Free Conference Call:

"The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Dealing with Distressed Properties"

Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 4:00 p.m. CDT

Space is limited, so register today. Click here to register by e-mail for this free session. Call-in instructions and other details will be sent to you via e-mail shortly before the call.

Moderator: Veronica McManus Woburn, MA	Deborah Bacarella, Boca Raton, FL	Rayman Mathoda, Long Beach, CA	Cecily Tippery, Brentwood, CA

In today’s real estate market, it's anything but business as usual. Recent changes and regulations regarding distressed properties make it difficult to know if you’re making the right moves for your business. 

In this broker, owner and manager call, distressed property expert Rayman Mathoda will be joined by some of your Women's Council peers to touch on best practices for dealing with distressed properties, as well as profitability and reducing your overall risk. While the focus of this session is for the broker, owner and manager, our experts will also discuss broker and agent training and tips to help you develop a new plan for success.

Conference calls made possible in part by Women's Council's Business Development Strategic Forum.

Veronica McManus
Veronica McManus, PMN, is the local chapter president of the Northern Region Chapter of Women's Council in Massachusetts.  A REALTOR® for 17 years, Veronica serves as director and program chair for her local association and also sits on the Education and Strategic Planning Committees. 

Veronica is the branch executive for RE/MAX Leading Edge's Woburn, MA, office and education director for Leading Edge Real Estate Academy. As such, she provides instruction for pre-license education, continuing education, agent training and professional development. 

Deborah Bacarella
Deborah Bacarella, GRI, PMN, is a REALTOR® with more than 30 years of experience and a broker/owner for more than 20 years. Currently, she is the broker/owner of Florida Sunshine Real Estate. Deborah has served the Women’s Council in several appointed and elected positions, including 2007 Greater Palm Beach County local chapter president, 2009 district vice president and 2010 state governor. She has been recognized as "2008 Mentor of the Year" and "2009 Entrepreneur of the Year."

Deborah is active with the Florida Association of REALTORS®, is an NAR-certified Mediator and a graduate of FAR’s Instructor Training Institute.

Rayman Mathoda
Rayman (Ray) Mathoda is president and chief executive officer for AssetPlanUSA, a provider of education and training products and services designed for real estate and mortgage professionals. Ray was previously executive vice president and chief people & efficiency officer for Indymac Bank in California, which was among the top 10 mortgage originators in the U.S. in the early 2000s.

An affordable housing expert and advocate, Ray has served as a City Commissioner (Board Member) for the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) since her initial appointment in 2006.

Ray graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and also has an M.B.A. in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University.

Cecily Tippery
Cecily Tippery, PMN, SRES, has served as an elected director of her Board since 2006. She became a member of the Women's Council in 2002 and served as local chapter president to the Delta Chapter in California in 2005. She has been active in her local and state chapter leadership, serving as district vice president, state governor and state parliamentarian, as well as a member of the National Leadership Steering Committee. 

She and her team had an extraordinary 2008, as they were number one in sales in Contra Costa County, as well as in the top 10 for unit sales for Coldwell Banker nationally. She remains in the top three in sales in her market area and was awarded "Business Woman of the Year" by her chapter in 2009.