Albany New York Real Estate Company
About Fraida Varah
Fraida Varah Real Estate Group is dedicated to understanding our clients' individual needs and providing each client with an exceptional real estate experience. We put each client at the center of the real estate process by delivering superior service combined with experience, integrity, and a track record of results.
In order to accomplish this objective, we are committed to the following principles:
To pursue the interests of our clients at all times with the highest ethical standards
To commit a significant amount of our time and resources to our continuing education and professional development
To provide our clients with a professional team to manage our clients' transactions
To strive for win/win solutions and fairness for all parties
To treat our clients with the highest respect and to be completely up front and honest as to how we can best help them
To always tell our clients the truth and convey to them the reality of the situation, even if this is not what they want to hear
To represent our clients both aggressively and enthusiastically
In summary, we will strive to provide our clients with the most rewarding real estate experience possible.
Biographies
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Fraida Varah Principal BrokerCRS, SRES, GRI
1414 Western AvenueAlbanyNY 12203 US
Phone: (518) 438-9302Send Fraida Varah a message.With 26 years of residential real estate experience, Fraida has earned the reputation of Albany County’s leading realtor with over 2000 families moved in the last eleven years. Her selling clients consistently realize between 2 and 3% more for their homes than the average Albany County home seller and her clients' time on market is consistently less than the market average, often by as much as 30 days. She is a seasoned negotiator and highly skilled at analyzing the real estate market and staging and positioning her clients’ homes in that market to obtain the highest price in the shortest amount of time. Fraida has been listed by REALTOR Magazine among the top 300 residential realtors in the nation..
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Tony Garufi Principal BrokerCCIM, CDPE
1414 Western AvenueAlbanyNY 12203 US
Phone: (518) 438-9302Send Tony Garufi a message.With 33 years of experience in the real estate business, Tony brings his analytical skills, contract knowledge, and commercial real estate negotiating experience to our clients’ real estate transactions in order to keep their sale on track and ultimately bring it to a successful closing. He holds the Certified Commercial Investment Member and Certified Distressed Property Expert designations and works with our clients who are in a distressed sale situation. He is also responsible for managing and directing the team during the home buying or selling process as well as overseeing the marketing systems and business operations of our real estate practice.
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Bryn Brown Listings Manager
1414 Western AvenueAlbanyNY 12203 US
Phone: (518) 438-9302Send Bryn Brown a message.Bryn is a licensed real estate agent and has 6 years of real estate administrative experience and works with our seller clients while their home is on the market and while they are preparing their home for the market. She tracks all the showings of our clients' homes and provides our clients with feedback and advice. She also administers all of the electronic databases and websites that our sellers' homes are listed on. She also assists Fraida in analyzing current market conditions to assist our clients in properly positioning their home in the marketplace.
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Kristen Hess Contracts Manager
1414 Western AvenueAlbanyNY 12203 US
Phone: (518) 438-9302Send Kristen Hess a message.Kristen is a licensed real estate agent and brings 9 years of real estate and 8 years of office management experience to our firm. She works with our clients from the time they sign a purchase contract until they close. Kristen manages the transaction during this time and tracks the mortgage and home inspection process. She helps resolve mortgage, home inspection and title issues as they arise in order to keep the transaction on track and keeps you apprised of any developments that would affect the scheduling of a closing on your home. Kristen is your primary point of contact with our firm during the time your home is under contract right up to the day it closes.
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Lisa Strothenke Buyer SpecialistCBR
1414 Western AvenueAlbanyNY 12203 US
Phone: (518) 438-9302Send Lisa Strothenke a message.Lisa is a licensed real estate agent with 6 years of experience who has been involved in over 175 buyer real estate transactions and who works with our buyer clients while they are looking for a home to purchase. She researches the market each day and sends information to our clients on homes that meet their criteria. She arranges appointments for our clients to see homes and once they have a home under contract she attends the home inspection and final walk-thru with our clients. Working with Fraida, she also negotiates our clients' purchase offers.
