Michele M Conte, Age 79Dana Point, CA

Michele Conte has sold approximately $1 billion of prime Manhattan real estate since 1985, including condominiums, cooperatives, townhouses and even two commercial buildings. Michele joined Brown Harris Stevens in 1995 and has been a consistent top earner in all categories. In 2003 Michele received the Brown Harris Stevens Largest Deal of the Year award. Following a 4-year leave to lead a Marketing and Sales Division for a major development company and a brief time at another brokerage firm, Michele returned in 2011. While her impressive long list of sales includes every kind of real estate property, Michele began her real estate career as a Director of Marketing and Sales and Sales Consultant for developers and their financial partners. She has directed marketing and sales programs for more than twenty condominium projects throughout Manhattan. Micheles exceptional knowledge of how developers market and sell their properties is invaluable to buyers seeking expert representation in purchasing in new projects and conversions. Her advanced experience monitoring pricing and absorption of both condominiums and cooperatives benefits individual re-sellers. Michele teaches continuing education classes for brokers at the Real Estate Board of New York, and the Certified Real Estate Advisors course offered at Touro Graduate School of Business. She has been a panelist and a panel moderator numerous times for REBNY and for private architectural firms and professional associations. She is frequently sought out for comments and information by The New York Times, Crains New York Business, The Real Deal and other media, and has appeared on CNN and NY1 Television. In addition to Micheles expertise and integrity acknowledged throughout the industry, her positive outlook, tireless energy, down-to-earth warmth, and especially her willingness to accommodate other brokers have served her sellers and buyers well throughout the years. A 5-time award-winning journalist for The New York Times Affiliated Newspaper Group daily, The Gainesville (Florida) Sun, Michele brings to every business transaction exceptional communications skills and an uncommon focus on detail and accuracy.