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    <title>Mollie Wasserman</title>
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    <published>2007-04-01T21:00:57Z</published>
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    <summary> Mollie is the author of Ripping the Roof off Real Estate: How a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Came to Have an Identity Crisis, which outlines the consulting model for the general public. She is also the coauthor of How to...</summary>
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<strong>Mollie</strong> is the author of <em>Ripping the Roof off Real Estate: How a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Came to Have an Identity Crisis</em>, which outlines the consulting model for the general public. She is also the coauthor of How <em>to Make Your Realtor® Get You the Best Deal, Massachusetts Edition</em>, available at most bookstores, Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com.<br/>
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Mollie founded the Accredited Consultant in Real Estate (ACRE&reg;) program in 2006 that includes course work and a "unique in the industry" full coaching program for ACRE&reg; graduates. She is the Chairwomen of the ACRE Council LLC, the business entity that promotes the real estate consulting approach to the industry.<br/>
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        <![CDATA[Mollie is an Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), an e-Pro 500 (Certified Internet Professional), and iSucceed Mentor, as well as one of only 200 CyberStars™ around the world. CyberStars™ are an elite group of Realtors® who generate a significant portion of their business through the use of current technology. She designed her first website in 1995, and has since been featured in national publications such as Forbes.com, Banker & Tradesman, the National Association of REALTORS® Magazine, Money.com, and was called "the agent of the future" in an Intel research paper. Her team's website is <a href="http://www.TheHomeConsultants.com">www.TheHomeConsultants.com</a>.<br/>
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    <title>Merv Forney</title>
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    <published>2007-04-01T21:00:37Z</published>
    <updated>2010-01-18T13:02:50Z</updated>

    <summary> Merv is currently an inactive, referral only REALTOR® affiliated with RE/MAX Renaissance in Leesburg, Virginia. He and his wife Pamela formed the Choice3 Realty Group in 2004 doing business exclusively as real estate consultants. Merv used his 25+ years...</summary>
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<strong>Merv</strong> is currently an inactive, referral only REALTOR® affiliated with RE/MAX Renaissance in Leesburg, Virginia. He and his wife Pamela formed the <a href="http://choice3realty.com">Choice<sup>3</sup> Realty</a> Group in 2004 doing business exclusively as real estate consultants. Merv used his 25+ years experience as an executive with IT services firm EDS to develop his real estate consulting models using comprehensive fee schedules still in use today. Merv found Mollie during his early research on new real estate business models and through her experience sharing became convinced that the "new consulting model" is the way of the future.<br/>
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        <![CDATA[Prior to launching his real estate career, Merv founded the Business Interchange Group (BIG), a management and technology consulting firm. Merv's business and technology background allows him to develop and/or deploy many web based technologies used for his real estate clients as well as his technology clients.<br/>
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In March of 2005, Merv launched one of the very first national and regional real estate Blogs: the <a href="mailto:http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/">Northern Virginia Real Estate Guide</a>. His Blog is consistently ranked among the top 100 nationally. His consulting business model, technology expertise and business approach serves him well in an industry ready for significant change.
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Merv is now focusing his time and energies assisting real estate agents with marketing, Blogging and the use of his proprietary SmartPlan&trade;; an industry first applying Activity Based Pricing to real estate transactions. SmartPlan&trade; provides complete consumer cost transparency that is inherently lacking in the traditional commission model.]]>
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    <title>Judi Bryan</title>
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    <published>2007-03-29T15:07:48Z</published>
    <updated>2007-11-29T16:18:07Z</updated>

    <summary> Judi is a real estate Broker affiliated with RE/MAX Accord in Bloomingdale, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. She has served on her local Board of Realtors in various capacities, including the Education Committee, Technology Task Force, Equal Opportunity...</summary>
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<strong>Judi</strong> is a real estate Broker affiliated with RE/MAX Accord in Bloomingdale, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.  She has served on her local Board of Realtors in various capacities, including the Education Committee, Technology Task Force, Equal Opportunity in Housing Committee, and Professional Standards Committee. First licensed in 1983, Judi’s been an enthusiastic participant in the dramatic changes that have appeared on the real estate industry landscape. 

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        <![CDATA[Early to embrace emerging technologies, Judi has always believed that there must be better, faster, more efficient ways to perform the functions an agent must perform, benefitting both the agent and the clients they serve.  To that end, she established herself early on as the go-to person among her piers for anything having to do with tools, resources, technologies.  


As a respected contributor to numerous online real estate communities for many years, Judi was selected to be among a handful of highly regarded agents from around the country to beta test the revolutionary new ACRE&reg; program designed to enable agents to broaden both the services they provide the consumer as well as their ability to get paid for them.  Since experiencing the program first hand, Judi has been actively sharing her thoughts and talents in the ACRE&reg; community.]]>
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