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Broker Superstars Show How to Make It Big in Real Estate

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July 26, 2015
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Superstar Brokers Share Their Blueprints for Success

CEO_Exchange_2014_AttendeesAt the now sold-out RISMedia’s Real Estate CEO Exchange this September, a blockbuster line-up of some of real estate’s most successful brokerage leaders – led by acclaimed coaching expert Dermot Buffini – will reveal the many facets of what it takes to build a winning real estate firm and create long-term, sustainable success.

“The CEO Exchange Super Session: Sustainable Success Starts Now” takes place on Sept. 17 at 1:30 p.m., at New York City’s prestigious Yale Club. The Super Session will begin with tactics for increasing agent productivity from Buffini & Company CEO Dermot Buffini, followed by a panel discussion – led by Buffini and RISMedia President & CEO John Featherston – with some of real estate’s most powerful leaders who will share in-the-trenches strategies for: leadership and motivation; effective recruiting and retention; smart technology decisions; operational efficiencies and expansion; reading and staying in step with the market; unearthing new revenue streams, and more. The CEO Exchange Super Session will close with a look at creating sustainable success in its incomparable host city.

Featured panelists are:

Sherry Chris, President & CEO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate
Joan Docktor, President, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS®
Fafie Moore, Broker/Owner, Realty Executives Nevada
Gretchen Pearson, President & Owner Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties
Diane Ramirez, President, Halstead Property

The sold-out, invitation-only Real Estate CEO Exchange, “Building Sustainable Success,” will take a realistic look at the current and future state of the real estate brokerage business, and reveal tactics for securing long-term viability. The event, featuring more than 30 expert speakers from the top real estate firms across the country, will run Sept. 16-17, 2015, at the Yale Club in Manhattan. Contact Randi Vannucchi randiv@rismedia.com to see if you are eligible to attend.

More about the CEO Exchange Super Session Speakers

Dermot_Buffini_85x100Dermot Buffini has served Buffini & Company since 1999. Before assuming the role as CEO in 2013, he spent 10 years as the senior vice president of Business Development … read more here

 

Sherry Chris_85x100Sherry A. Chris is the president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC. Her appointment followed Realogy’s announcement that it was launching a new and dynamic global residential real estate brand after entering into an agreement to license the Better Homes and Gardens® name. Chris has more than 30 years of real estate experience … read more here

Docktor_Joan_85x100Joan Docktor is the president of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS®. Docktor has been instrumental to the growth and profitability of the company, the largest brokerage in the Tri-State area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware … read more here

Featherston_John_85x100John E. Featherston is President and Chief Executive Officer of RISMedia, Inc. Since 1980, RISMedia, the leader in real estate information systems, has been providing the industry with news, trends and business development strategies … read more here

Fafie Moore_85x100Fafie Moore is the president of Realty Executives of Nevada, repeatedly ranked the number one woman-owned business in the Business Press Book of Lists, and repeatedly ranked in the Top 100 Real Estate Offices in the United States by RISMedia’s Power Broker Report for sales volume … read more here

Gretchen Pearson_85x100Gretchen Pearson, CRB, is president and owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties. Pearson founded her brokerage in 2005 under the name Windermere Welcome Home. In September 2010, Pearson aligned with Prudential Real Estate and quadrupled the size of the company … read more here

Diane Ramirez_85x100Diane M. Ramirez is the chief executive officer of Halstead Property, growing the firm from its original goal of three storefront offices in Manhattan to its current size of nearly three dozen offices with 1,200 agents throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Riverdale, the Hamptons, Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Fairfield County, Conn … read more here

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RISMedia will once again close the event with the “Ultimate Power Broker Open House Experience,” sponsored by Halstead Property, a member of Luxury Portfolio International®, where attendees will enjoy a private reception and tour of one of New York City’s most exclusive listings.

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