Jean Cameron-Smith works with Michael Fields and Nancy Hutchens behind the scenes to offer you the benefit of highly developed skills in all critical phases of a successful real estate transaction. We have brought together our corporate sales, marketing strategy and production, and consulting skills acquired in world-class corporations to real estate-individually our private passion for many years. We offer: We have the strength of Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty behind us. Sotheby's International Realty is a world-class, internationally recognized brand that attracts an international clientele.
- Sophisticated graphics and video production and editing programs and equipment. These resources enable us to produce cutting edge marketing tools like our audio/visual tours.
- Professional photography equipment, which enables us to create stunning photos.
- Professional writing skills. Among us we have published a gardening and cookbook, as well as town histories of local communities.
- In-depth experience in appraisal, home inspection issues, and negotiation.
- The best information on Westchester towns and village savailable on our website which we personally created and wrote. Each month we receive over 1200 unique visitors from around the world who visit our website.
We also have staging, landscaping and hauling services and expert cleaning services available to you.
We have personally renovated seven homes-most historic-and made money in the process. We are real estate investors who understand the importance of maximizing your Return on Investment. We have a strong track record of helping buyers to think through modifications that might make your home perfect for them. We have successfully listed and sold many homes in northern Westchester, and some that were formerly listed by other Realtors. Our current listing portfolio places us in the top 1% of Realtors, reflecting the confidence of both buyers and sellers in our ability to get results, but yet able to offer highly personalized service. We have a list of references we'd be happy to share with you.
We have the strength of Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty behind us. Sotheby's International Realty is a world-class, internationally recognized brand that attracts an international clientele.
|
|
Jean Cameron-Smith
Licensed Associate Broker
Direct: 914.238.2486
Mobile: 914.645.7157
jean.cameron-smith@sothebysrealty.com |
 |
Jean services all
towns in upper Westchester County and is a luxury home
specialist. She is a relocation specialist by training and
experience, with two trans-Atlantic moves and five
relocations to other urban areas, including Philadelphia,
New York, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.
As a real estate appraiser she has the quantitative tools
necessary to better pinpoint market value. Additionally, she
is a real estate investor averaging a 200% ROI. A sales and
negotiation specialist with 20 years experience in the real
estate and television industry at CBS and Fox, Jean is a
business entrepreneur and co-owner of two businesses: Lagoon
Productions (television and video production) and Kleenfeet
(disposable show coverings).
Jean has extensive knowledge of local history and produced
three local history books: "Teatown," for the Board of
Trustees of Teatown Lake Reservation, "Yorktown" for the
Town of Yorktown and “New Castle-the hamlets if Chappaqua
and Millwood” for Julia B. Fee Real Estate.
She is a marketing professional with an MBA in marketing and
prepares marketing and media plans for her real estate
clients. She worked as Director of Marketing for CBS and
Media Planning Supervisor for Grey Advertising.
A Croton resident since 1990, with a three-year hiatus when
she relocated to Luxembourg, Jean was a real estate
columnist for the Patent Trader and provided Real Estate
Tips on radio station WLNA 1420AM.
Along with her partners, Nancy Hutchens and Michael Fields,
they produced The Real Estate Show of Westchester, the first
television show exclusively devoted to real estate in
Westchester.
|
|
Nancy Hutchens
Licensed
Salesperson
Mobile: 914.261.8623
nancy_hutchens@comcast.net |
With almost $10 million in sales in the last
three years, Nancy ranks among the top realtors in Central
and Northern Westchester. Her track record reflects her
success in helping sellers to find the best buyer for their
single most important asset, their house, and helping buyers
at all price points to find homes that fit both their
pocketbook and lifestyle needs.
Servicing the Westchester communities of Chappaqua,
Briarcliff Manor, Ossining, Croton, Pleasantville and the
Hudson River Towns, she offers marketing savvy, in-depth
community knowledge and a sophisticated understanding of the
buying process to her clients. As a real estate investor,
she has renovated five historical homes with an excellent
return on investment and brings a hands-on knowledge of how
to achieve high-impact renovations. With her extensive
experience in luxury and unique properties, Nancy has marketed significant country estates, sumptuous town homes,
notable antiques and Hudson River mansions.
As an entrepreneur, Nancy had her own management consulting
business, where she worked with all organizational levels
including many CEOs. Long-term clients included Time, Inc.,
The New York Times Company, Reed Exhibition Company,
Scholastic, as well as the Boston office of McKinsey and
Company, he consulting firm.
Nancy, who has a Ph.D. in Behavioral Science from Rice
University, is an expert in managing change and the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a personality profile used
extensively in sales and management. Negotiation,
communication and problem solving are just some of the
skills acquired in the corporate arena helpful to her real
estate clients.
For fun she authored two books published by Pocket Books,
Memories of a Midwestern Farm, about her experiences growing
up and cooking on an Indiana farm, and A Garden's Grace, a
how-to premier based on her gardening experiences in the
historic Sparta section of Ossining. |
|
Michael Fields
Licensed Salesperson
|
Michael brings a wide range of sophisticated
marketing, production, building and renovation experience to
his real estate clients. In additional to working directly
with buyers, Michael is the team's in-house creative and
technical wizard. He created our signature 'audio/visual
house tours' which offer an appealing emotional presentation
of your house without the intrusiveness of traditional
virtual tours. However, where video is appropriate, Michael
shoots and edits on-air quality video.
As the Creative Director of The Real Estate Show of
Westchester, Michael edited and produced eight one-half hour
programs showcasing over one-hundred of the most beautiful
homes Sotheby's has for sale in Westchester. The show aired
on cable in 2006.
Prior to his career in real estate, Michael provided editing
and graphic services for both large and small businesses
using a Final Cut Pro edit system, After Effects, Photoshop,
Illustrator, GoLive, and Quark on PC and Mac. He has also
created websites for several clients and works with the
team's web master to insure our website is up-to-date.
Michael has professional experience in the production of
Television, Radio and Corporate Audio Visual at CBS, NBC,
ABC and Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's largest ad
agencies.
For thirteen years Michael was the Vice President of
Eyepatch Productions, a subsidiary of O&M NY and the largest
in-house facility of its kind in the advertising industry
with billings of over $4,000,000.
Michael's building and renovation experience covers all
phases from hands-on carpentry to commercial. When O & M
moved to World Wide Plaza; Michael conceived, specified and
supervised the construction of a new $5,000,000 production
facility in raw space. After three years in planning and
construction, finished project on time and on budget.
Michael has designed and executed the renovation—including
major additions—of seven homes ranging from a NYC apartment
to three historic homes. All properties produced a
substantial ROI.
Michael has excellent client relations skills acquired at
the networks where he worked as a stage manager to set
on-air talent at ease or helping business executives through
the trauma of a video presentation. |
|
