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Remember the days of beeps and buzzes, answering machines and pagers?  These not-so-old communication and contact methods today rank somewhere among pink princess phones and pulse dialing.  And where we used to wait until we returned home to check our messages, today a missed cell phone call is a rarity.  24/7 accessibility has become literal for many, and I’m tempted to break into dance when a funky ringtone interrupts my grocery shopping.  And while I may be old enough to remember telephone party lines, I have evolved with the instant-communication times.  

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Posted by Wendy Forsythe

I often talk to real estate agents who tell me they are not numbers people. I don’t accept that. We all retain and recite lots of numbers at the drop of a hat. Some of the most common are:

  • Age
  • Height
  • Weight
  • Income
  • Price of gas
  • Miles per gallon

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Hello everyone,

My name is Bob Albanese and I will be a regular blog contributor. I have been in the real estate industry for 22 years and have seen this industry from every vantage point. Whether as a top regional salesperson (1986-1990), award-winning Broker/Manager (three locations, 1990-1999) for Weichert Realtors or as Director (1999-2006) and later Vice President (2006-2008) for The Prudential Real Estate Business Consulting Team, real estate has been my singular focus.

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Having participated on a number of advisory boards, I learned firsthand the power of putting together a group of talented people who can help build or grow a business. The opportunity to hand-pick an advisory board to help us get this brand up and running was exciting, given the fact that real estate brands typically don’t have individuals who are not directly involved with listing and selling real estate give advice. Nicolai, Wendy, and I put our heads together and collectively came up with a short list of people whom we know and respect and reached out to them. Each has different strengths and strong ideas on how our brand should look and feel. They all agreed to join, and so, our Advisory Board was born … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Wendy Forsythe

Last month I was honored to be interviewed for FrogPond’s Voices of Women series. You can check out the full interview at FrogPond’s website.

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Posted by Wendy Forsythe

Tom Coughlin, Associated Press

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