Managing Broker Panel - Working through Covid
Meet our Panelists
About Maggie Buck
Maggie Buck brings more than 25 years of high-end real estate experience to the team at Douglas Elliman. Serving as the Managing Broker and Office Manager for the Coral Gables office, she understands the needs of the area’s most influential brokers, agents and clientele and consistently provides the highest level of support to all.
Overseeing the daily operations of the Coral Gables office takes a unique blend of skills and personality that has a direct impact on the success and the growth of the brand. Maggie is a tenacious and dedicated professional. Her efforts recruiting top-notch associates, support and supervisory techniques and ability to guide staff through their day-to-day business allows the team to do what they do best, list and sell properties while delivering exceptional service.
Creating, implementing and collaborating on plans that foster business development, sustained growth, creative and cutting-edge marketing and skillful negotiation are among Maggie’s specialties.
Deeply connected to the South Florida community and active in her industry, Maggie is a current member of the Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers (CRB), serves as the Chairperson of Professional Standards Committee at the Miami Association of Realtors, a member of Florida Realtors Broker Engagement Committee, an active member of the Master Brokers Forum, and is a Certified Florida Supreme Court County Court Mediator.
About Mercedes Saewitz
Born and raised in Coconut Grove, Mercedes Saewitz was the founder and owner of M Group Realty. After Esslinger Wooten Maxwell purchased the company from her in 2009, she joined ONE Sotheby's in 2011. In 2015, Mercedes made the transition to Compass as one of the company’s first Miami agents.
She was first educated at the prestigious Ransom Everglades School, and then earned a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Miami in 1998. During her college career, Mercedes also became fluent in Spanish through the school's prized study abroad program in South America.
As the daughter of local business and real estate mogul Max P. Saewitz, Mercedes learned early on what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur in the real estate business. Mercedes first applied her business acumen as manager of various Miami nightclubs, and she eventually ran the famed Opium Group for five years before launching her career in real estate.
Her initial entry to real estate was in the commercial field, and that remains where her true passion lies. Through her deep Miami roots and extensive local network, she quickly progressed into her position as one of Miami's top high-end residential real estate producers.
Mercedes specialized in high-end luxury homes, commercial real estate, and development sales in South Florida. Backed with extensive knowledge of both "up and coming" and established enclaves throughout the Greater Miami area, Mercedes is committed to delivering superior service and facilitating each real estate transaction with a dedication to excellence, therefore her transition to Management was a natural evolution in her career. She is driven to help her agents with the transactional process, product, and overall growth of the agent's business.
About Ody Sierra
OdySierra@BHHSFloridaRealty.com
Odalys “Ody” Sierra embarked into the electrifying world of real estate over 3 decades ago. Rei Mesa, C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty, strategically brought Ody to lead the powerhouse of brokers at his branch office in Coral Gables, located at 135 San Lorenzo Avenue, Suite 150. She is armed with the ability to establish strong and meaningful relationships, a passion to coach and motivate individuals, a trifecta of knowledge: mortgage processing, title closer and real estate brokerage, Ody’s office has grown expediential. The sales force has grown by 42% and sales about 52% in just 4 years. “It’s my team. It’s my thing! Coaching high-performance Attitudes, highly effective Skills and dynamic Habits; C.A.S.H.”
Married with 3 adult children and committed to these words: you are the architect of your own destiny. She successfully owned and operated a world-class boutique real estate firm. Served on the Board of Directors for Florida Realtors for 13 years and joined a handful of noteworthy committees during that time. These days you’ll find her at her office coaching up her 100 plus Sales Professionals with her signature ideology, what they warmly refer to as C.A.S.H. She’s implemented The West Coast Offense Meets the Perfect 17. “I’m coaching real estate professionals to reach beyond their own objectives, with more dynamic habits, confident attitude while mastering all the skills of a Forever Agent.”