Doug Sullivan, of Sarasota-based Ian Black Real Estate, recently achieved the Certified Business Intermediary designation.
This designation means that Sullivan is an experienced business broker, according to the International Business Brokers Association, and can objectively guide local companies through the sale of their business.
The CBI designation is not commonly held by real estate professionals. Sullivan’s credential will allow commercial real estate brokerage firm Ian Black Real Estate to offer business broker services in-house when clients seek to sell both their real estate and business.
Earning the CBI requires 68 hours of course study and passing an exam. Sullivan also had to attend the IBBA conference and complete at least three qualifying business transactions with a selling value of more than $100,000.
Sullivan joined Ian Black Real Estate in 2019 with more than 30 years of retail experience and project development leadership.
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Thomas Cristello, of Michael Saunders and Company’s Main Street Sarasota office, has earned certification from the U.S. Military on the Move program.
The MOM program provides a credit to active duty troops, those retired with 20 years of service and wounded warrior military veterans when buying or selling a home.
Michael Saunders & Company participates in MOM through its affiliation with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World.
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Martha Smith is October Salesperson of the Month at Paradise Realty of Venice Inc. She led the staff of 16 agents in new listings and sales pending.
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Kim Hinderliter has joined the Main Street, Sarasota office of Michael Saunders & Company.
Real estate has been an integral part of Hinderliter’s life since childhood. Her mother was a real estate agent and her brothers are appraisers.
She has bought and sold many properties as investments with her husband and also partnered with him in their own construction and design business.
Her experience in interior design and staging is an added benefit to her real estate clients when helping to get their homes ready to sell, as well as helping her buyers visualize the potential in properties they want to purchase.
After graduating from college with a bachelor’s, she launched her career in Manhattan’s fashion industry, where she worked for many years before transitioning her career into interior design.
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Agent earns Certified Business Intermediary designation