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Managing Real Estate Broker - Howard Hanna Rand Realty - License # 49FA1074963
J. Philip Faranda is based in Briarcliff Manor, NY. His market covers Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, & Dutchess counties. Almost 500 clients and customers have closed transactions with him since 2005 for over a quarter billion dollars worth of property sold. Ever the high-producing listing agent, he counts among his specialties hard to sell properties & short sales.
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Please forgive me. After 3+ years on Facebook and being added by all sorts of people just looking to sell me something, recruit me, evangelize me, convert me, marry me (I am, apparently, very popular in the Phillipines) or otherwise solicit me, I am reticent to confirm all friend requests.  I'll ...
08/18/2012
I may be forced to turn in my Man Card for blogging about Pinterest, but I have actually had an account for quite some time, maybe even a year. I don't remember, because once I registered to check it out, I didn't get it and left it alone.  Every so often, I'd get an email telling me someone else...
08/17/2012
Yes, I will be there with Debbie and hopefully all AR folk who live driving distance from Westchester County.  Feel free to call me if you have any questions. Meetups have been a blast- it is great to break bread with people in real life. Phil Faranda and I are going to host another Active Rain m...
08/17/2012
I started my company in 2005 as a solo guy in a spare bedroom. Seven years later I am humbled that the firm has grown to 34 licensees and induction into the most prestigious consortium of independently owned companies in my market area. It has been hard, rewarding and sometimes frustrating work, ...
07/26/2012
First Time Home Buyer Questionnaire Name: _________________________________________________Current Address:__________________________________________ __________________________________________Email: _______________________________                     Cell phone:___________________________ So tha...
07/08/2012
Way back when before I got married and became a husband/father/broker dude, I took a year off from the rat race and worked as a bartender. Tending bar is not as easy as it looks; You work the hours of the manager, you need the skills of the servers in addition to mixing a hundred types of drinks,...
07/04/2012
06/30/2012
Real Estate professionals go through technology like bath water. When I was younger, old or outdated things were dismissed as "so 70's" or "so 10 years ago." Today, we often refer to an outdated thing as "so March." I got my first Android-the original Droid- phone in 2009. I later upgraded to a D...
06/25/2012
05/27/2012
We recieved two voicemails from an agent who had called to show one of our listings. They were so over the top nasty that my Queens-native wife and I looked at each other stunned that a licensee would leave a permanent record of such hostility. I recorded the messages and sent them as an attachme...
05/14/2012
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J. Philip Faranda

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local_phone(914) 762-2500
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Phil Faranda is broker and owner of J. Philip Real Estate LLC in Briarcliff Manor, NY. Since founding the firm as a sole practitioner in late 2005, the team has grown to over 80 agents & closed 1000+ transactions valued at over $1 billion. He was 2014 President of the HGMLS and a 2017 Inman Influencer. This blog commentary is geared toward consumers and industry colleagues alike. You can reach him at (914) 723-8900.
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