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February 13, 2015

Michael Slavin: ‘The real power is to determine how money is spent’

Michael Slavin is the CEO at Privlo. Describe what you do in one sentence: I put dislocated homebuyers into homes at the most competitive rates. Age: 35 Degree, school: Accounting, University of Idaho Location: Los Angeles, California; Privlo is based in southern California, and we are currently lending in California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Maryland, Tennessee,…
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February 12, 2015

Brian Buffini: ‘Most people we encounter fear success, not failure’

Age: 47 Location: Carlsbad, California Social media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Brian Buffini on stage at an event.   What’s your favorite activity outside of work and why? There’s a different season for everything … and today, much of my personal time is spent with my family. We homeschool, and my kids are…
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February 6, 2015

Donna Stott: ‘I don’t define my clients’ success; they do’

Age: 52 Degree, school: Academy for Coaching Excellence, Sacramento, California Location: We serve all of the U.S. and Canada, and we have had agents take our courses from Australia, Japan and other countries around the world. Since they are done via webinar and are recorded, timezones don’t matter. Social media:…
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February 5, 2015

Gina Tufano on the name change that got her thrown in Facebook jail … twice

Age: 42 Years in real estate: 19! Job title: Ringleader Location: Northern Virginia Hours per week spent on social media: 10 to 20 is my best guess. I don’t really want to count. Know what I mean? Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn — an orphaned Pinterest account and Google+ if that…
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January 29, 2015

Darren Bailey: ‘Tech needs to catch up quickly to provide brokers and agents the modern experience they deserve’

Director of application management services at Metropolitan Regional Information Services Inc., a multiple listing service supporting 40,000 real estate pros in the Mid-Atlantic region. Time at MRIS: Two years What he does: I am responsible for leading a team of architects, developers, support engineers and data and business analysts at MRIS. Age:…
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January 28, 2015

Diane Szoke: ‘You need to embrace losing if you want to learn’

Diane Szoke is the CEO of Relocality. Describe what you do in one sentence: As a woman, I’m accustomed to balancing the needs of complex social, professional and personal networks on a daily basis — as an entrepreneur, my passion, vision and “intuitive muscle” serve me well in building startups that innovate,…
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January 27, 2015

Julie Harris: ‘My goal is to provide overwhelming value to my agents’

Julie Harris is the co-founder of Tim and Julie Harris Real Estate Coaching. Age: 43 Degree, school: Ohio State University, Otterbein College — majored in music performance and English Location: Austin, Texas Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn Julie Harris with daughter Zoë What’s your favorite activity outside of work and why? Definitely playing with…
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January 26, 2015

Lindsay Listanski: ‘Social media makes the world a smaller place’

Age: 27 Years in real estate: I’ve been with Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC for three years but grew up in real estate. My father has been with the Coldwell Banker brand for nearly 30 years, he is now the Branch Vice President of the Livingston, New Jersey, office. Some…
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