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Long and Foster in September of 2014, etermination, etermination, knowledge knowledge and experience and experience are atare atwas sold was to sold to Long and Foster in September of 2014, officeoffice merged with with LongLong and Foster the forefront the forefront of hisoftraits. his traits. Combine Combine this with this with his Buckingham his Buckingham merged and Foster where he held sales manager professionalism professionalism and an and unyielding an unyielding workwork ethic,ethic,Doylestown, Doylestown, where he the heldtitle the of title of sales manager taking the helm of theofMedia officeoffice as theasmanand you andhave you have qualities qualities that enable that enable RalphRalph DiGuiseppe DiGuiseppe before before taking the helm the Media the manbroker where he has for the III toIII manage to manage one ofone theofmost the most successful successful brokerages brokerages in inagingaging broker where hebeen has been forlast thethree-plus last three-plus years.years. Last year the Media officeoffice was recognized as theas the the entire the entire Philadelphia Philadelphia footprint. footprint. As the Asmanaging the managing bro- broLast year the Media was recognized largelarge officeoffice for combined market shareshare in in ker ofker theofLong the Long and Foster and Foster Media Media OfficeOffice in Delaware in Delaware number-one number-one for combined market whichwhich factors in theinoffices ability to also County, County, RalphRalph and his andteam his team of professional of professional affiliates affiliates the company the company factors the offices ability to also administer administer to thetodaily the daily needsneeds of 150-plus of 150-plus agents. agents. In ad-In adservice service their their clients clients with with mortgage mortgage and title and services. title services. ditiondition to managing to managing the Media the Media office,office, RalphRalph maintains maintains Additionally, Additionally, RalphRalph and his andmanaging his managing partner partner Beth Beth En- Ena personal a personal satellite satellite officeoffice in Historic in Historic Bristol Bristol Borough Borough drizzi, drizzi, werewere nominated nominated for the forprestigious the prestigious Foster Foster Cup Cup whichwhich he utilizes he utilizes to service to service all hisalllocal his local buyers buyers and and Award, Award, whichwhich recognizes recognizes thosethose who achieve who achieve overall overall in real sellers. sellers. Recently, Recently, he took he took over over as theaslisting the listing broker broker at atexcellence excellence inestate. real estate. Radcliffe Radcliffe CourtCourt whichwhich is a luxury is a luxury town-home town-home commucommunity in nity Bristol, in Bristol, featuring featuring 73 units 73 units nestled nestled on the onbanks the banksFor Ralph, For Ralph, the most the most rewarding rewarding part of part being of being in thein the of theofDelaware the Delaware River.River. industry revolves around one fundamental principle industry revolves around one fundamental principle whichwhich is theisnumerous relationships and longstandthe numerous relationships and longstandhe has over over the years. “As an ing friendships hecreated has created the years. “As an Ralph’s Ralph’s real estate real estate career career beganbegan 19 years 19 years ago with ago with ing friendships I haveI have the opportunity to help and sellers Century Century 21 Alliance, 21 Alliance, first as first anas agent an agent at theatBensalem the Bensalemagent,agent, the opportunity to buyers help buyers and sellers navigate through through whatwhat will most will most likelylikely be thebebiggest the biggest and Levittown and Levittown offices, offices, and then and then as theasmanager the manager at at navigate their their Buckingham Buckingham location. location. WhenWhen Century Century 21 Alliance 21 Alliancefinancial financial transaction transaction they ever they make. ever make. As a manager, As a manager, I I
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get toget play to aplay completely a completely different different role as role as I am there I am there to offer to offer dailydaily support support and adand advice, vice, whilewhile helping helping themthem achieve achieve what-whatever level ever level of growth of growth they desire they desire from from the the business.” business.” The balance The balance of managing of managing an an officeoffice whilewhile providing providing the highest the highest level level of service of service to histoown his clients own clients requires requires a a majormajor commitment commitment as Ralph as Ralph travels travels from from BucksBucks to Delco to Delco each each week.week. Like many Like many in theinindustry, the industry, Ralph’s Ralph’s roadmap roadmap didn’tdidn’t originally originally start start with with him him wanting wanting to beto a real be aestate real estate agent.agent. As a As a graduate graduate of St.ofJoseph’s St. Joseph’s University University with with a degree a degree in finance, in finance, he originally he originally worked worked on the onPhiladelphia the Philadelphia StockStock Exchange Exchange before before eventually eventually attending attending gradugraduate school ate school at Philadelphia at Philadelphia College College of of Osteopathic Osteopathic Medicine. Medicine. This This is when is when he he obtained obtained his real hisestate real estate license license in hopes in hopes of providing of providing a source a source of income of income whilewhile pursuing pursuing a medical a medical degree. degree. “I truly “I truly had had no idea no what idea what I wanted I wanted to do,” toRalph do,” Ralph tells tells us. His us.parents His parents always always encouraged encouraged him him to goto into go ainto career a career that made that made him happy. him happy. “They“They always always told me toldthat me itthat doesn’t it doesn’t mat- matter what ter what you do you indo lifeinfor lifea for career, a career, you you just have just have to enjoy to enjoy it! Don’t it! Don’t makemake a career a career decision decision purely purely off how off much how much it pays, it pays, be- becausecause therethere are aare lot of a lot unhappy of unhappy people people in theinworld the world who make who make a lot of a lot money.” of money.” You can Yousay canthat say real that estate real estate was was somewhat somewhat always always in Ralph’s in Ralph’s bloodblood as as he technically he technically grewgrew up inup theinindustry, the industry, just in just a different in a different capacity. capacity. His father, His father, RalphRalph DiGuiseppe DiGuiseppe Jr., isJr., a successful is a successful general general contractor contractor and custom and custom homehome builder builder who’swho’s beenbeen working working and buildand building ining Bucks in Bucks County County his entire his entire life. life. Shadowing Shadowing his dad hisfrom dad from an early an early age, age, provided provided him with him with invaluable invaluable experiexperience ence and first-hand and first-hand exposure exposure to a wide to a wide variety variety of residential of residential and commercial and commercial construction. construction. “I always “I always had ahad passion a passion for construction, for construction, but I but knew I knew that would that would nevernever be mybecareer my career path path due to due mytonatmy natural fear ural of fear heights.” of heights.” RalphRalph jokesjokes as heas he tells tells us, “If us,I went “If I went into construction, into construction, I I would would have have to specialize to specialize in single-stoin single-story homes ry homes and additions.” and additions.” In talking In talking aboutabout today’s today’s real estate real estate in- industry, dustry, RalphRalph emphasized emphasized that as that much as much 12 • July 12 • 2020 July 2020
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WHEN WHEN YOU YOU SETSET A LEVEL A LEVEL OF OF EXPECTATION EXPECTATION AND AND DELIVER DELIVER ON ON IT, YOU IT, YOU WILL WILL GAIN GAIN THETHE RESPECT RESPECT AND AND APPRECIATION APPRECIATION OF OF THOSE THOSE YOU YOU WORK WORK FORFOR AND AND WORK WORK WITH WITH WHICH WHICH IS IS THETHE ULTIMATE ULTIMATE REWARD REWARD IN LIFE. IN LIFE.
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and he is he extremely grateful to histoparents, family, and is extremely grateful his parents, as theasbusiness is continually changing and evolving, the business is continually changing and evolving, family, and Monica, who have always supported him, him, and Monica, who have always supported one thing will always remain timeless and invaluable. one thing will always remain timeless and invaluable.RalphRalph and emphasized the importance of being humble, and emphasized the importance of being humble, “Whether you’re representing buyers and sellers everyevery “Whether you’re representing buyers and sellers and appreciative for everything you have grounded, and appreciative for everything you have day or managing an office, this business is all is about day or managing an office, this business all about grounded, resides on “DiGuiseppe Drive” in He life.currently He currently resides on “DiGuiseppe Drive” building and maintaining relationships.” RalphRalph further building and maintaining relationships.” furtherin life. is a 14-home community in Bristol Borough which is a 14-home community in Bristol Borough adds,adds, “When you set level of expectation and deliver “When youa set a level of expectation and deliverwhich built built in 2004. Above everything else, else, thatfather his father in 2004. Above everything on it,on you and appreciation of of that his it,will yougain will the gainrespect the respect and appreciation is most proudproud of hisof9-year-old daughter, is most his 9-year-old daughter, thosethose you work for and with,with, whichwhich is theisultiyou work forwork and work the ulti- RalphRalph Sienna Jordan, who he puts in theinforefront of every Sienna Jordan, who he puts the forefront of every matemate reward in life.” reward in life.” decision he makes in life. decision he makes in life. In addition to histowork at Long and Foster, RalphRalph In addition his work at Long and Foster, me, success is important only only to thetoextent that that me, success is important the extent provides leadership and support to many community provides leadership and support to many community“For “For me inme a better position to enjoy the importit puts in a better position to enjoy the importorganizations and charities. He serves on the organizations and charities. He serves onBoard the Board it puts in life… My daughter, family and friends.” ant things in life… My daughter, family and friends.” of Trustees for the Riverside Theater, served of Trustees forBristol the Bristol Riverside Theater, servedant things of hisofother interests and passions include his other interests and passions include on the Leadership TeamTeam for the onExecutive the Executive Leadership forAmerican the AmericanSomeSome fishing, baseball (specifically his beloved New New golfing, fishing, baseball (specifically his beloved HeartHeart Association’s Philadelphia HeartHeart Walk,Walk, and isand is golfing, Association’s Philadelphia York York Yankees), spending summers in Long BeachBeach Yankees), spending summers in Long a pasta President of theofBristol Borough School Board. past President the Bristol Borough School Board. Island and making homemade winewine which started Island and making homemade which started He’s also constant supporter of Easter SealsSeals and St. He’s aalso a constant supporter of Easter and St. 12 years ago. ago. 12 years JudeJude Children’s Hospital, and along with with his family Children’s Hospital, and along his family aboutabout and lots their closeclose friends, he helps to organize andof lots of their friends, he helps to organize one of theofbiggest and most beloved annual events one the biggest and most beloved annual events “The “The only thing only thing the world the world owesowes you isyou an is opportunity! an opportunity! of hisofcommunity, the St. and Italian his community, theAnn St. Carnival Ann Carnival and Italian AfterAfter that itthat is up it is toup you toto you create to create your your own success.” own success.” Festival. RalphRalph comes fromfrom a very close-knit, Italian Festival. comes a very close-knit, Italian– Robert – Robert Herjavec Herjavec realproducersmag.com realproducersmag.com
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PREMIERE PREMIERE 360 360TOURS TOURS Thato Thato Dadson, Dadson, Owner Owner Where Where you’re you’re from from originally: originally: Gaborone, Gaborone, Botswana Botswana Your Your company’s company’s name: name: Premiere Premiere 360 360 Tours Tours Your Your website: website: www.premiere360tours.com www.premiere360tours.com Your Your phone phone number: number: 267-580-9813 267-580-9813 Briefly Briefly describe describe exactly exactly what what your your company company does/the does/the services services it provides. it provides.
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just ajust career a career to me, toit’s me,anit’s artan art experience. experience. I’ve studied I’ve studied directors directors like Chrislike Chris-than than a small a small videovideo camera camera to usetofor useour for our worldworld and of way expressing of expressing my style. my style. topher topher Nolan, Nolan, and Spike and Spike Lee over Lee over the years. the years. I loveI love and way family family memories. memories. My brother, My brother, friends, friends, stylesstyles and they and gave they gave me inspiration me inspiration to shape to shape and Iand would I would use ituse to make it to make videos videos for fortheir their my style. I loved I loved how they how moved they moved the camera the camera and and WhatWhat MySpace MySpace and YouTube. and YouTube. Eventually Eventually my style. sets your sets your business business apartapart from from uses uses of lighting. of lighting. Knowing Knowing your your camera camera and and similar my friends my friends and family and family noticed noticed I wasI was their their similar ones?ones? lighting are crucial are crucial skillsskills for a for professional a professional camera camera“Premiere very very talented talented and should and should explore explore my mylighting “Premiere 360 will 360cover will cover everyevery aspect aspect operator. Lighting, Lighting, both both natural natural and controlled, and controlled, can can skillsskills behind behind the camera. the camera. My college My collegeoperator. of your of your virtual virtual tour”tour” We like Webeing like being a a or break or break your your image. image. I spent I spent my whole my whole TV caTV cahad the hadTV thestudio TV studio production production degree degreemakemake one stop one shop stop shop for our forclients. our clients. reer perfecting my lighting my lighting and camera and camera skills.skills. ThereThere that peaked that peaked my interest my interest and the andrest the rest reer perfecting is always is always moremore to learn to learn aboutabout lighting, lighting, especially especially WhatWhat is history. is history. I worked I worked in TVinand TVfilm andfor film for do you domost you most want want the top the top as newer as newer products products comecome out for outcontrolled for controlled lighting, lighting, over over 10 years 10 years consistently. consistently. I really I really en- enproducing producing Realtors Realtors to know to know aboutabout but like I’dpeople like people to know to know I’ve taken I’ve taken a lot of a lot time of time your your joyedjoyed whatwhat I did Iand didwanted and wanted to break to breakbut I’d business? business? fine tuning my craft. my craft. So, those So, those reading reading can know can know We have out and outuse andmy useskills my skills elsewhere. elsewhere. The Thefine tuning We have an excellent an excellent tracktrack record record that working by working with with me, they me, are theyworking are working with with an anof helping experience experience I gained I gained reallyreally helped helped that by of helping houses houses to goto ongo contract on contract in love in with love with their their craft.craft. Photography Photography is more is morewithin shapeshape my style my style and has andgiven has given me real me realartistartist within the first the week first week of listing. of listing. We We 18 • July 18 • 2020 July 2020
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pridepride ourselves in delivering ourselves in delivering high quality imagery at affordhigh quality imagery at affordable pricing. I’m also branding able pricing. I’m aalso a branding photographer and understand photographer and understand the value of a strong visualvisual the value of a strong brand. WhenWhen clients are trying brand. clients are trying to decide between two different to decide between two different realtors to selltotheir property, realtors sell their property, having a strong content creator having a strong content creator (like myself) to showcase your your (like myself) to showcase workwork can help or break can make help make or break getting that listing. getting that listing. WhatWhat do you dofind youmost find most fulfilling fulfilling aboutabout your your work?work?
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KEMMERER KEMMERER RREEAALL EESSTTAATTEE AALevittown LevittownLegend Legend henhen Robin Robin Kemmerer Kemmerer entered entered realreal estate estate in 1979 in 1979 at nineteen at nineteen years years old,old, sheshe wasn’t wasn’t justjust oneone of the of the youngest youngest people people in the in the business business at the at the time, time, sheshe waswas oneone of the of the onlyonly women. women. “I cleaned “I cleaned my neighbors’ my neighbors’ houses, houses, cut allcut their all their lawns, lawns, “It was “Itawas man’s a man’s industry, industry, and all and the allmen the seemed men seemed watched all theallkids, the kids, and asand soon as soon as I could as I could obtainobtain a a to drive to drive thosethose largelarge Lincoln Lincoln Continentals Continentals and and watched soldIAvon. sold Avon. I knocked I knocked on door on door after after door,door, and beand bewearwear three-piece three-piece suits,” suits,” she laughs. she laughs. “A young “A young job, I job, camecame a top asales top sales producer producer as a teenager,” as a teenager,” says Robin. says Robin. girl didn’t girl didn’t reallyreally seemseem to fit to in fit as in anas agent.” an agent.” graduated graduated from from high school high school at 17 at years 17 years old old Tenacious Tenacious and hard and hard working, working, RobinRobin won Rookie won RookieRobinRobin andgoing was going to become to become a steel a steel worker, worker, like her like her of theofYear the Year her first her year. first year. Nothing Nothing was going was going to to and was father. A friend A friend suggested suggested salessales and introduced and introduced her her standstand in herinway. her way. She had Shebeen had been working working sincesince father. to aestate real estate manager. manager. RobinRobin was able was to able secure to secure a a she was sheawas kid.aGrowing kid. Growing up inup Levittown, in Levittown, one ofone of to a real position at McShane at McShane Realty Realty as anas assistant, an assistant, and the and the six siblings, six siblings, taught taught to work to work for what for what you get, you get, position history. is history. RobinRobin was the wasworker the worker bee ofbee theofneighborhood. the neighborhood.rest isrest
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MuchMuch of Robin’s of Robin’s time time outside outside of theofbusiness the business is spent is spent within within “At 22-years-old, “At 22-years-old, I thought I thought to myself, to myself, ‘I can‘Ido can this do myself.’ this myself.’ her charitable endeavors. endeavors. She isShe theisExecutive the Executive Director Director of of I left Ithe leftbrokerage the brokerage and started and started RobinRobin Kemmerer Kemmerer AssociAssoci- her charitable County County Community Community Foundation, Foundation, a founding a founding member member ates Inc., ates Inc., taking taking nearly nearly all the allsales the sales staff staff with with me. Ame. man A man BucksBucks of Middletown Citizens Citizens Service Service Corp,Corp, a Daughter a Daughter of theof the building building a strip a strip center center took took a leapa of leap faith of faith allowing allowing me tome to of Middletown American American Revolution Revolution member, member, and member and member of theofLadies the Ladies of of rent arent storefront. a storefront. the Ancient the Ancient OrderOrder of Hibernians, of Hibernians, just to just name to name a few.a few. RobinRobin started started her business her business with with only $11,000 only $11,000 that she thathad she had Out all of theallcommunity the community initiatives initiatives she has shebeen has been apartapart of, allof, all saved. saved. It didn’t It didn’t last very last very long.long. Despite Despite having having her utilities her utilities Out of the teams she has shesponsored, has sponsored, etc., her etc.,favorite her favorite was decidwas decidshut off, shutshe off,kept she plugging kept plugging away,away, and stayed and stayed at theatsame the same the teams ing 25ing years 25 years ago toago to location location for 11for years, 11 years, plantplant American American flags flags before before buying buying her her throughout throughout Levit-Levitown building own building in Midin Midtowntown everyevery Memorial Memorial dletown dletown Township. Township. As As Robin Robin continues continues in the in the business, business, Day to Day honor to honor veter-veternotnot having having anyany plans plans to retire to retire or slow or slow ans that ansgave that the gaveultithe ulti“I remember “I remember buying buying down, down, she she will will continue continue to touch to touch mate mate sacrifice. sacrifice. WhenWhen my first my first fax mafax mashe first shestarted, first started, she she chine, chine, buying buying a a many many lives lives in the in the future. future. wouldwould walk walk with with her her ‘Zack‘Zack Morris’ Morris’ cell cell kids, kids, planting planting over over phone, phone, life before life before 6,0006,000 flags,flags, and itand it MLS MLS and one andpage one page wouldwould take them take them over aover week a week to doto so.doSoon so. Soon her kids’ her kids’ friends friends agreements,” agreements,” she says. she says. got involved, got involved, and she andwas sheworking was working with with the youth the youth groupgroup at at her church. Now,Now, the flag thedelivery flag delivery only takes only takes 3 hours. 3 hours. Although Although manymany big companies big companies have have reached reached out toout Robin to Robin her church. over over the years, the years, she made she made a point a point to stay to independent. stay independent. Her Her delivery delivery is theismost the most satisfying satisfying service service the firm the does,” firm does,” officeoffice has always has always been been a team, a team, “long“long before before teamsteams werewere a a “Flag“Flag says Robin. “I have “I have a boxafull boxoffull letters of letters from from WWII, WWII, Kore-Korething,” thing,” she says. she says. TheyThey shareshare the same the same principles, principles, workwork eth- eth-says Robin. an War, Vietnam Vietnam and Iraq and War Iraq veterans. War veterans. One very One very special special ic, and ic,all and make all make it a point it a point to beto involved be involved in theincommunity, the community, an War, WWII WWII veteran veteran wouldwould writewrite me the memost the most beautiful beautiful letterletter ev- evwhichwhich is very is very important important to Robin. to Robin.
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their their support—her husband, Michael, who works constantsupport—her husband, Michael, who works constantery year. WhenWhen I heard he passed away,away, I went to histofuneral ery year. I heard he passed I went his funeral ly behind the scenes, her son, Bolf, Bolf, owner of Gunnar ly behind the scenes, her Gunnar son, Gunnar owner of Gunnar and told how much I would miss miss our yearly chats.chats. andthe toldfamily the family how much I would our yearly KellyKelly Kemmerer, Robin’s sister,sister, and Missy Kitz-KitzFinancial, Kemmerer, Robin’s and Missy On Memorial Day that his daughter calledcalled to thank On Memorial Day year, that year, his daughter to thank Financial, her “sister from from another mother.” miller, her “sister another mother.” me onme behalf of heroffather, whichwhich brought me tome tears’” The Themiller, on behalf her father, brought to tears’” service has named her “The Flag Lady”. service has named her “The Flag Lady”. As Robin continues in theinbusiness, not having any plans to to As Robin continues the business, not having any plans retireretire or slow down,down, she will to touch manymany lives lives in in or slow shecontinue will continue to touch There’s no doubt that Robin has touched manymany lives lives There’s no doubt that Robin has touched WhatWhat moremore can you a legacy like that? the future. canask youfor askwith for with a legacy like that? throughout her career. She isShe grateful for her and and the future. throughout her career. is grateful forfamily her family realproducersmag.com realproducersmag.com
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