Press Release

Weichert Executives Named as Members of Inman's '100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders'

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. – Weichert, Realtors is proud to announce that Jim Weichert, founder and president, and Michael Montsko, president of Weichert Lead Network, have been included on the Inman News list of the ‘100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders.’

Jim Weichert is recognized in the Brokerage category, which is reserved for luminaries who have made waves in the residential real estate brokerage business.  Inman News cites Weichert’s 40 years of sales experience and the growth of Weichert, Realtors from a single office in 1969 to one of the largest privately held real estate companies in the nation as the primary reason for his inclusion on their list.

Joining Weichert on the Inman News list is Michael Montsko, president of Weichert Lead Network.  Montsko is acknowledged in the Technology and Online Real Estate category, which is reserved for leaders in technology development who have changed the way that real estate professionals conduct business.  Montsko is honored for his oversight of the Weichert Lead Network, which includes a multi-million dollar Internet marketing campaign to drive traffic to Weichert.com, a call center that receives information and calls consumers within minutes to qualify them, and an underlying computer program that decides which associates to call.

Inman News is the nation’s leading independent real estate news service.  The annual '100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders' list reflects the industry’s best and brightest, as well as outside figures whose actions influence the home buying and selling business.  According to Inman News, “the people on this list embrace leadership, innovation, ingenuity, power and persistence.”

Weichert has nearly 18,500 sales associates in over 500 company-owned and franchised sales offices in key markets throughout the U.S.  A family of full-service real estate and financial services companies, Weichert helps customers buy and sell both residential and commercial real estate, and streamlines the delivery of mortgages and home and title insurance.  For more information, Weichert's customer service center can be reached at 1-800-USA-SOLD or at Weichert's Web site, www.weichert.com.  Each Weichert franchised office is independently owned and operated.

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