Susan is an Associate Broker at Brown Harris Stevens with an over 40-year history of comprehensive real estate brokerage, marketing, branding, and consulting services. Her clients have ranged from individuals and small businesses to multi-billion-dollar international conglomerates. Susan has been in the top tier of BHS agents year after year.
Susan's first job in real estate was with a major national real estate company in New Jersey. In 1980, she joined Merrill Lynch Realty as Director of Marketing, later becoming Vice President of Domestic and International Sales and Marketing. Susan was instrumental in creating the firm's international cross-referral sales network linking the overseas Private Client brokerage offices of Merrill Lynch with the domestic offices of Merrill Lynch Realty.
Her strong marketing and high net-worth luxury branding skills were the foundation for developing successful marketing strategies and tools for the company. Applying her public relations and branding skills, Susan was successful in enhancing the image of some of the firm's mid-to-luxury, high-end realty offices in strategic markets. During her tenure at Merrill Lynch Realty, Susan was also responsible for the national sales, marketing, advertising, and public relations for the 480 wholly owned and operated residential real estate offices across the United States. In this capacity, Susan oversaw 10,000 agents.
When Merrill Lynch sold its real estate operations to Prudential Real Estate affiliates in 1989, Susan organized her own New York City-based firm, Jean-Marc Levet, and Partners. With offices in Paris and New York, the firm served high-net worth clients, including owners of residential and commercial real estate. In 1996, Susan merged her company into Brown Harris Stevens.
In addition to brokering high-end residential sales and commercial sales/leasing, Susan has acted as sales and marketing consultant for the following international residential and resort developments: "Kensington Green" in London, England, "Sandy Port" in Nassau, Bahamas, "Virgin Grand" in St. Johns, US Virgin Islands, and the "Four Seasons Resort and Hotel" in Nevis, WI.
Over the last three decades, Susan has been a lecturer and special guest speaker, sharing her knowledge of the practices of international brokerage, cultural overviews and protocols, and international real estate topics with real estate professionals and associations all over the world. She has taught continuing education courses on international topics for the Real Estate Board of New York, the New York State Association of Realtors, and the New York University School of Real Estate.
These numerous personal, professional, and business activities have given Susan a well-rounded and broad exposure to international real estate markets and specifically, the unique luxury high-end real estate category.
