Weichert Realtors Press Release
Weichert Executive Appointed to Zillow.com® Broker Advisory Board
7/24/2008
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. – Weichert, Realtors® is proud to announce that Mike
Montsko, president of Weichert Lead Network, has been selected as a member of
Zillow.com’s newly formed Broker Advisory Board. Montsko and nine other influential leaders in
the real estate industry were chosen for this prestigious position to provide
insight on existing Zillow® services and evaluate ideas for future products and
services.
“In
selecting our Broker Advisory Board, we wanted a range of different types of
companies represented—both franchise and independent, large and small, national
and regional,” said Jorrit Van der Meulen, Zillow’s vice president of partner
relations. “We asked people whom we know to be leaders in the industry, and we
believe this Board will help us in planning and building our products and
services in a way that serves the real estate community to our full potential.”
As
president of the Weichert Lead Network, Montsko oversees Weichert.com and the
company’s overall Internet presence.
Montsko played a lead role in developing Weichert’s state-of-the-art
customer contact center, which uses sophisticated technology to deliver
responsive personal service to online and 800-number customers seven days a
week. He has also been distinguished as
one of the ‘100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders’ by Inman News.
“Mike’s exceptional insight and innovative
thinking have significantly influenced the real estate industry,” said Van der
Meulen. “We are excited to have him as a part of our Broker Advisory Board.”
The Zillow
Broker Advisory Board members will meet with the company’s partner relations
team multiple times each year, both at Zillow’s headquarters in Seattle and
elsewhere.
Weichert
has nearly 18,000 sales associates in more than 500 company-owned and
franchised sales offices in key markets throughout the U.S. A family of full-service real estate and
financial services companies, Weichert helps customers buy and sell both
residential and commercial real estate, and streamlines the delivery of
mortgages and home and title insurance.
For more information, Weichert's customer service center can be reached
at 1-800-USA-SOLD or at Weichert's Web site, www.weichert.com. Each Weichert franchised office is
independently owned and operated.
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