Philip Raices

About Us:

I graduated with a Bacehlor of Science at The State University of New York @ Buffalo in 1973. I began my professional business career in 1973 doing professional lawn-tree and shrub applications and injections. Then in 1974, I passed the first NYS Licensed Certification for Tree, Shrub and Lawn applications and injections. However, I had worked with my Dad since 1968 in his Franchise, Lawn-A-Mat. In 1978 (with $5000 and much motivation, effort, determination and perseverance,) I began my own landscape design and application company called Lawn Gro, while still assisting my dad with his company and growing my business to the point that I bought him out 2 years later . In 1985, I took on a Partner and began an irrigation design and build company. Two years later in 1987, I began another Partnership and started a professional carpet cleaning division. However, in 1984, while enjoying my successes and sensing the extreme day to day pressures, I decided to take the Real Estate Salesperson Exam and passed. However, it was not until 1993 that I took the State Exam and passed then sold my Landscape Design business and began my Real Estate Career.

I began working at my first office in September 1993 for Sandy R. Real Estate, located in Roslyn, NY for about one year. Then I went back to Great Neck and worked @ a Century 21 office for another year. I took all the advanced Century 1 and Century 21 Plus courses and absorbed the information like a sponge!! I became a licensed Real Estate Associate Broker after one and a half years while at the second office. In March of 1996, I went to Turn Key Realty, LLC @ 7 Bond St in Great Neck. Subsequently, I bought the company in June 1998 and changed the name to Turn Key Real Estate. I received my GRI designation (Graduate Realtor Institute) after completing 90 hours of additional continuing education credit over 5 years!!! Over the years, I have completed a multitude of Ethics, financial and mortgage, computer technology, customer relations and business efficiency enhancing courses...all the while running and building my office. I continue to always keep my knowledge and expertise current and update.

I married my wife, Irene, on Dec. 28, 1975 (still happily married!!!) We have a daughter 31 (Graduate Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.) who is an extemely successful Executive with Bloomberg Financial Services (The Mayor's Company) in New York City and a son, 27, who has a Civil Engineering Degree from The University of Marlyand (College Park, MD.)He is currently working His plan is to gain as much experience as possible so we may begin building commercial, townhouse & residential properties within three years. He is working as a Leed Project Manager @ Gotham Construction in New York City and had completed his first major project, The Epic, On West 31 Street, in the fall of 2008, a 62 story tower of luxury rentals. This is a leed certified gold building, meeting the eco-friendly certification requirements/ I am a member of The Great Neck Rotary Club for the past 15 years; known for its "Gift of Life" providing heart operations to children from around the world. I am also a Paul Harris Fellow, as well as a current Director of the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce which networks with businesses locally and regionally. I am a volunteer driver for The American Cancer Association of Long Island, driving cancer patients to therapy who are not healthy enough to do so themselves. I also am a Blood Platelet donor through the New York Blood Center to Cancer & Burn patients. I am on 4 committes @ the MLS , technology, Grievance, Budget & Finance and Advertising and am a Zone 3 Director. I also manage the building where I own my 2 stores, where my business is located.

Areas of Expertise

We service the Metro New York Area (Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Westchester, Staten Island and all of the remaining boroughs. I am well trained and proficient in all areas of residential, Co-ops, Condos, Townhomes, Commercial, retail, shopping centers, malls, strips centers, gas stations(sales, rentals, end user and investor purchases) businesses for sale, business consultations, set-ups and efficiency expert. We have in house mortgage financing and can provide our customers and clients with all forms of insurance: auto, home, business,life, long term care, disability and annuities. I can also give you a FREE, NO OBLIGATION LANDSCAPE DESIGN ESTIMATE WITH EVERY LISTING AGREEMENT!!!

Also, we are expertise in helping people avoid foreclosure, doing short sales and fixing or establishing credit if you have none!

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