NANUET REALTOR NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BROKER PUBLIC PORTAL WITH HOMESNAP

The Board of Managers of the National Broker Portal, a joint venture between Broker Public Portal (BPP) and Homesnap, announced Sept. 9 that Joseph Rand of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate|Rand Realty (BHGRE) of Nanuet has been named executive director of the Broker Public Portal with Homesnap.
Rand will remain the chief creative officer for BHGRE Rand Realty, which operates nearly 30 offices with 1,200 agents. The firm closed more than $2.5 billion in real estate transactions last year. However, Rand will step down as general counsel of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate | Rand Realty, but will continue leading the company career development and educational programs and provide regular training programs to its agents.
As executive director for BPP, Rand will serve as the face of a movement that has grown to include more than 240 multiple listing services (MLSs) representing more than 90% of all property listings nationwide. OneKey MLS is a participant in the BPP with Homesnap platform. BPP with Homesnap drives millions of agent/client interactions inside the Homesnap app and offers free leads to agents.
“Joe Rand is one of the most trusted and well-known thought leaders in real estate,” said John Mosey, a National Broker Public Portal board member, chairman of the BPP and CEO of NorthstarMLS. “He is uniquely qualified””with his experience as a broker, agent educator and industry insider””to take the Broker Public Portal with Homesnap movement to every market in America,” he added.
A longtime advocate and founding member of the Broker Public Portal, Rand said his mission is very clear. “My two-year goal working with the BPP with Homesnap is to make it the No. 1 real estate search site in the country.”
Rand earned both his undergraduate and a law degrees from Georgetown University and a master”™s degree in law from Stanford University.