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Zere of Zere Real Estate Services: "She earned it through and through one customer at a time"

Name: Marie Zere Title: President Company Name: Zere Real Estate Services Follow my company on Twitter @ZereRealEstate Real Estate Associations/Organizations: AFE;CIBS;HIA;LIA;LIBDC;LIMBA;LIREG Please reflect on a recent achievement and/or milestone for your company: Marie Zere, president & CEO, Zere Real Estate Services is the first woman owned commercial real estate in New York and Long Island. 2015 is Zere Real Estate Services 35th year Business Anniversary. Before there were cell phones, social media, the internet, drones and GPS Marie Zere earned her stripes and street cred the old fashioned way, with her famous hats, "She earned it through and through one customer at a time." She is the gold standard of commercial brokerage for her insider industry knowledge, relationships, foresight, gutsy expertise deal making and foremost her "tell it like it is" friendly demeanor, sense of humor and creativity that has become highly respected and legendary to close impossible deals in the wild west of the rough and tumble world of commercial real estate. She changes with the times, her game plan is consistent but her strategy is always to make the world a better place than when she entered it. What is your favorite quote? "Whenever a male customer says I have to see the property again and show my wife. We call it "the kiss of death - the kiss of the spider women" a deal killer.
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