• Red Oak Realty: Putting the Client First – A Winning Strategy for This East Bay Independent

    (L to R) Vanessa Bergmark, Owner & CEO; Chris Crane, Director of Operations; Melissa Bush, SVP Sales; Passion Broussard, Sales Manager
    For Vanessa Bergmark, growth was never about bigger, but rather, better. As the owner and CEO of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Red Oak Realty, Bergmark has led the company, which was founded in 1976, from 12th in marketshare to closing in on second without the typical brokerage formula of increasing offices and agent count. Instead, Bergmark turned her f
  • Ed Forman: A Reputation for Success

    Vitals: Watson Realty Corp.Years in Business: 52Size: 52 offices, 1,500 agentsRegions Served: Jacksonville to Greater Orlando to Port Charlotte2017 Sales Volume: $3.445 billion2017 Transactions: 15,912No. 43 in sales volume in RISMedia’s 2018 Power Broker Reportwww.watsonrealtycorp.com
    Before entering the real estate business in 1972, Ed Forman served on Senator Herman Talmadge’s staff in Savannah, Ga., and for the U.S. Senate in D.C. for eight years. While he “bumped” in
  • Former First Guaranty general counsel Michael McElroy joins Mayer Brown

    Former First Guaranty general counsel Michael McElroy joins Mayer Brown
    Mayer Brown announced it has named finance attorney Michael McElroy as a partner resident in its Washington, D.C. office. McElroy, who joins the firm after serving as the general counsel and secretary for First Guaranty Mortgage, will focus his practice on a range of matters related to the mortgage banking and consumer finance industries.

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