<<======Carol M. Smith, Praxis Real Estate Advisers, Atlanta.
This is my friend of at least thirty years, Carol M. Smith. She is a remarkable residential real estate marketeer, having worked for and understudied the great Charlie Williams (RIP), President of Dallas' Sales Street Group.
Williams and his marketing brainy staff specialized in turning around failed subdivisions for main-stream developers like Fox and Jacobs, for an example.
I was vice president of residential development for a Houston company, Columbia Communities, when I first met Charlie and Carol. And we met because Columbia desperately needed their services.
You see, we had begun a financially huge waterfront development in an area of the country we simply didn't understand. It looked to us like the market hated us.
So we were stuck with a big inventory that wasn't selling. We're talking about millions of dollars worth. What to do, and do fast! We got wind of Sales Street Group and its remarkable Charlie Williams and Carol Smith. We rolled the dice and retained them.
Within a few months. Sales Street Group's manager of our account, Carol Smith, had taught us how to turn our development from failure to success. And from that, we learned to keep Sales Street Group on retainer, so that our future developments could be assured of starting out successful.
Today, Carol lives and works out of Atlanta. Her firm is called Praxis Real Estate Advisers. And she has bailed so many condominium projects out of trouble throughout New York, Atlanta and Florida that her clients have given her the name -- CONDO CAROL, and it has stuck.
In fact her email address is Carol@Condocarol.com.
I'm passing this important source on to you. You're likely to be involved in or know of a residential real estate project that, if it hasn't already, stands a chance of crashing and burning. You'd do your clients a favor by retaining Condo Carol (Praxis Real Estate Advisers) to get it back on course. I might even come along to help.
By the way, Carol is a licensed broker in New York, Georgia and Florida.
Did Carol ask me to write this? Of course not, and I don't plan to tell her that I did.
BILL CHERRY, REALTORS
DALLAS - HIGHLAND PARK
Since 1964
214 503-8563
Hi Bill... WOW! That's quite a glowing endorsement. Carol sounds like a great person to have in your Rolodex (or your PDA)!
The darned woman has a BIG brain, Steve. I wish you knew her. You would like each other a lot.
And the famous Charlie Williams (RIP) was a great influence on me for which I will be eternally grateful.
Bill, Carol could write her own ticket in Florida at the moment. That was nice of you to bring her to our attention.
She sounds amazing! Marcia is right she could find a lot of work in Florida. Thanks!
Bill thanks for the post. Coming from you this kind of recommendation is gold. I have in fact emailed her and will see if there is work we can do together
Bill - This is the first time I have ever seen a post that was a glowing report of someone else abilities and skill. Cool thing to see.
Bill - This is the first time I have ever seen a post that was a glowing report of someone else abilities and skill. Cool thing to see.
Well, to all of you -- David, Charlie, Carol, Marcia and Steve --
Carol Smith is very special. I've got another friend who is absolutely the best shopping center promoter that has ever been on the face of the planet. Her name is Shelly Gravino Lord, and pretty soon I'm going to tell her story to everyone.
I've been lucky to have made some totally fabulous contacts and friends throughout my career. Here's a snippet:
Today I was getting some flack from a relo rep whose firm represents a major insurance company. I finally got exasperated and said to her, "I know you're not going to believe this, but the chairman of the XXXX Insurance Co. has been my friend for years. When we hang up, I'm going to give him a buzz and tell him how you're handling my client."
I meant it. She knew it. She did what I told her to do.
Bill