Category: Spotlight Content

2019 Women in Real Estate: Karen Cohen, Karen Cohen Realty & Associates

2019 Women in Real Estate: Karen Cohen, Karen Cohen Realty & Associates

September 17, 2019
What is your favorite motivational quote? “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is…”
2019 Women in Real Estate: Nina Roket, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

2019 Women in Real Estate: Nina Roket, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

September 17, 2019
What is your favorite motivational quote? “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” ~ Maya Angelou
2019 Women in Real Estate: Christine Chipurnoi, USI Insurance Services

2019 Women in Real Estate: Christine Chipurnoi, USI Insurance Services

September 17, 2019
What is your favorite motivational quote? “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi
2019 Women in Real Estate: Elise Wagner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

2019 Women in Real Estate: Elise Wagner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

September 17, 2019
Who inspired you to join the CRE Industry? My first job after law school was with a law firm called Tufo & Zuccotti, a boutique firm specializing in land-use and zoning law. John Zuccotti became a mentor and a role model. His leadership, in both his work as a
2019 Women in Real Estate: Nancy Ponce, Evergreen Insurance & Risk Management

2019 Women in Real Estate: Nancy Ponce, Evergreen Insurance & Risk Management

September 17, 2019
What is your favorite motivational quote?  “You can accomplish anything you set your mind too, No task is to big or to hard.”
2019 Women in Real Estate: Mary Jeanne Egleston, HUB International Northeast

2019 Women in Real Estate: Mary Jeanne Egleston, HUB International Northeast

September 17, 2019
How do you hold your own in a negotiation?  Many people think to be a successful negotiator, you must be intimidating and inflexible. My strategy to negotiations is quite the opposite. My style is to be more cooperative and approachable. I find that those that I am dealing with
2019 Women in Real Estate: C. Jaye Berger, Law Offices of C. Jaye Berger

2019 Women in Real Estate: C. Jaye Berger, Law Offices of C. Jaye Berger

September 17, 2019
What was one of your biggest accomplishments in the last 12 months? A property company called me about a building they own where a developer was building a massive new building right next to them and needed access to their property. My client and his team had been trying unsuccessfully to handle
 2019 Women in Real Estate: Kyla Gessin-Stern, Chatham Development Co. and First Dunes

2019 Women in Real Estate: Kyla Gessin-Stern, Chatham Development Co. and First Dunes

September 17, 2019
How do you hold your own in a negotiation? While conventional wisdom in a “male-dominated” industry like real estate is to “be one of the guys” or “don’t be afraid to speak your mind” I learned a different
2019 Women in Real Estate: Lindsay Gomula, Janover LLC

2019 Women in Real Estate: Lindsay Gomula, Janover LLC

September 17, 2019
What is your favorite motivational quote? “It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.”
2019 Women in Real Estate: Jane Lyons, Rhodes Associates

2019 Women in Real Estate: Jane Lyons, Rhodes Associates

September 17, 2019
What is your favorite motivational quote? “Attitude is everything.”
2019 Women in Real Estate: Lauren Werther, Avison Young

2019 Women in Real Estate: Lauren Werther, Avison Young

September 17, 2019
What is the best advice you have received, and who was it from?  A female colleague at my first job out of college told me that being underestimated is one of the biggest
 2019 Women in Real Estate: Jessica Sherman, Douglaston Development

2019 Women in Real Estate: Jessica Sherman, Douglaston Development

September 17, 2019
What is your favorite motivational quote? My father likes to say, “The person who lifts the heavy weights gets the muscles.” It’s a reminder that success doesn’t come easily to anyone. It requires