“Intelligence. Skill. Humor.” These three qualities best describe Armanda’s approach to real estate - and to life. Her background gives her a unique perspective in New York City real estate: she grew up in a United Nations family, relocating around the world with her father's assignments. Finding a home is her life-experience, and thus she is especially sensitive to the needs and emotions of people in transition, whether buying or selling a home.
The #1 Agent in the Tribeca office in 2010, Squad, as she is often called, has been a top producer in New York City for 15 years, working both with international real estate firms, as well as boutique residential firms. She is Senior Vice President and Associate Broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman, a global real estate firm providing New York City clients with local, national, and international exposure. She is experienced in the gamut of manners of how real estate is best provided to clients.
Squad represents sellers and buyers in all parts of the city. As a long-time dog-owning -- and alternate-side-of-the-street-parking -- resident of the West Village, she knows that neighborhood intimately, and she is extremely well-known to its residents, business-owners, and shopkeepers (www.westvillagespecialist.com). Additionally, she is an owner and board member at 350 Bleecker Street, and has sold almost 50 apartments there in the last eleven years (www.350bleeckerspecialist.com).
At Elliman, Squad heads “The Squad Squad,” partnering with a hand-picked team of brokers on an ad hoc basis as needed. She is a frequent lecturer at Esther Muller’s Real Estate Academy for Continuing Education “Tips from the Tops” series, and an advisor for the newly emerging Real Estate Certificate program at Truro College in downtown Manhattan. She has written “Buying Made Painless,” a brief synopsis of the buying process for first-time NYC buyers.
Armanda has an impeccable reputation not only among her clients, but also with other real estate brokers, as a deal-maker and as someone who is easy, pleasant -- and even fun - to work with. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Armanda also has a real estate presence in upstate New York, a valuable link for buyers and sellers in both areas; and she owns the Glens Falls Inn Bed & Breakfast (www.glensfallsinn.com), between Saratoga Springs and Lake George, NY. Before real estate, Armanda spent almost 20 years in corporate America. She provides practical and easy solutions to questions about budget, availability, location, property standards, and timing.
Squad is devoted to her family – partner Debbie and twins Alex and Peri, and Australian Cattle Dogs, Argos, Friday, and Astro – and to cattledog rescue (www.cattledog.com). She is also an avid motorcyclist, touring with RoadRUNNER Magazine on a regular basis, writing and photographing tour articles, and will often arrive at client appointments on her motorcycle, a Kawasaki Ninja 650R.
Armanda will be delighted to meet with you at your convenience, discuss your needs and goals, and determine together with you how best to achieve them. Please call or email anytime.