Name

Jennifer Hashisaki

Company

Condo.com

E-mail

Contact Jennifer Hashisaki (Condo.com)

Website

http://www.condo.com/

Office Phone

(305) 231-5000

Fax

(305) 231-5001

Address

3390 Mary Street, Suite 200, Coconut Grove, FL, 33133

Description

We are the World's Largest Condo Marketplace. We were formed to help developers, builders, brokers, financial institutions and others sell or rent their condos, lofts or town homes.

Richard Swerdlow, CEO, founded Condo.com in 2005 and is responsible for the Company's strategic direction, marketing and operations. The idea for a global marketplace for condominiums came to him in mid-2005 while driving to a development site his company acquired for a high-end condo project. At the time, the lifestyle magazines and billboards along the major highways had become filled with ads for pre-construction condos. It occurred to him that, although the projects were selling out as frenzied investors from all over the world plunked down deposits with the hopes of "flipping" the units for a profit before having to close, this activity would eventually end and there would be a global over-supply of condos on the market. With the intention to help builders and developers, brokers, individual owners and financial institutions sell their inventory when the market turned down, he developed Condo.com into a global online marketplace to create liquidity for all participants.

Mr. Swerdlow began his career practicing law in the Public Finance Department of Greenberg Traurig, Miami, Florida where he helped structure bond financings for a variety of municipal clients as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel. His passion to help commercialize space infrastructure, including launch facilities at Cape Canaveral, ultimately resulted in the issuance of bonds by the Florida Spaceport Authority.

He is a member of the New York and Florida Bar Associations and a licensed Real Estate Broker.

 

Condo.com is the world's largest condominium marketplace with over 800,000 listings valued in excess of $200 billion. The site receives over 1 million visitors monthly and is dedicated to the evolution and prosperity of the condominium real estate market. Condo.com improves and simplifies the way people buy, rent, sell, manage, market and enjoy the condo lifestyle. Condo.com lists condominiums for sale and for rent in the United States and 70+ countries around the world. The Company cost-effectively delivers exposure and qualified leads to developers, brokers and owners through the seamless distribution of its listings to a global network of real estate websites visited by over 15 million viewers per month. Condo.com is privately held and headquartered in Miami , Florida . For more information visit www.condo.com.

 

Testimonials

"Condo.com provides Keyes real estate associates with great marketing tools and exposure to a global audience of buyers. We are thrilled with the number and quality of leads we receive from this program and are converting Condo.com leads into closed sales." Mike Pappas President The Keyes Company Real Estate-Mortgage-Title "The functionality and services available on Condo.com are extremely complete. The website enables me to easily find properties I am interested in and provides all the information I need to make an informed purchase decision." Prospective Buyer Miami, FL Robert Hacker "Thank you Condo.com for providing essential services to us during our relocation from Vermont to Boston after college. Through the website we were able to find an agent in Boston who knew the area and was able to find the perfect condo for us. We are absolutely thrilled with the service we received and refer all our college friends who are looking for property straight to Condo.com." First Time Condo Buyer, Boston, MA Mariah Sizemore "Thanks to Condo.com, I have been able to provide interested and motivated buyer and renter leads for my buyer reps and leasing agents at Rosen & Company." Broker, Las Vegas Jay Rosen "Condo.com provides great tools and search functionality and allowed me to easily find a condo to rent. I will definitely use Condo.com when I am ready to purchase a condo." Condo Renter Jason Baptist ""I have not only bookmarked Condo.com but recommend it to others as well. It is beautifully designed, highly functional--and also has the best domain name in the world of condos. Condo developers should take note of this site, because the buyers certainly will!" Condo Broker Roberta Murphy "WOW! The Condo.com site is incredible and the map feature you added is phenomenal. The new search functionality makes your site extremely buyer friendly!!" Condo Buyer Colleen Post "We just want to express our appreciation for the excellent advertising service your company has provided us. Our condominium was sold very quickly using Condo.com with the help you provided us with our pictures, wording and translation. It is becoming all to rare these days to find a company that goes to such great lengths to satisfy its customers, we hope your success will show others that old-fashioned hard work and consideration for customers are values that are rewarded in our society. In the near future we will call to list our other properties with Condo.com." For Sale By Owners Silvia & Elvyn Rodriguez "I really couldn't be happier with amount of service I have gotten out of Condo.com.  You get reps that actually care about you and a medium that delivers results. What else could an advertiser want? I deal with hundreds of vendors and reps everyday, but I look forward to my calls with Condo.com." Advertiser Kris Marino "We are so happy with these results and will continue using the same strategy on future deals, right from the start" Case Study:  After many unsuccessful traditional marketing attempts to sell  the remaining 27 units of a condo conversion in Orlando, FL, Developer Todd Palmer used common sense and electronic media to sell 27 Units in under 60 days successfully. The Formula:  We created a huge co-brokerage incentive and a strong buyer credit at closing amidst a slow moving market.  We offered a 10% co-brokerage commission and 6% buyer credit at closing - which they could use on anything they wanted.  We selected areas across the US including the local market to email this offer.  Hundreds of emails poured in.  We worked each of these leads carefully - reminding each of the power brokers and agents that responded that there were only a few units left. The Results:  All 27 units sold, most closings were scheduled 15 - 30 days out.  7 sales were from a bulk buyer group in Baltimore, MD and individual buyers and investors came from places from local markets, Northeastern states and the Midwest.  Developer Todd Palmer "Condo.com is setting the standard for the way condo marketing should and will be run in the 21st Century. If you are looking to tap into the best online resource for leads, you've found it at Condo.com." Real Estate Agent Betty Reiter Cora Bett Thomas Realty Company, Savannah Georgia "I am really excited about the opportunities that Condo.com has offered so far...I'm building strong relationships with a few other Realtors, (clients I referred out to), where we'll work on closing some deals soon, and the lead generation is key. Your website is a great tool for lead generation." Realtor Maria Cruz Orbit Realty Corp View Profile "With the help of Condo.com's innovative marketing programs, our client satisfaction and pre-construction purchases have skyrocketed." Real Estate Agent Pat Brody Axiom Capital Realty "I can barely handle all the leads. Condo.com and the Power Seller Program is a no-brainer!" Real Estate Agent Bill Brandt Phoenix, Arizona View Profile "A large percent of our advertising budget is spent on online marketing. On average, if we spend 2% on marketing I would say that about half is spent online. To date our lead-to-sale conversion ratio is1.3% from Condo.com. In other words, we sell on average 1.3 units out of every 100 leads provided by Condo.com and its partner sites. I am extremely happy with these results." Developer Mathew Krac Sunvest Communities "Thanks to the online marketing efforts of Condo.com, we sold 4 units in 2 weeks. The great exposure and fast turnover was critical in meeting project deadlines in this increasingly competitive market." Developer Nate Hollander Principal, Grand Bay Developers "Things are going great! From our website stat tracker I tracked 14 people transferred to our site from Condo.com. That is awesome! Thanks so much for everything!" Developer Kelly Eierhart DMC Developers "I was very pleased for all the information the Condo.com customer service team gave me, their knowledge about the services offered, the excellent way in which I was treated by them, and the guidance they gave me in the marketing of my Condo." Seller Carlos  Raffo "Condo.com was one of our first international marketing partners. Their high profile and cutting edge technology has added significant value to our business by providing our clients with thousands of listings to search and superior customer service. Our business is heavily dependent on content and service to back it up. Our clients demand access to the biggest selection of properties and Condo.com delivers a turnkey solution." Media Partner Henry Pryor Founder, PrimeMove.com