Sheri Bishop

March 28, 2022April 24, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Sheri

Year first licensed in Real Estate: 2002
Prior occupation: Sales manager at Collette Vacations
Educational accomplishments: Associates degree in business management
Personal and/or professional accomplishments: Continue to increase production, mentor new agents, involved in the construction end of flipping houses, am an investor as well.
Awards/recognitions received: Productivity awards and coaching awards
Office location: Smithfield

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
To control my own destiny

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
I enjoy teaching others and helping people succeed

I enjoy teaching others and helping people succeed

Margaret Summer

March 22, 2022May 4, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Margaret

Year first licensed in Real Estate: 2010
Prior occupation: Small business owner
Educational accomplishments: Learning English upon arrival in USA, obtaining my Citizenship, real estate license in NJ, completing FNI finance platform (fellow of the Nautical Institute), few real estate certifications like SFR, RPR, PSA, also completed 24 Pre-Broker course.
Personal and/or professional accomplishments: 1987 was the year I made the most difficult and most frightening decision of my life. Without any family or even basic English I came to “the land of opportunity” and everything after has been exactly that. In 2004 as an immigrant and a woman I established a small but successful business and I enjoyed it for 16 years. I made a lot of great friendships and raised 3 kids. Life is Good!
Awards/recognitions received: Sales starting from a fur coat company, to Fendi, car sales and real estate.
Office location: Warwick

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
It was actually accidental, in search of better opportunities I started working for a rental agency in Fort Lee NJ, the broker was very supportive and saw something in me, eventually pushing me to get my license and the rest is history. Other than a well raised child I don’t know of a better reward than a gratitude of a happy homeowner, especially a first time homeowner, gets me every time.

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
I think I have reached the age where I really want to give back. Building my own success is very empowering and I think it would be a lot more enjoyable if I could share parts of my roadmap with others. I especially enjoy helping women gain their confidence, perhaps because it took me so long to gain my own. Also, I believe that helping someone else will keep me accountable and therefore a better agent.

Building my own success is very empowering and I think it would be a lot more enjoyable if I could share parts of my roadmap with others

Mary Shawcross

January 11, 2022May 4, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Mary Shawcross

Beginning a business as an agent can be overwhelming. I’d like to be able to show a new agent how to get started with some basic pointers and build from there…

Year first licensed in Real Estate: 2015
Prior occupation: Homemaker
Educational accomplishments: BFA Fine Arts
Personal and/or professional accomplishments: 20+ year member of Mount Hope Community Garden and help run the garden. Planted over 50 city trees through the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program.
Awards/recognitions received: GPBOR 2020 Circle of Sales Awards Silver
Office location: Warwick

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
I used to help my husband restore properties and had rental property, so I had been involved with the industry but wanted a license to open horizons and change the direction of the particular field I had been working in.

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
Beginning a business as an agent can be overwhelming. I’d like to be able to show a new agent how to get started with some basic pointers and build from there, essentially explaining the steps from working with someone they know or 1st point of contact through to closing.

Valerie Girouard

January 6, 2022August 29, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Valerie

I hope to help new agents understand the real reason they should be a realtor – it’s all about helping people.

Year first licensed in Real Estate: 1989
Prior occupation: Teacher (junior high and high school) Managed a surgical practice for a doctor.
Educational accomplishments: Bachelor of Arts in secondary education
Awards/recognitions received:
- Multi Diamond Awards from NRIBOR
- Ruby Masters from Century 21
- Occasional monthly award recognition through HomeSmart
- Multi million dollar production awards HomeSmart
Office location: Warwick

Personal and/or professional accomplishments:
I enjoy all the relationships I’ve made working with buyers and sellers over the years and consider these my most treasured professional accomplishments.

On a personal level, I was able to get the Oprah Winfrey show to invite my cousin and me to her show, based on a letter I wrote about my cousin. I also enabled my cousin to win the Jefferson Award from WJAR based on another letter of recommendation I wrote about her. I enabled my mom to win Mother of the Year, based on a letter I wrote about her and her good deeds. I am proud to say I took her to live with me for the last 10 years of her life, and I know she appreciated that. My most important personal accomplishment was raising 3 awesome humans on my own after my divorce.

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
When I bought my first house, I was completely underwhelmed with the realtors I saw houses with, which led me to believe that it was an easy job. I had 3 small children and felt I could easily work around their school and activity schedules. I believe most newly licensed agents, in their naivete, say they got into real estate because they love seeing houses, and I admit, that was a real draw for me as well.

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
Over the years I’ve come to realize that agents do not sell houses – houses sell themselves. What agents do is counsel, advise, and guide the clients. We are their source of education, helping them to plan and make decisions that best fit their needs. We listen to them, we laugh with them, sometimes we cry with them, and for the stretch of time that we get to spend with them, we fall completely in love with them! (Most of them!) When it’s all over, we say goodbye, wish them well, and miss them and the daily contact, but we stay in touch with them. These relationships are precious and I hope to help new agents understand the real reason they should be a realtor – it’s all about helping people.

Paula Allin

August 5, 2021April 24, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Paula

Year first licensed in Real Estate: 2010
Prior occupation: Retail related, District Manager, District Trainor, Auditor, Marketing Director
Educational accomplishments:
- Associates degree from CCRI in Computer Science
- Senior Real Estate Specialist
- Accredited Buyers Representative
Office location: Smithfield

Personal and/or professional accomplishments:
For me, one of the best personal/ professional accomplishments is to be self-employed and to be financially successful as well. The work is not easy but it is very rewarding.

Awards/recognitions received:
Several awards in both my past field as well as Real Estate for Sales Volume and Client Services

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
It was a natural fit for me, I have always worked in some capacity in a sales environment. Helping people realize their dream of homeownership is what really motivates me.

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
I would like to help new agents realize their potential and help get them on the right track to do their job well and to be successful. I enjoy watching someone find their niche and become successful and happy with that.

I would like to help new agents realize their potential…

Joe Caprara

July 6, 2021April 24, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Joe

Year acquired Real Estate license: 2009
Prior occupation: Marketing & Merchandising
Education: Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration
Accomplishments: Owned a business for 10 years
Awards:
- 2012 – Rising Star – Kent Washington Association of Realtors
- 2015 – Director – Kent Washington Association of Realtors
- 2012-2015 – Education Committee Co-Chairman – Kent Washington Association of Realtors
- 2017 – HomeSmart Professionals Real Estate Spirit Award
Office location: Warwick

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
Because it is my own business. I like being my own boss.

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
I love selling real estate and helping people navigate an important and expensive decision. Having said that, I want to help others develop the same passion I have for helping others and being their own boss.

I want to help others develop the same passion I have for helping others and being their own boss.

Deborah Giannini

July 5, 2021April 24, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Deborah

Licensed in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts
2019 “Top 10 RI Realtors for Best Customer Service”
Office location: Warwick

Deborah has brought her knowledge of over 30+ years as a paralegal in the areas of real estate and corporate into her real estate career and takes pride in her “old school” work ethic and energetic leadership skills. Her good real estate conscience and ability to serve people is partially the reason for her success representing both buyers and sellers in residential and commercial transactions.

Professionally, she is a member of the Greater Providence Board of Realtors and National Chair for the RI Realtors Political Action Committee Participation Counsel (to benefit policies affecting homeownership in RI), a member of Awards Task Force, Community Awareness, Government Affairs, Grievance and Professional Development. On a personal level, she is also a representative for Foster Forward Mentorship Program, RI Junior Achievement and is a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children with the RI Family Court and on the Board of Directors for CharterCare, Community Advisory Committee representing local hospitals, and an active member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cranston.

Deborah enjoys …helping people achieve their goals and dreams.

Deborah has been featured in Providence Business News-Business Women regarding her leadership ability and was the recipient of the 2011 Woman Achievement Award and was nominated again this year. She was invited to speak before the Rhode Island Senate to share valuable information about small businesses in Rhode Island and was recently the graduation commencement speaker to a local business school and serves as a motivational speaker to local organizations in her community.

She grew up in Bristol, Rhode Island and has two children, Gianna a recent Master Degree graduate in Counseling Psychology from Johnson & Wales University and working at Butler Hospital, she was also a graduate of LaSalle Academy and purchased her first piece of investment property at the age of 22 and just closed on her second at age 25. Thomas is also a recent graduate of LaSalle Academy and is attending New England Technical Institute in Business Management. They reside in Cranston, although she has lived in Bristol, Chepachet and Saunderstown, she prides herself on being a true Rhode Islander.

Elyse Gesmondi

July 5, 2021October 4, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Elyse

Year acquired Real Estate license: 2002
Prior occupation: Educator and corporate trainer
Office location: Smithfield

Personal and/or professional accomplishments:
Professionally, I have been a multi-million dollar producer for almost every year that I have been selling real estate. I am a five-star professional in Rhode Island five years in a row. I have bought and sold millions of dollars of real estate in my career. I pride myself on treating my clients like family and trying to make every client feel like they are my only one. Service is my main focus.

Personally, I have grown my business through times of trials and tribulations and still found myself on top. I have two children and a loving talented husband. Together we built our own home with our own hands. Physically, emotionally, and mentally it was one of the hardest and coolest things I’ve ever done. I learned more about myself, my business, and my product than I could’ve learned in tens of transactions and it only makes me a better Realtor®.

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
I started the business in 2002. I had been teaching sales for several years. My mom was struck ill which forced me to come back to RI. I needed a more flexible schedule to be there for my mom and to be able to fund my lifestyle at the same time. I had been buying and selling real estate since I was 20 years old personally and decided that I would utilize my personal experience and my professional experience as a sales trainer and combine them into something I love to do. I have never looked back.

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
My drive to be a mentor is my need to teach. Selfishly, I do my best when I am able to help someone else grow their business. Simultaneously, my business does better because of them. So it’s a mutually beneficial situation. My years of experience as a salesperson and the idiosyncrasies of the transactions that I have seen in my lifetime, make me a great person to be there for advice.

Service is my main focus.

Denise Rogan

July 4, 2021April 24, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Denise

Year acquired Real Estate license: 2000
Prior occupation: Property Management
Education: Business Management – Real Estate Institute
Accomplishments: Respite provider for children with special needs
Awards:
- Buffini Mentor
- Diamond Awards – Northern RI Board of Realtors
- HomeSmart Professionals Three Diamond Award
- April 2017 – HomeSmart Professionals Top Listing Award
Office location: Smithfield

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
Ever since I bought my first house in 1976, I was intrigued by real estate. In 1985 I found myself as a single parent and had the opportunity to work as a property manager. When I remarried in 2000, my husband encouraged me to follow my passion for real estate.

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
I love teaching and helping people to grow in their careers. It gives me such joy to watch their success.

I love teaching and helping people to grow in their careers.

Bryan Orcutt

July 1, 2021April 24, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Bryan

Year first licensed in Real Estate: 2009
Prior occupation: Financial Services
Educational accomplishments: BS from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Personal and/or professional accomplishments:
- Recipient of Series 4, 7, 52, and 66
- Very good horrible piano player
Office location: Warwick

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
I was interested in the investment aspect of real estate.

Why did you choose to become a Mentor?:
Being a Mentor helps focus your thoughts on what it’s like to be a new agent. There is no better way to become proficient in a skill than to teach. I have been on 2 very large teams in Mass & RI with knowledge of bank-owned properties, short sales, auctions, working with buyers & sellers.

Being a Mentor helps focus your thoughts on what it’s like to be a new agent.

Schedule a Meeting with Bryan

Shane Feeney

February 15, 2019April 24, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Shane

Year first licensed in Real Estate: 2013
Prior occupation: Banking/Financial services in Scottsdale, AZ
Educational accomplishments: ASU- Finance
Office location: Warwick

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
I had been a stay-at-home mom since moving to Rhode Island in 1999. I knew I could not return to a 9-5 office job. I wanted something more challenging & rewarding, both mentally & financially. Real Estate was something I had always been interested in, and decided to pursue in 2013.

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
In a business that, unless you are part of a team or have your own, you work largely alone, being a coach lets me connect with new HomeSmart agents. I enjoy helping each participant become the most successful, well-rounded Realtor® possible.

I enjoy helping each participant become the most successful, well-rounded Realtor® possible.

Rob Scungio

July 30, 2015April 24, 2023 ~ HomeSmartRI

About Rob

Year first licensed in Real Estate: 2014
Prior occupation: Small Business Owner/Jewelry Manufacturing
Awards/recognitions received (not only real estate): Home Smart Professionals Diamond Club Member
Educational accomplishments: Business Management
Office location: Warwick

Why did you get into the real estate industry?
I needed a new career change after selling my manufacturing business. I’ve never held a Monday thru Friday, 9-5 Job and knew that I needed to find a new career that would be challenging and different every day. I was encouraged to look into real estate. I did, and the rest is history!

Why did you choose to become a Coach?
I launched my real estate career with HomeSmart Professionals! I too started as a brand new Realtor and completed the mentorship program here at Home Smart. I truly value the program and completely understand how important it is, as a brand new Realtor, to have a mentor by your side to guide you through the processes. Having a seasoned Realtor by my side gave me the confidence and knowledge to put myself out there to obtain new business and launch my career! I have much gratitude towards Dean and this program, I look forward to paying it forward!

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