Making Moves
For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.
The Monica Betancourt Group has closed $50 million to $60 million in annual sales over the last few years.
Margit Brandt will lead the office, which will be Premier’s second in Palm Beach when it opens this fall.
Caroline Carrara and Aaron Drucker will help the platform’s partner brokerages in Florida develop their businesses.
The group will use Compass’ Boca Raton office as its main hub, with an additional presence at Compass locations in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Jupiter.
Prior to joining eXp in 2019 in a financial leadership role, Hill worked in finance with The Walt Disney Company, Nissan Motor Corporation and General Motors.
Saltwater founders Matt Sheehan and Terry Sullivan and their team joined Ocean Sotheby’s and will operate under the Ocean Sotheby’s name.
The agents will work from the brokerage’s South Miami and Miami Beach offices.
The firm’s founders, Ryan Rabinovich and Adam Stern, were featured in Luxe Listings Toronto on Amazon Prime.
The group has worked Southeast Florida’s luxury market for 12 years and produced $254 million in total sales volume.
Gary Pohrer has been one of Douglas Elliman’s most successful agents, ranking among its top agents nationwide for the last five years.
Trip Parker and Kelly Rebimbas will operate from Premier Sotheby’s Central Florida and Naples/Marco Island locations.
Rick Chen’s pre-real estate background is in fashion, finance and technology.
The new executives have marketing and communications experience in Washington, D.C.
By bringing on Bobby Coe and two former Saltwater agents, RE/MAX Advance’s leaders expect to further strengthen their firm’s presence in the South Florida luxury market.
Guaranteed Rate Affinity has appointed Dino Guadagnino as regional vice president of reverse mortgages and Kevin Dilday as area sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic region.
Deza will manage all of the firm’s Miami offices. He brings 25 years of local real estate experience and a background in brokerage leadership to the role.