Jennifer Bunker has learned a great deal about social media and communicating with clients since starting her own virtual brokerage, but she insists that her greatest teacher was cancer.
Kimberly Dotseth walks the walk at her "green" brokerage, using recyclable office products, putting closing documents on CD, and preparing energy profiles for every property she sells.
With some 50,000 units available for sale and prices down 50 percent from their peak, Adam Adache is remaking his company into a specialist that helps bring together hard-pressed developers and banks with investment groups and other bulk buyers.
Scott DeNeve thought real estate brokerages were making it too hard for sales associates to tailor their services to the needs of each client, so he designed a company with an innovative hands-off approach.
Eight years ago, Dennis Donahue and his business partners made a prediction: Downtown living would become huge, and real estate companies that focused specifically on the niche would prosper. The gamble paid off.