Real estate paralegal turned agent

After working for several years as a real estate paralegal, Karen Brimberg felt a calling to pursue a career as a Realtor. Her intuition proved spot-on, as she has spent more than 30 years developing a long list of satisfied clients.

“As a paralegal, I met many builders, attorneys, bankers, agents and clients and was fascinated on the intricacies of the process and realizing what a huge investment people were making financially and emotionally,” Brimberg said “I truly felt a calling that real estate would suit my personality and my desire to help people find their dream home or sell their present home and move on to their next stage in life.”

For Brimberg, integrity is paramount to her business philosophy and she makes a conscious choice to avoid working as a dual agent.

“I choose to work with one party, either the seller or buyer. While the state allows you to represent both sides, I rarely think it’s in anyone’s best interest and I don’t ever want my clients to think there is a conflict,” she said. “It is the most important issue that I discuss with clients in our first meeting. Most of my business is personal referrals and my reputation is everything to me.”

With a passion for what she does, Brimberg said her greatest joy is seeing the smiles of her clients and the referrals that come from those happy clients.

“Recently I helped someone purchase a condo,” she said. “Next thing you know, I was selling her mother’s house and helping the mom purchase a condo to be closer to

Company: William Raveis Real Estate Office: Cheshire

Lives: Cheshire

Expertise: Residential sales

Contact: (203) 640-4401, karen.brimberg@ raveis.com

daughter. I love the fact that I have so many clients that I have worked with over multiple generations. My clients are like family.”

She works on a team with Roberta Havlick as her partner. She credits William Raveis for being very supportive with marketing tools, resources and having an incredible office manager and administrator.

“It’s nice being with a family owned company, which is big and regional but small enough that I can call Bill, Chris or Ryan Raveis anytime for advice, support or mentoring,” she said.