More than 35 years into her real estate career, Kathy Connelly, senior vice president of corporate services at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties, has no regrets about her chosen industry. In 1986, after a stint as a stay-at-home mom, Connelly took the dive and started working at the corporate offices of a real estate franchisor.…
Photo by AJ Canaria of MoxiWorks When Carl Carter Jr.’s mother, Beverly Carter, was kidnapped and murdered by a pair of clients in 2014 while working as a REALTOR®, it inspired him to found the Beverly Carter Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to providing real estate agents with information and tools to enable them to…
Rick Musto Managing Broker/Owner/REALTOR® HomeSmart Realty Partners Roswell, Georgia, and Pensacola, Florida https://homesmart.com/real-estate-agent/georgia/roswell/52169-rick-musto Region served: Southeast Atlanta Metro Area and Pensacola, Florida Years in real estate: 17 Number of offices: 4 Number of agents: 170 Most valuable real estate tool: Collaborative training. Since partnering with HomeSmart, all of my agents are now able to participate…
Built in 1905, and listed for a cool $7 million, a Seattle mansion in the desirable Queen Anne neighborhood requires an expert real estate professional to list and sell such a significant property. Concierge Auctions, the largest luxury real estate auction marketplace in the world, is selling the home in partnership with agent Doreen Alhadeff…
Jack Markham, senior vice president of strategic growth for Realogy’s Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate (BHGRE), joined the company last May to lead its national sales team. With more than a decade of experience in real estate technology, Markham is laser-focused on lending his expertise to support the brand’s aggressive growth goals as part…
Unless you’re new to the industry, real estate professionals are accustomed to working an irregular schedule. Even the most seasoned pros are often showing homes on Saturday mornings, but this aspect of the job doesn’t need to be a huge burden. By being creative and having some fun with your existing or potential clients and…
Any successful real estate agent will tell you that their best source of leads exists within their own database. This was discussed during RISMedia’s Real Estate’s Rocking in the New Year virtual session, “New Leads vs. Database: How to Focus on Your Best Sources,” held earlier this month. Buffini & Company’s Vice President of Coaching…
Being a successful agent isn’t just showings and closing deals. For most real estate professionals, a large chunk of the actual job involves completing tedious tasks and paperwork. So, it makes sense then that procrastinating is not all that uncommon for those in the industry. How, though, do you break that cycle once you’ve found…
After just four months on the market, a property on Star Island—a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida—sold for $75,000,000. At press time, that number set a record as the most expensive sale in the history of Miami real estate. The waterfront mansion, located at 8 Star Island Drive, sits on nearly two acres of land…
As President and CEO of the Nick Shivers Team at Keller Williams Portland Central, Nick Shivers leads one of the top real estate teams in Oregon and Southwest Washington. And while he’s passionate about the business, he’s especially proud of the philanthropic work he does through Sell a Home, Save a Child, a nonprofit organization…
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