
Certified Distressed Property Expert / Short Sale Specialist

Community Involvement

In addition to being the Co-Team Leader of the Burgio Sousa Team, I am also a retired Correctional Lieutenant for the Dept. of Correction. I wanted to be able to give back to our frontline workers and first responders who put their lives on the line daily to keep us safe! I am extremely proud to be a Homes for Heroes Specialist and to be affiliated with such an impactful Benefit Program. The Burgio Sousa Team has an annual Toys for Tots toy drive conducted through a yearly holiday event, collecting boxes of unwrapped toys for unprivileged children.

Homes for Heroes Specialist
Toys for Tots Holiday Event