2016 Women in Real Estate: Sarah Berman

Name: Sarah Berman Title: President Company Name: The Berman Group Email: [email protected] Years in real estate: 16 years Telephone: 212.450.7300 Year Founded: 2005 URL: bermangrp.com Twitter @thebermangrp How did you get your start in real estate? Internship doing real estate communication What real estate associations or organization are you a member of? ULI, NY Building Congress What is the best advice you have received and who was it from? The best advice I received early in my career is “life only happens when you show up.” I learned this from an early client who helped me understand that being present in the industry and having face-to-face time with contacts is the best way to form deep relationships. What recent honor, achievement or recognition has meant the most to you and why? I was asked to speak on networking at the 2015 CoreNet Global Summit in Los Angeles. Following the presentation, I learned that my presentation was ranked among the top presentations at the Summit and I will receive an award at the 2016 Global Summit in Philadelphia next fall. Corenet brings together the best and brightest professionals in commercial real estate and it is a true honor to be recognized by the organization. What time management strategies do you find to be the most effective for you? I try to block out time with members of my team in addition to meetings out of the office as a way of ensuring we communicate well within our team and we don’t prioritize external meetings over internal ones.   What was a significant milestone or achievement for your company? Our firm recently celebrated our 10^th anniversary in December 2015. It gave me an opportunity to look back at where we’ve been and the people who have helped us along the way. I felt tremendous gratitude to our team and the entire industry for supporting us and enabling us to reach this milestone.