This year’s transactions have been more contentious than prior years, attorneys are tasked with finding a balance in emotionally charged negotiations and closings. There is an influx in quirky contingencies/credits in offers that brokers are using to ensure their client’s offer wins.
I concluded my term as president of CREW Boston on June 30. It was a privilege and an extreme honor to lead the 500+ CREW Boston members and to help guide the organization through its first year of a new strategic plan.
Looking back, obstacles were tackled by good management, open communications and jumping on the next available opportunity. Starting in the engineering field right out of college, I had no practical experience, only my...
Simply put, I love buildings. I love looking, at and thinking about the built human habitat. I like thinking about how buildings both commercial and residential service humans socially, economically, environmentally and aesthetically.
Look at the big picture! Figure out what is essential to my client’s success and what is essential to the other players, then negotiate so everyone gets some of what is important to them.
I am a strategic thinker and a planner both by nature and by formal education. I incorporate these strengths into all aspects of my career – client service, development and corporate management.
As the general manager of a downtown Boston portfolio, my job involves solving any number of issues in a given day. Experience has shown me that procrastination is the enemy in most situations, and often I am required to react quickly.
I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve been able to build lasting and valued friendships within the industry that have sustained me through career highs and lows over the past 14 years.
Where sometimes parties in a transaction have opposing goals, perhaps it’s my Libra sign that abhors conflict that comes to the rescue, or my desire to help people. I see myself as a collaborator and mediator to bring everyone on the same page and get to a win-win situation.
Where we bought our groceries, was simple...Stop N’ Shop, or Market Basket. Today, add to the mix, the Wegman’s and WalMart super stores. The ever-growing plethora of food operators is staggering...locally and nationally; as fast as one opens, another closes. In the closed space of a failed business another follows with the goal to take a stab at the gold ring.
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