Press Room December 17, 2018

The Best Kept Secret of Success Revealed by Joe Rand and BHG Rand Realty’s Top-Producing Agents

Joe Rand has revealed one of BHG Rand Realty’s top secrets of success!

It’s the Rand Masters Roundtable event, which has become a highly-valued “tool” for top talent; one that often translates into increased business and sales. What first started as a simple networking event for top-producing agents, is now one of our best strategies to drive business and stay competitive

This year’s event was held on November 7th at the Rockland Country Club with approximately 150 agents from Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties in NY; and Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Morris counties in New Jersey. The topics and titles selected for the discussion were specifically developed to spark creative thinking that can ultimately lead to a dynamic discussion, including: Bringing the Wow, The Referral Machine, The Discounter Dilemma, Best Idea Ever, Setting the Stage, Social Animals, and more.

According to Joe Rand: “Bringing together the most talented, experienced, strategic minds in the industry to share what they know, their insights, perspectives and ideas – has become one of our most successful strategies for growing our business and increasing sales.”

Here’s how the event works… In a roundtable setting, agents are encouraged to share their ideas, experiences and knowledge; provide tips and details about what has worked for them and what hasn’t, along with their best secrets for closing a deal. The overall goal is to build a culture of knowledge sharing among our agents.

“The Rand Masters Roundtables is a wonderful opportunity for all of Rand’s top agents to get together and discuss important topics in our industry within a roundtable format. I always look forward to it,” said Linda DeFilippo, who has been an award-winning Real Estate Broker Associate at BHG Rand Realty since 2000. A Rockland County resident for over 40 years, she specializes in all of Rockland County.

In addition to roundtable discussions — informal conversation and social networking also make up the core of this event

“This event is a great opportunity to network and share ideas with people of the same caliber, those of us who have been in the industry for a long time. Since we’re all doing the same volume of business, we’re encountering similar challenges and issues. It’s great to be in a room with people who do what you do every day, said Terry May, Real Estate Broker Associate, who has been an award-winning broker at Better Homes & Gardens for over 34 years. Licensed in both NY and NJ; Terry specializes in the Tri-State area.

To learn more about Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Rand Realty, visit their website and Facebook page, and make sure to “Like” their page. You can also follow them on TwitterPinterest, and Instagram.

Press Room May 10, 2018

Joseph Rand Honored With 2018 RISMedia Real Estate Newsmakers Award


RISMedia, publisher of Real Estate magazine, will honor Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty General Manager and Chief Creative Officer Joseph Rand as a 2018 Real Estate Newsmaker during an awards ceremony to be held on May 17 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the National Association of REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo taking place that week.

RISMedia’s first annual Real Estate Newsmaker Awards are designed to recognize those individuals making headlines for their newsworthy contributions to the real estate industry. Designed specifically for a select group of more than 100 broker/owners, brand executives and real estate service leaders, the Real Estate Newsmaker Awards Reception & Dinner is an invitation-only event.

According to RISMedia President and CEO John Featherston, “RISMedia’s Real Estate Newsmaker Awards will honor the industry’s real newsmakers: the people who are positively affecting our industry and the millions of consumers we serve. Our industry promotes and provides consumers with a pathway to responsible homeownership. Over the past three plus decades, RISMedia has covered, chronicled and celebrated the professionals making news in real estate, and we are honored to be formalizing these honors starting with the first-annual RISMedia Real Estate Newsmaker Awards.”

“I’m thankful to John Featherston and everyone at RISMedia for this amazing honor, and humbled to be in the company of some of the best and smartest people in our industry,” said Rand.  “The real estate business is always changing, but they have shown us all how to navigate through those challenges and thrive in any kind of market.”

Rand’s recently published book, ‘Disruptors, Discounters, and Doubters: Five Key Changes the Real Estate Industry Can Make to Improve Client Experiences and Protect Our Future’ reflects how the industry must embrace change in order to meet the demands of today’s empowered consumer. “Not only is Joe a leading brokerage operator, he is a constant challenger to the standard way of approaching the business,” said Featherston. “We are honored to present Joe with a 2018 Real Estate Newsmaker Award in recognition of his increasingly significant role as an industry thought leader and influencer.”

Earlier on May 17, RISMedia will be hosting its annual Power Broker Forum discussion panel during the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo. The Forum, “Adapt, Compete, Win: How to Wow Customers—and Agents—in a Changing Real Estate World,” will take place from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the Virginia Suite at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C. The Forum is open to all full and day NAR Conference attendees.

 

About Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty, founded in 1984, is the No. 1 real estate brokerage firm in the Greater Hudson Valley, with 28 offices serving Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties in New York, as well as Bergen, Passaic, and Morris Counties in New Jersey.

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty has over 900 residential real estate sales associates, as well as a commercial real estate company (Rand Commercial) and the Hudson United Group, which provides residential mortgage lending, title services, and commercial and residential insurance.

These companies can be found online at www.RandRealty.com, www.RandCommercial.com, and www.HudsonUnited.com. Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty can also be found and interacted with on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.

 

About RISMedia

RISMedia was founded in 1980 by CEO and Publisher John E. Featherston as the residential real estate industry’s definitive source for news and information for real estate’s most profitable and productive professionals. For over 35 years, RISMedia has provided the industry with news, trends, and strategies through Real Estate magazine and RISMedia.com, its blog, Housecall, and its renowned networking and educational events, including RISMedia’s Real Estate CEO Exchange; the Real Estate Newsmakers Awards, Reception & Dinner; and the Power Broker Forum, Reception & Dinner.

Press Room January 30, 2018

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty’s Joseph Rand Has Book Published

NANUET, NY – Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty is thrilled to announce that their chief creative officer and managing partner, Joseph Rand, recently published his first book, “Disruptors, Discounters, and Doubters,” making an impassioned appeal for reforming the real estate industry to provide better client experiences.

“I’ve been preaching these ideas for years at conferences and events, and I’m excited to now have the opportunity to share these ideas more broadly,” said Joseph. “I’ve been involved with this business for most of my life, and believe the industry is in danger of disruption if we don’t find ways to provide our clients with a better service experience.”

Joseph has been honored by Inman News as one of the “Real Estate Influencers” for his work in spearheading the concept of C.O.R.E (Client-Oriented Real Estate). In his book, Joseph describes that real estate professionals and beginners can apply this practice to their clients by taking such efforts as modernizing their value proposition and improving the real estate transaction.

“I would like to thank my family, friends, business acquaintances, and everyone else who has helped me get this book out to the public,” said Rand. “This project wouldn’t have been possible were it not for their inspiration, guidance, and patience.”

“Disrupters, Discounters, and Doubters” is available on Amazon and the Kindle.

 

About Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty, founded in 1984, is the No. 1 real estate brokerage firm in the Greater Hudson Valley, with 28 offices serving Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties in New York, as well as Bergen, Passaic, and Morris Counties in New Jersey.

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty has more than 1,000 residential real estate sales associates, as well as a commercial real estate company (Rand Commercial) and the Hudson United Group, which provides residential mortgage lending, title services, and commercial and residential insurance.

These companies can be found online at www.RandRealty.com, www.RandCommercial.com, and www.HudsonUnited.com. Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty can also be found and interacted with on Facebook and Twitter.