Marie A. Presti Email & Phone Number

Newton, MA, US

701 Washington St.

Owns and operates an independent Real Estate Brokerage with two offices in Newton and Stoneham that service the Greater Boston area. Runs all aspects of the business including sales, business development, recruiting, marketing, operations, etc. The firm has been running for over 10 years under a franchise but became independent as of Oct, 2016.

701 Washington St. Newton, Ma 02458

Broker/owner of an international franchise in Newton and Wellesley. Ran all aspects of the business including business development, recruiting, retention, marketing agents and properties, and generated new business for agents.

Greater Boston Area

• Attends GBAR Board of Directors meetings six times per year;
• Serves on several committees throughout the year;
• Keeps abreast of business, legislative and regulatory issues and act as a liaison between the association and statelegislators and local elected/appointed in their market area;
• Responds to “Calls to Action” on critical legislative and regulatory issues from all three levels of the REALTOR®organization;
• Supports RPAC and the GBREB Foundation;
• Serves as communication liaison between GBAR and members- communicates information about Association programs, services and events- collects and channel feedback from members to the board;

Managing Broker for a brokerage expanding into New England and the rest of the US originally from CA. Building the real estate brokerage business from the ground up. Hiring agents and marketing and selling bank owned and other properties.

Real Estate Partner in providing consulting and marketing experience to residential and commercial owners and potential buyers to help them buy, sell, or lease their real estate properties. Consistently in the top 5% of all real estate sales team for the New England area.

Was an entreprenaur starting a real estate brokerage business. Did everything a startup requires from business development, recruiting, sales, financial analysis, bookkeeping, managing agents, hiring, firing, cleaning offices, etc.:)

Worked with sellers, buyers, investors, businesses to help them buy, sell, and rent/lease, property in the Greater Boston Area. Negotiated offers, lease, and home inspections. Marketed properties for sale both online and in print. Performed showings of properties and analyzed pricing and criteria for clients.

Responsible for the new product launch of SystemWizard, a consumer friendly diagnostic tool to aid new pc users in troubleshooting and pc problem solving.

Launched the Windows 95 version of the programming development tools for the company. Was the evangelist for the product and conducted train the trainer seminars internationally. Developed budgets, managed launch team and managed the new feature client request list and prioritized for development team.

Mba, Marketing

Ba, Math, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Debate Society

High School, Mathematics