Spina Recognized for 8 Years of Service with Wilkins

Stroudsburg – Wilkins & Associates—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, also known as NEPA Management Assoc acknowledged Rossana Spina, Executive Secretary for 8 years’ service with the Company.  Spina, a native of New Jersey who resides in Mount Bethel, started as a Secretary with the company and today has the primary responsibilities of handling correspondence for Senior management, scheduling appointments, meetings, preparing agendas and business affairs of

Thomas R. Wilkins, CEO, Christine Wilkins and the “2^nd Floor” marketing team.

The Wilkins organization owns and operates Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Assoc, Wilkins & Associates—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Wilkins & Associates Commercial Brokers and Pennsylvania First Settlement Services.  Collectively, the corporate office is located at 404 Park Avenue in Stroudsburg. 

Said Wilkins, “The overall tenure of our staff within the Company shows our dedication to our employees.  We would not be where we are at today without our staff.”

Tenure of the staff includes Francine Scouten, Acctg Dept--12 years; Christina Serpico, Property Mgmt--12 years, Donna Sorrentino, The Carl Maurer Team--12 years; Rosemarie Lobe-Waller, CFO—12 years; Terry Sinagra, Acctg Dept.—12 years; Christine Wilkins, Owner—11 years; Patricia Blank-Toombs, Senior Mgmt/Rental Dept—11 years; Toni Jones, Central Processing/ Relo—11 years; Jody Martin, Acctg—8 years and Marilyn Lesoine, Office Admin—7 years.

The Wilkins organization in June of 2013 celebrates their 25^th year in business.  The company started with 3 people in Mt. Pocono and grew into the organization that it is today. 

Carrie Ridner, Director of Property Mgmt, laughed, “Even though I’ve been here going on a year, I feel like the “new kid on the block”, but seriously it’s such a pleasure working with the people that built the company.  They know how the company works, where to get whatever tool you need and of course, Tom’s ability to market everything as a whole is the final piece of the puzzle.”

Said Wilkins “It feels like the real estate market is now on solid ground.  It doesn’t feel like it’s “spiking”.  It feels like business is up and going to stay there.  It’s the Management and Maintenance services that are dramatically increasing our business.   We have added several products to our business and they have taken off like a rocket.  With the tenure of our staff on the 2^nd floor, we can easily handle 3 times the work we do now.  We are the largest Management Company in the Poconos and our sights are now set on adding the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and the ABE areas.”

The Wilkins offices are open 7 days a week; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon – Fri; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays.  You can visit them on line at www.wilkins1.com; or www.nepamgmt.com to learn more.

For 10th Year Straight, Maurer Wins Top Gun Award

Bushkill – Carl Maurer, Associate Broker was presented with the Top Salesperson Award at the annual 2012 Awards Brunch held at Skytop Lodge. 

Maurer, leader and founder of “The Carl Maurer Team” has won this award for the past 10 years.  Members of the Maurer team include Dennis Farrelly, Realtor; Donna Sorrentino, Personal  Assistant to Carl Maurer; and Caryn Centini, Realtor.  Between them, “The Carl Maurer Team” is one of the most highly respected and successful REO teams in northeast Pennsylvania.

Said Christine A. Scrofano-Wilkins, Gen Mgr, “Carl’s team is set up like a well oiled machine.  Their listings are well taken care of and their contact with the buyers, sellers and potential investors is second to none.”

Centini, the newest member of the team, also was awarded “Rookie of the Year—2012”.

From Left to Right: Thomas R. Wilkins, CEO; Carl Maurer AB; Debbie Maurer; Christine Scrofano-Wilkins, EVP.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates operate 3 offices throughout the Pocono Mountains.  All offices are open 7 days a week and you can visit them online at www.wilkins1.com or please "Like" their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/BHGWilkins.

Tom Wilkins scheduled to teach Accredited Property Management Course

Scranton - Vintage Real Estate Academy announced that Thomas R. Wilkins will teach Non-Residential Property Management, an accredited Property Management course beginning January 22^nd, 2013.  This 4 day, 30 hour accredited course will run for 4 consecutive Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  The classes will be held at the Clarion Hotel, 300 Meadow Street, Scranton, PA. 

Wilkins, who is owner of Wilkins & Associates-PROPERTY MANAGEMENT and NEPA Management Associates, has been involved in the property management business for the past 20 years.  From the ground up, Wilkins successfully developed an all inclusive and diversified property management company that interfaces with his primary company Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates.

Starting in Mt. Pocono in 1989, Wilkins began his property management team with a small condominium complex in Mt. Pocono.  From that one account, he has grown the company into one of the largest and most respected management companies in Northeast Pennsylvania.

Wilkins is an accredited teacher licensed by the Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission as a Real Estate instructor.  This course will expose the student to the basic concepts of non-residential property management, Management Ethics, Management Agreements and income collection.  Wilkins has extensive knowledge and expertise in that field.  His blog and writings can be found in such real estate publications as RIS Media, the Pocono Record, Northeast Business Journal, Lehigh Valley Business Journal and other periodicals both on a regional and national level.  Online, Wilkins’ articles can be found on the following sites:

http://poconorealestatehappenings.blogspot.com; https://www.realtown.com/PoconoRealEstate/blog; http://www.biggerpockets.com/users/thomasrwilkins

For more information on the course, please call Robert Walker at Vintage Real Estate Academy at (888) 712-719.

Wilkins and Associates has two Agents selected for Scholarships

Scotrun – James Martin, Realtor and Nicole Murray, Realtor with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates were each awarded scholarships by the Pocono Mountains Association REALTORS to further their education in the real estate industry.  The value of each scholarship is $350.00. 

 “Each year the Member Services Committee accepts recommendations and reasons why individuals in the real estate industry should be awarded the scholarship to better their education.  These scholarships, typically in the form of educational classes, can either benefit that agent towards their broker’s license or some sort of designation.” said Dennis Mooney, Vice President/Sales Manager and a member of the Pocono Mountains Association of REALTORS (PMAR) Board of Directors.  “This year, both recipients were from the Wilkins organization.”

Murray, who was voted Realtor of the Year in 2011, is a member of the PMAR Board of Directors, Co-chair of the MLS Committee and has donated hundreds of hours of her own time to various committees in PMAR.  Her being awarded the scholarship was something that will certainly not go to waste but will be used to get her closer to her Broker’s license.

Martin has been in the business for 4+ years and devotes personal time by serving on the Social Events Committee and other committees, and is a huge advocate and full-time volunteer for Meals on Wheels.  Martin has served Meals on Wheels for the past 3 years and has never turned down delivering foods to those who need it most, regardless what the weather conditions were.

Said Thomas R. Wilkins, President/CEO, “Both of these individuals give back 150% of themselves to our local community.  That’s what it all about.  I stand proud to have them as a part of our organization.”

The Wilkins organization, in 2013, will be celebrating their 25^th year in business.  Even with the downturn in the economy and taking the Company through very difficult times, Wilkins maintained their integrity and never sacrificing customer service during a time when customer service really means the most in any business relationship.  Their agents never lost sight of bettering themselves through education.  Now, Wilkins is looking to expand their Management and Real Estate business to the Lehigh Valley and Scranton areas.

Said Wilkins, “We are ever so cautiously, but aggressively, expanding our Management division to the Lehigh Valley area while cooperating with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate—Valley Associates, a new Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchise in the Lehigh Valley; and expanding the brokerage and Management division through Parasole Property Management & Assoc where Wilkins bought into a start-up company owned by Ronald Parasole.  Parasole will operate the day to day operations from Scranton and service the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazelton areas.  Wilkins will handle bookkeeping and accounting from the Park Avenue office.

All of the Wilkins offices are open 7 days a week.

 

PHOTO  -  (l to r) Nicole Murray, Realtor; Dennis Mooney, VP; Thomas R. Wilkins, CEO & James Martin, Realtor

Local Food Banks get Donation from Wilkins & Associates

Bushkill - Dennis Mooney, Vice President/Sales Manager of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates, along with Marilyn R. Lesoine, Office Administrator for Wilkins & Associates-PROPERTY MANAGEMENT donated 20 spiral hams to each of two food banks in Mount Pocono, Stroudsburg and Bushkill.

Each year Supervisors, employees and Realtors of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates and Wilkins & Associates-PROPERTY MANAGEMENT offer “Casual for a Cause” where for a $5.00 donation the managers, an agent or employee is able to dress-down and wear their favorite pair of blue jeans or casual attire to work on Fridays.  The program is sponsored by the Supervisors and handled by Francine Scouten, Payroll Coordinator who faithfully and diligently each week collects and deposits the money for just these special occasions.  The Company has been hosting “Casual for a Cause” for over 10 years now.

Said Patricia Blank-Toombs, VP/Sales Manager, “For several years we sponsored needy families and purchased Christmas gifts for the entire family who had no money to buy Christmas presents for their children or for that matter themselves.  It was a moving experience each year and one that (I’m sad to say) we looked forward to in order to help those families in need.  Last year and again this year, the Supervisors elected to sponsor foods banks instead of giving gifts.”

While Mooney was delivering his 20 hams to Kate Newman, Director of the Bushkill Outreach program, in Mount Pocono, Marilyn Lesoine was delivering her donation of $200.00 in non-perishable foods to the Pocono Mountain Ecumenical Hunger Ministry located on Church Avenue.  Said Lesoine, “I don’t know who was more excited, me or the Ministry!  I felt so good about giving the food and the Ministry felt so appreciative, we both just stood there and hugged one another to show the gratification and the satisfaction we were both experiencing.”

The Bushkill Outreach Program Mission Statement is that the Outreach Program is to be spiritually lead, a community effort, offering basic material support to their neighbors at their point of need.  We, as a representative of the community believe that the program is vital to our community at large as we strive today to take practical steps to offer support and sustenance primarily in the form of food, necessary clothing and furnishings.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates and Wilkins & Associates—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT are owned by the Wilkins family and have been in operation for the past 25 years throughout the Poconos.  In 2013 the Company celebrates its 25^th Anniversary.

The Wilkins organization expects to expand in 2013 to the Lehigh Valley area for property management as well as offering property management in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area with an eye towards opening up the real estate portion of that business in mid to late 2013 or the first part of 2014.

All offices are open 7 days a week and you can visit them online at www.willkins1.com or "Like" their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/BHGWilkins

Francis Begins New Real Estate Career with Better Homes & Gardens

Bushkill- Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates announced the hiring of Leslie Francis as a Salesperson for the BUSHKILL OFFICE located on Route 209.  Francis was hired by Dennis Mooney, Vice President.

Francis has lived in the Pocono area for the past 10 years and prior to that she resided in the New York area.  Francis took the required real estate courses, passed the necessary exams and is a graduate of the Pocono Real Estate Academy.  She received her real estate license in February of 2012.

Francis has a BA in Business Management and her prior work experience includes business management, customer relations and sales.

Said Dennis Mooney, V.P., "While we still remain committed to hiring the best Realtors in the business, I always enjoy bringing new people into the real estate industry.  Leslie Francis is just one of those persons that you know, because of her people skills, can become a top-notch Realtor."

Training new agents is nothing new to the Wilkins organization.  In fact, the Wilkins management team now relies on professionally prepared video training courses, Webinars to teach the new agents about how to market, list a home and work with today's buyer as well as using the hundreds of tools available to Realtors (both new and experienced) that are found in the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Greenhouse.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates operate three walk-in offices throughout the Pocono Mountains, market exclusively on over 200 real estate websites, social media pages, blog sites and other online real estate sites.  Wilkins is a proud member of the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchise.  All offices are open 7 days a week and you can visit them online at www.wilkins1.com or "Like" their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/BHGWilkins.

Wilkins's Joins Brodhead Watershed Association

Henryville - Pictured above is Rob Sedwin, President of the Brodhead Watershed Association (R) and Thomas R. Wilkins, CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates (L) who along with his wife, Christine Scrofano-Wilkins, joined the Brodhead Watershed Association as Corporate Members.

Sedwin is President of the BWA Board of Directors. All Board members of BWA live throughout the watershed. The Board is made up of 27 volunteers. Executive Director of the Brodhead Watershed Association is Theresa Merli.

The mission of the Brodhead Watershed Association is to protect the environment and water resources within the water shed. Strategies to achieve that mission include the education to enhance public understanding of water issues, data collection, community activism and legislative review. You can visit them online at www.brodheadwatershed.org.

Tom and Christine Wilkins, while always being supporters of the Pocono watershed, wanted to become more active in the Association after the Association was brought to their attention by Anne Fetherman, who along with her husband, Red Fetherman, are huge supporters of the BWA. Said Tom Wilkins, "When Mrs. Fetherman asked us to join, I told her Christine and I would be honored to become members. You have to appreciate that I fish the Cherry Valley stream on the Fetherman's tree farm and just couldn't say no to an opportunity like this; just like you never say no when the Fetherman Family invites you to fish the stream!"

In the spring of 2012, Theresa Merli was hired as Executive Director. Merli's responsibilities are to expand BWAs range of programs and educational activities. Merli, who served on the Board of the BWA for 10 years, is also a former Monroe County Commissioner, has served as a Paradise Township Supervisor and auditor, is a member of the League of Women Voters and she served as Secretary for 3 years. Said Merli, "I saw this as the opportunity of a lifetime. I cannot adequately express how excited I am to be in a position to fully devote my time and efforts to supporting the work of the Brodhead Watershed Association." Merli further said, "I intend to insure that the existing community asset of the high-quality water resources of the Brodhead watershed will remain healthy for future generations. I plan to do this through stepped-up community outreach, encouraging the participation of ALL residents and visitors and in the protection of an asset we can all treasure--clean, plentiful water resources."

You can reach the Brodhead Watershed Association at P.O. Box 339, Henryville, PA 18332, by phone at (570) 839-1120 or email them at brodheadwatershed@gmail.com.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates can be seen at http://www.wilkins1.com/ or on http://www.facebook.com/BHGWilkins

WILKINS REAL ESTATE HIRES DORIS GRANT FOR SALES POSITION

Mount Pocono - Doris Grant, Salesperson, has joined the sales team at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates in their brand new Mt. Pocono office. BHG is located at 102 Pocono Boulevard on the main street.

Grant has lived in the Poconos for the past 18 years and is originally from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. She resides in Swiftwater.

Grant was recruited by Dennis Mooney, V.P./Associate Broker with the Wilkins organization.

Selling homes since 1988, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. They have three offices in the Pocono Mountains. All offices are open 7 days a week. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates online at http://www.wilkins1.com/

WILKINS REAL ESTATE HIRES MELNICK AS SALES PERSON

Stroudsburg - Melanie Melnick, Realtor, has joined Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates as a Salesperson in their Stroudsburg office. Melnick took the required courses and passed the examination to receive her Pennsylvania Salesperson's license. Melnick attended the Pocono Real Estate Academy.


Over the years, Melnick has accumulated 20 plus years experience in sales, primarily in the food industry, most of which were in management positions.

Said Dennis Mooney, Company Recruiter, "Melanie scored extremely high in the Simulator test that we ask all our new perspective agents to take. It's a service we subscribe to and the Simulator really gives us an assessment into the applicant's sales skills, assessing their knowledge and also a personality assessment illustrating the prospects' characteristics as compared to successful real estate agents."

The Wilkins organization also has free in-house training that covers such areas as Listings, the Agreement of Sale, Rentals, Internet Marketing and other one-on-one courses to teach conduct and salesmanship.

Melnick is originally from Long Island, New York, lives in Blue Mountain Lake Estates and has lived in the Poconos for the past 6+ years.

Melnick was recruited by Dennis Mooney, Vice President/Associate Broker.

Selling homes since 1988, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates have three offices in the Pocono Mountains. All offices are open 7 days a week. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates online at http://www.wilkins1.com/

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Wilkins & Associates awards Ginger Walsh with Realtor of the Month

Ginger Walsh has received the Realtor of the Month award from Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins and Associates for the month of July, 2011.


Walsh works out of the firms’ Stroudsburg and new Mt. Pocono location(s) and has worked with the company for the last 5 years. The firms’ President, Dominick J. Sacci says, “Ginger is a great person to work with. She is honest, hard working, and has an enhanced knowledge of the real estate industry. She is involved in her community and is always there to lend a helping hand to a coworker. Anyone in need of real estate services can rest easy when they are working with Ginger on their transaction.”

The Realtor of the Month acknowledgment is awarded to Realtors® based on their commitment to the Real Estate Industry as a career and the firm as a whole. Along with sales production, the Realtor® of the Month is primarily measured by their approach and mind set of on the industry, their attitude and dealings with clients/customers, and their TEAMWORK ethic.

They are also considered based on opportunity time, sales meeting attendance, onsite and on-line training participation, lead generation involvement, overall adherence to the policy and guidelines of the firm, and usage of the tools supplied by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Corporate.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates on line at www.wilkins1.com.

John Lewis joins expanding sales team at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates

Stroudsburg - John Lewis has joined Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates as a Salesperson located at their 304 Park Avenue, Stroudsburg office.

Lewis has lived in the Poconos for the past 40 years and resides in Henryville. Lewis was employed in the position of President for 10 years for Lewis Mortgage Service, Inc.

Lewis is experienced in all facets of financing including residential as well as commercial lending.

Lewis was recruited by Dennis Mooney, Company Recruiter.

Selling homes since 1988, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. They have two offices in the Pocono Mountains. All offices are open 7 days a week. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates online at www.wilkins1.com.

Better Homes and Gardens Wilkins & Associates Welcome John Lewis Aboard

Stroudsburg - John Lewis has joined Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates as a Salesperson located at their 304 Park Avenue, Stroudsburg office.

Lewis has lived in the Poconos for the past 40 years and resides in Henryville. Lewis was employed in the position of President for 10 years for Lewis Mortgage Service, Inc.

Lewis is experienced in all facets of financing including residential as well as commercial lending.

Lewis was recruited by Dennis Mooney, Company Recruiter.

Selling homes since 1988, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. They have two offices in the Pocono Mountains. All offices are open 7 days a week. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates online at www.wilkins1.com.

WILKINS WELCOMES MCNAIR TO THE TEAM

Bushkill - Monica McNair joined Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates Bushkill office as a fulltime Realtor. Originally from New York City, McNair has lived in the Poconos for the past 6 years and resides in Country Club of the Poconos.

McNair is a 2002 graduate of the Pocono Real Estate Academy and prior to joining the Wilkins organization McNair was with Real Living Real Estate.

Said Christine Scrofano, V.P./Associate Broker, "Monica was in management at Roosevelt Hospital for 20 years and her customer service skills are very good." "With hands-on training, I'm convinced that she will be successful in the real estate field."
Scrofano is Manager of the Bushkill office.

Selling Homes Since 1988, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates on line at www.wilkins1.com

Wilkins Announced 2010 Award Winners at Quarterly Sales Meeting

Stroudsburg - At the Quarterly Company Sales Meeting held at the PMAR building on February 10, 2011, Dominick J. Sacci, Pres, along with Christine A. Scrofano, V. P./ Associate Broker and Dennis Mooney, Associate Broker presented the 2010 awards to various Agents in the company.

Tops in sales with over $14 million in closed transactions was the Carl Maurer Team, who’s made up of Carl Maurer, Associate Broker, Dennis Farrelly, Realtor, Donna Sorrentino, Administrative Assistant and the newest member of the team, James “Jimmy” Martin, Realtor.

The individual Masters Award was presented to James “Jimmy” Martin, from the Bushkill office. Said Christine A. Scrofano, V.P./Sales Manager, “Jimmy was a recruit that I brought into the company a couple of years ago and since that time, he’s won a number of awards and is a real player in the Pocono real estate market.” “I’m proud of the job that he does for my office.” boasted Scrofano.

Individual Achievement Awards were presented to Donna Dibernard, Realtor; Alfred “Todd” Hallman, Realtor, Kathy Kazimi, Senior Sales Associate, Sylwia Sacci, Associate Broker and Blanca Cordero, Realtor all from the Stroudsburg office.

Said Thomas R. Wilkins, CEO, "even though it’s a difficult market, it’s rewarding for us as Managers to recognize those Realtors that do an outstanding job for the company. These were truly the real winners in 2010.”

Selling homes since 1988, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates on line at www.wilkins1.com.

WILKINS ADD SCARSELLA TO SALES TEAM

Stroudsburg - Joseph Scarsella joined Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates as a member of their Sales Department. Scarsella has, for the past 30 years, owned his own home contracting business and for the last 5 years has been involved in commercial construction.

Scarsella was recruited by Dennis Mooney, Associate Broker of the Stroudsburg office.

Scarsella lives in Sciota, is a member of the Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania Builders Association.

Selling Homes Since 1988, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates on line at
www.wilkins1.com

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS EXPANDS RELO SERVICES

Stroudsburg - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates announced the continued expansion of their fulltime Relocation Department located at the 304 Park Avenue office.

The Wilkins organization remains a member of Employers' Resource Council (ERC) and was chosen again by a premier provider of global mobility management located in Connecticut. . This is the third year that Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates has been chosen to represent them in Northeast Pennsylvania.

ERC, located in Ohio, is a worldwide relocation network of the top real estate Brokers in the United States. Member Brokers handle corporate, broker to broker and Fortune 500 moves through brokers who have joined their network. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates has been a member of ERC for the past 7 years.

In addition to relocation services, the department will also focus on outgoing referrals and will re-promote their Commission Rebate Program whereby a person sells their home in the Poconos and then has up to 18 months to relocate to another area and purchase a home. When they do, a portion of their commission charged in the sale of their Pocono home is credited to their new purchase. "Our commission rebate program was very successful at the height of the market. When the housing industry slowed down, it wasn't used as much. We're hoping it will be used extensively in 2011." said Dominick J. Sacci, President of the Wilkins organization.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates offices are located in Stroudsburg and Bushkill. The fulltime Relocation Department is under the direction of Jessica Miller, Director of Support Services and day to day referrals are handled by Toni Jones.

Selling Homes Since 1988… Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates services the entire Pocono Mountains, North Pocono/Moscow area, historic Milford and all towns in between. Better Homes and Gardens Realtors handle listing, rentals and sales of primary, vacation and starter homes, as well as estate and farm properties. Buyer services include first and second home buyers, relocation buyers and transferees. Visit Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates on line at www.wilkins1.com