Turning a Vision Into Reality By Paige Tepping
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his month, we had the opportunity to sit down with Anthony Lamacchia—CEO of Lamacchia Companies and broker/owner of Lamacchia Realty—to learn about what motivates him to continue pushing forward and why agents and brokers need to do a better job of paying attention to the market.
Paige Tepping: Tell me a little bit about your history in the industry and what you’ve done to get where you are today. Anthony Lamacchia: After turning 21 back in 2002, I bought my first property and ultimately began my real estate career as I got involved with buying properties, fixing them up and then selling them. In 2004, I decided to get my real estate license, and two years later, I left my dad’s landscape construction business and began selling as a REALTOR®. And I sold a lot. It wasn’t long before ® I became a top REALTOR in my marketplace, which set the stage for my next venture: building a team. Between 2009 - 2012, we were selling upwards of 700 homes a year between myself and eight other power team members. In 2015, I took a leap of faith and decided to convert our model to the broker72 October 2021 RISMedia’s REAL ESTATE
age model. While it took a couple years, I finally got it right, and today we’re growing a lot. PT: Are there any milestones that stand out in your mind over the years that have helped shape who you are? AL: The work ethic that I learned from my family is one thing I would point to that has helped me get to where I am today. As far as milestones, we hit a billion dollars in sales volume last year, which is a really cool company milestone. One of our brand offices also achieved a significant milestone this past June: 100 sales in one office in one month. PT: What’s on the horizon at Lamacchia Realty? AL: First and foremost, we will continue to grow. In fact, our growth is going to accelerate because we’ve gotten better at it. We opened an office in Fort Lauderdale last year, and we believe that Florida will continue to be a lucrative market as we’re seeing mass movement down to that area.
