Jeff Ordonez is CEO and broker-owner of TheLuxuryBrokers.com, where he helps match licensed real estate professionals with millionaire prospects. You can reach him at 719/661-2685 or JOrdonez@theluxurybrokers.com
Three ultra-successful real estate practitioners from very different parts of the country who specialize in high-end homes share how a strong business plan, a drive to succeed, and a love for real estate helped them become household names in their markets — and they offer tips for how you can do the same.
Bill Rawlings with CoraBett Thomas in Savannah, Ga., explains how persistence throughout a year-and-a-half home search helped him land a $9 million sale.
Susy Darm with Hasson Co. in Lake Oswego, Ore., explains how targeted marketing and always putting the customer first helped her sell a couple’s house flip in June 2006 for $2.9 million.
Bruce Davis, broker-owner of Homes & Harbor Real Estate in Harpswell, Maine, explains how he found a buyer who bid $6.2 million to win a vast oceanfront property at auction.
Susie DeConcini with Long Realty Co. in Tucson, Ariz., explains how she sold a $2.95 million home by showing off the property’s unique characteristics.
Katie Redhead, CRS®, GRI, a salesperson with Yost & Little Realty Inc. in Greensboro, N.C., talks about a lavish listing that came to her way, thanks to a reputation she’s built up through years of networking.
In this REALTOR® Magazine Online exclusive series, Colorado broker Jeff Ordonez talks with practitioners who sold the highest-priced property in their MLS in a given month. This month, Tere Foster, CRS®, GRI, with Windermere Bellevue West in Bellevue, Wash., tells Ordonez about a $7.6 million sale — and the business lessons she learned from her father, a Russian immigrant.
In this REALTOR®Magazine Online exclusive series, Colorado broker Jeff Ordonez talks with practitioners who sold the highest-priced property in their MLS in a given month. This month, Ordonez talks with St. Louis salesperson Mary Desloge, an associate with Janet McAfee Inc., who closed on a $3.2 million listing in May.
Isabel Reynolds, GRI, associate broker with Prudential Gardner, REALTORS®, in New Orleans closed $39 million in sales in 2005; 90 percent of her business was in luxury condos. She talks with Jeff Ordonez about her big sale in March, her most successful business strategies, and how the market is faring since Hurricane Katrina.