I am excited to share some great news with you. A Wall Street Journal article, The Real Estate Top 100 placed me as one of the top 100 agents by volume across the country in 2008. In 2006, The Real Estate Top 200 placed me as one of the top 50 agents by volume on a national level. Also, it's very flattering to be the only local New Jersey Real Estate Agent on this list.
As noted in the article below, "According to the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) there are over 1.35 million real estate agents registered in the United States. While all of them, surely, are not full-time, practicing agents, the figure is nonetheless important to consider."
I want you to feel confident that you are choosing the right real estate agent. I am 100% dedicated in my service to you. Contact me today for a FREE consultation at (973) 715-8555.
If you are interested in hearing more, feel free to read the full article below:
The Real Estate Top 200
As any of the agents whose names appear in the following lists can tell you, a key to success in real estate is understanding numbers within the context of other numbers.
In determining the value of a house on Maple Street, for instance, an agent is likely to take into account previous transactions on Maple Street. By considering the value of the house within the context of other houses, an agent can better understand exactly what he or she is dealing with.
The same can be said of this Top 200 list. To understand exactly whom we're dealing with -- to understand just how elite the agents listed here are -- it is important to consider context.
According to the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) there are over 1.35 million real estate agents registered in the United States. While all of them, surely, are not full-time, practicing agents, the figure is nonetheless important to consider.
Listed here, in four groups of 50, are residential real estate's elite -- agents who are easily in the top one percent of the top one percent of real estate professionals in America.
The Wall Street Journal, in conjunction with REAL Trends, is pleased to honor these dedicated men and women.  Top 50 Agents by Volume
| Rank |
Name |
Company |
Location |
Volume |
| 1 |
Harald Grant |
Sotheby's International Realty, Inc. |
Southampton, NY |
$244,901,664 |
| 2 |
Mary Gullixson |
Alain Pinel Realtors |
Menlo Park, CA |
$207,850,629 |
| 3 |
Patricia Choi |
Choi International |
Honolulu, HI |
$200,341,000 |
| 4 |
Cristina Condon |
Sotheby's International Realty, Inc. |
Palm Beach, FL |
$181,754,920 |
| 5 |
Sean Stanfield |
First Team Real Estate |
Hunington Beach, CA |
$178,726,700 |
| 6 |
Robert Shallow |
RE/MAX Paradise |
Orange Beach, AL |
$174,151,563 |
| 7 |
Chris Cortazzo |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Los Angeles, CA |
$172,717,770 |
| 8 |
Randy Solakian |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Los Angeles, CA |
$159,362,775 |
| 9 |
Kathy Iverson |
Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate |
Avon, CO |
$153,429,650 |
| 10 |
Royce Cablayan |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Los Altos, CA |
$149,727,631 |
| 11 |
Tim Allen |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
San Francisco, CA |
$145,468,000 |
| 12 |
Jade Mills |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Los Angeles, CA |
$131,772,403 |
| 13 |
Peggy Cortez |
Alain Pinel Realtors |
Blackhawk, CA |
$128,883,484 |
| 14 |
Timothy Davis |
The Corcoran Group/NRT |
Southampton, NY |
$125,417,500 |
| 15 |
Matt Garrison |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Chicago, IL |
$124,709,019 |
| 16 |
Cliff Meredith |
Lacale Meredith |
Easton, MD |
$124,000,000 |
| 17 |
Robert Picciariello |
Prello Realty |
Chicago, IL |
$122,497,555 |
| 18 |
Brigitte Senkler |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
New England |
$121,340,790 |
| 19 |
Linda Feinstein |
ERA Jensen & Feinstein Realtors, LLC |
Hinsdale, IL |
$118,760,160 |
| 20 |
Tom Vucich |
Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate |
Avon, CO |
$117,304,618 |
| 21 |
John Beutler |
Century 21 Beutler and Associates |
Coeur d' Alene, ID |
$116,853,776 |
| 22 |
Barbara Callan |
McGuire Real Estate |
San Francisco, CA |
$109,500,476 |
| 23 |
Peter Hallock |
The Corcoran Group/NRT |
East Hampton, NY |
$105,594,000 |
| 24 |
Jerry LaMott |
Prudential California Realty |
Laguna Niguel, CA |
$105,506,290 |
| 25 |
Catherine M. Jones Coburn |
Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate |
Avon, CO |
$102,794,500 |
| 26 |
Malin Giddings |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
San Francisco, CA |
$102,632,100 |
| 27 |
Frank Newbold |
Sotheby's International Realty, Inc. |
East Hampton, NY |
$99,393,810 |
| 28 |
Sandra Gibson |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Los Angeles, CA |
$99,087,400 |
| 29 |
Nancy Shahin Itteilag |
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. |
Washington, DC |
$98,715,444 |
| 30 |
Francine Ehrlich |
Sotheby's International Realty, Inc. |
Greenwich, CT |
$98,408,578 |
| 31 |
Tom Locati |
Russ Lyon Realty Company |
Scottsdale, AZ |
$96,898,100 |
| 32 |
Eloy Carmenate |
IVR Realty Inc. |
Miami Beach, FL |
$95,855,060 |
| 33 |
Bruce Blomgren |
Dyson & Dyson Real Estate |
Indian Wells, CA |
$95,120,556 |
| 34 |
Rondi Egenes |
Windermere Real Estate/East, Inc. |
Bellevue, WA |
$91,144,154 |
| 35 |
Jean Ruggiero |
William Raveis Real Estate |
Greenwich, CT |
$89,963,950 |
| 36 |
John Burger |
Brown Harris Stevens |
New York, NY |
$89,920,166 |
| 37 |
Diane Rinehart |
Prudential Utah Real Estate |
Park City, UT |
$88,692,000 |
| 38 |
Carol Sollak |
Illustrated Properties |
Palm Beach Gardens, FL |
$87,968,903 |
| 39 |
Elaine Pruzon |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Short Hills, NJ |
$86,668,203 |
| 40 |
Ralph Oliva |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Chicago, IL |
$84,332,089 |
| 41 |
Cheryl Nielsen-Saaf |
The Corcoran Group/NRT |
Brooklyn, NY |
$83,832,850 |
| 42 |
Donna Scott |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Wellesley, MA |
$80,069,250 |
| 43 |
John Bates |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
Naperville, IL |
$78,140,523 |
| 44 |
Edie Marks |
The Kentwood Company |
Greenwood Village, CO |
$78,116,980 |
| 45 |
Hugh Cornish |
Coldwell Banker/NRT |
San Francisco, CA |
$78,033,585 |
| 46 |
Art Whittlesey |
Windermere Real Estate/East, Inc. |
Bellevue, WA |
$77,183,447 |
| 47 |
Sandy R. Scott |
Coldwell Banker BSSP |
Van, WA |
$76,829,833 |
| 48 |
Elayne Jassey |
Prudential Connecticut Realty |
Stamford, CT |
$76,654,575 |
| 49 |
Barbara Boyle |
Sotheby's International Realty, Inc. |
East Islip, NY |
$76,627,000 |
| 50 |
Alex A. Curcio |
Premier Estate Properties, Inc. |
Boca Raton, FL |
$76,500,000 |  |
Making An Offer >Low Offers
You have found the perfect house with everything you wanted--and then some--but the price is more than you want to pay. You decide to go for it anyway, and ask the agent to submit what real estate agents call a "low ball" offer.
Low ball offers sometimes work. If the market is fluctuating and the sellers are anxious, they may just accept it. They may be willing to negotiate if they have listed the house at a higher price than is reasonable. Most sellers are open to offers, but they won't give their house away, especially if the asking price is in line with recent sales of similar homes.
What do you have to lose by making a low offer? If the seller yells and screams, the agent will be the focus of his wrath -- and we don't take it personally. If you really want the house, however, a very low initial offer may irritate the seller to the point that he won't consider a better offer, if you decide to submit one. Design your strategy on the basis of how badly you want the house.
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What real estate board game became the best-selling game in America just one year after it was created?
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| A |
Charles B. Darrow invented Monopoly in 1934, to cheer himself up while unemployed during the Great Depression. Monopoly is now the most popular board game in the world and has sold over 200 million copies. |
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