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Posted: May 28, 2013
Michelle Marie Zere of Zere Real Estate Services shares best advice ever received
Name: Michelle Marie Zere
Title: Executive Vice President
Company/firm: Zere Real Estate Services
Years with Company/firm: 34
Years in field: 28
Years in real estate industry: 34
Address: 2127 Lakeland Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Telephone: 631-467-4300
Email: [email protected]
URL: www.zere.com
Real estate organizations/affiliations: CIBS Commercial Industrial Brokers Society
What is the BEST advice you have ever received?
Keep copious notes and records. Do not solely depend on the computer or handheld devices. Assume you are going before a court of law in front of a judge to collect your commissions owed from an unscrupulous landlord. Have your deal history details prepared and on hand. My first two deals in commercial real estate I had to go to court to collect my commissions and won both times without an attorney.
Michelle Marie Zere is executive vice president at Zere Real Estate Services, Long Island, N.Y.
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