Stroudsburg - Thomas
R. Wilkins, CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins &
Associates, NEPA Management Associates and Pennsylvania First Settlement
Services announced promotions within the organization.
At Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins &
Associates, Dennis A. Mooney, V.P./Assoc Broker has been promoted to the
position of Senior Vice President.
Mooney, in his new position, will answer directly to Christine A.
Wilkins, Exec V.P./General Manager.
Mooney will be responsible for overseeing all the Wilkins’ offices while
primarily handling the business affairs of Bushkill, Stroudsburg and Mt. Pocono
offices. Mooney, a local to the Pocono
Mountains, will be an integral part the day-to-day operations of the offices.
Said Christine A. Wilkins, Exec V.P./Gen Mgr, “Dennis is
also our primary Recruiter for the company and as we expand further to the
north and south, will be the person a potential Agent will first interface
with. I also depend on Dennis to, not
necessarily train, but assist the new agents as they learn how to list, sell,
rent and prepare paperwork for all those tasks—Dennis is great with that.”
Wilkins further stated, “Dennis will assist me in making
sure that all the offices run smoothly.
We have done a fantastic job in consolidating our Central Processing for
new listings, existing listings and, of course, pending sales. Prior to this each individual office was
“free-standing”. After this transition,
everyone will see how smoothly the new internet based company will operate.”
William “Bill” J. Schutte, Assoc Broker in the Milford
office, has been promoted to Vice President.
Schutte in his new position will handle recruiting in Pike, Wayne and
Monroe counties. While still being a Top
Producing Realtor with the company, Schutte will concentrate on bringing new
talent into the company which will include the hiring of new and experienced
agents. While his primary concentration
will be in the Pike County and Lake Wallenpaupack regions, Schutte will also be
responsible for assisting Dennis Mooney in the Monroe county real estate
offices.
Said Thomas R. Wilkins, CEO, “Bill has been with the company
for a while now and he is like a sponge when it comes to learning new
things. I so much enjoy working with
Bill. I think his biggest asset is his
wanting other people to move up in the company, feel good about themselves and
succeed. That’s the sign of a real
Manager. Now, throw in the fact that
Bill is one of the best Salespersons I’ve ever met, it’s simply a formula for
success.”
The Wilkins organization intends to handle all aspects of a
listing and a sale via the internet through the corporate office. The branch offices and the Managers, along
with their assistants, will concentrate more on maintaining good relationships
with the Realtors and customers. Soon,
the company will employ an Executive Assistant to round out the Senior
Management team.
At NEPA Management Associates, our Property Management
company, Christina Serpico, Senior Property Manager, has been promoted to the
position of Vice President, Senior Property Manager. Serpico, who has been with the company for 14
years, handles a portfolio of properties under her own control. Recently the position of Administrative
Assistant/Property Management was added to assist Serpico in her department’s
day-to-day operations. Serpico will
maintain the Associations that she currently handles as well as assist Thomas
R. Wilkins in developing new business.
Said Wilkins, “Christina has always been my right hand
person. To acknowledge her position in
the company as a Vice President was a unanimous decision. What I am most excited about is that
Christina will be involved in marketing to new customers and clients in our
office and that alone will close to double our business over the next 18
months.”
“These are not our internal projections; this is what the
industry is saying our business will look like in 18 months. One of our largest competitors closed their
doors through unfortunate circumstances, which leaves a very big gap in
property management companies servicing Northeast Pennsylvania including the
Lehigh Valley area.” said Wilkins.
Wilkins also stated, “We’re planning a very big move which
we will announce over the next several weeks into the Better Homes and Gardens
Pocono Campus. The move will double the
size of what we have now.
Said Christine A. Wilkins, General Manager, “Within the next
several months, we will be approaching our 2015 goal of hiring new people who
we will train one by one and one-on-one to become our professional sales
team. We are so very proud of the Agents
that we recruit and then train to be Salespersons—it’s definitely the way we become
and maintain our #1 status as a leading Broker in the Pocono real estate
market. But it doesn’t stop there…as we
expand further into the Lehigh Valley and to the north further into the
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre areas, we want everyone to know that we listen to the
market, react to the market and give the market what it is that they’re asking
for.”
Wilkins, who has operated the company for the last 26 years,
successfully downsized the company from 14 offices to 2 offices during the
recent recession. After successfully
maintaining their status throughout the down-turn in the real estate market,
all the companies are poised to capitalize on the turning of the Pocono real
estate market.
All Wilkins offices are open 7 days a week. Visit them online at www.BHGwilkins.com ; www.nepamgmt.com and www.pennsylvaniafirstsettlement.com.
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