Wednesday, January 23, 2008

A Mother's Pride Never Ceases

Today, I wound my way across Sunset Blvd. to check out the development of our newest office. I knew that the rain meant that traffic from the Beverly Hills office to the Sunset one would be worse than usual. (You how skittish we Angelenos get once the weather is less than sunny.)

But with the new office furniture delivery today, I had to be there. Just like the fabled postal service motto says, "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," the task had to be completed. As an aside note, according to the USPS website, the belief that it's their motto is a product of urban myth. They actually don't have an official one.

With the addition of our third office (Beverly Hills and Brentwood being one and two), Nourmand & Associates continues to grow. And I have my son, Michael, to thank for continuing our company's success.

Which brings me to my next thought. A mother's pride never ceases. Michael was recently quoted on the Reuters website. The article summarizes the family company's history. "The Nourmand family has acquired and developed properties in Los Angeles since 1972. By 1976, Stephan Nourmand founded Nourmand & Associates and quickly expanded his residential real estate business from a small office of 5 agents, to the 3 burgeoning offices operating today comprised of over 125 agents."

Our business is one of the only boutique real estate companies left on the Westside. Numerous others were swallowed up by nationally known companies. These businesses were buying out smaller brokerages throughout Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, and other cities throughout LA so quickly that it's hard to remember what the real estate business was like before they arrived.

Nourmand & Associates continues to thrive under the tough competition. I believe that much of our success has to do with our company's commitment to community, our brokers and agents, and our families.

After sizing up the latest development of the new brokerage on Sunset, I had to be back at my Beverly Hills office by 5:00 p.m. to prepare my latest listing. Driving back and forth across town during rush hour is never fun, and made worse by inclement weather. It's just another small example of the commitment it takes to succeed in this business.
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