Rona Fischman

Current

Principal Broker at 4 Buyers Real Estate
Real estate blogger at Boston.com

Past

Broker Associate at Buyer Brokerage Realty
Buyer's Agent at HomeBase Real Estate

Education

McDaniel College
State University of New York at Stony Brook

Recommended

7 people have recommended Rona

Connections

79 connections

Industry

Real Estate

Websites

Rona Fischman’s Summary

I am a real, true, exclusive, dedicated, undivided...whatever you want to call it, buyer's agent. I am in it for buyers. For them finding a good place to live and for them getting every penny's worth. I represented four sellers in my first year, then walked away from that side of the business and never looked back.

I am one of the pioneer buyer's agents in Massachusetts and in the country, in general. I joined the Massachusetts Association of Buyer's Agents (MABA) almost as soon as I got my license. I joined the National Association of Exclusive Buyer's Agents (NAEBA) the day it was founded. I am on the BOD of MABA, where I have been on the PR committee. I currently blog at Boston.com as a service to MABA.

Rona Fischman’s Specialties:

for clients: negotiation, counseling, advocacy.
for the public: writing, public relations

Rona Fischman’s Experience

Principal Broker

4 Buyers Real Estate

(Real Estate industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

After seventeen years of working for someone else, I chose to use my skills and experience in my own enterprise. I will be providing the same high-level fiduciary services, but with my systems and my style. 4 Buyers Real Estate is of a small number of buyer agencies who choose to never represent a home seller. We promise to stay on the cutting edge in regard to buyer agency. We work to get you the best house for the best price with the least stress and to and try to have fun doing it. The office currently has two people, me and Dianne Schaefer. In March, 2009, I hired Mike Berry to cover the metrowest region for us.

Our office serves the Cambridge/Somerville/Arlington and most of metro Boston. Now, we also cover the area between I-95 and I495, north of Rt 9/Mass Pike and south of Rt 2.

I continue to serve on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association of Buyer’s Agents and I am a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyers Agent’s.
Real estate blogger

Boston.com

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NYT; Online Media industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

I was tapped by Boston.com to be the buyer agent for their new real estate blog in June, 2007. I went off for a couple of months early in 2008 and came back in May that year. I am having a blast! Hopefully, I'm getting some decent advice out there to buyers, too. Please, write me with ideas or pet peeves. I am supposed to write five times a week, so it is hard to stay fresh and interesting.

Check it out:
www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/

My next career will involve writing. I would love suggestions, pointers and free-lance work.
Broker Associate

Buyer Brokerage Realty

(Real Estate industry)

January 1997 — March 2008 (11 years 3 months)

Buyer Brokerage Realty is one of a small number of agencies where the agents only work with home buyers. In the eleven years I worked there, I honed my skills as a buyer's agent, trained newer agents, and helped develop marketing materials and buyer reference materials.

I left to open my own business. I hold great respect for my fellow agents, Kathe Geist and the late Hilda Silverman.
Buyer's Agent

HomeBase Real Estate

(Real Estate industry)

August 1991 — January 1997 (5 years 6 months)

HomeBase Real Estate was a small exclusive buyer broker agency based in Belmont. We did specialty services in accessible real estate purchases. My background in deaf-blind services and group homes made me suited to this work.

HomeBase is where I cut my teeth as a buyer's agent. Ron Rothenberg is one of the brightest people I have ever met. I was lucky to start in this career with him as a mentor. I knew the accessible housing, he taught me the rest!

Rona Fischman’s Education

McDaniel College

MS , Counselor Education , 1982 — 1984

I completed the coursework for three Master's Degrees at Western Maryland College, which was recently renamed McDaniel College. They only let me take one away with me.

Deaf-Blind Education and Deaf Education were the other degrees. I hold a master's level teaching certificate, too.

Activities and Societies:

I worked full time while getting my graduate degrees, so I did not get involved much in campus life.
State University of New York at Stony Brook

BA , English Literature, education , 1976 — 1980

When I entered college, I thought I would be a professional writer. When I graduated, I was a teacher.

Activities and Societies:

I was an R.A., (resident advisor) and worked full time off campus. I wrote and edited for a literary magazine called Fortnight. Toward the end of college, I got involved in politics, particularly environmental/anti-nuke work and energy conservation.

Additional Information

Rona Fischman’s Websites:

Rona Fischman’s Interests:

I like the complexities of my job in real estate. I enjoy negotiation and tangible outcomes. When I am not working, I am involved in two kinds of book groups: one is an interfaith group and the other reads mysteries.

Rona Fischman’s Groups:

National Association of Exclusive Buyer's Agents
Massachusetts Association of Buyer's Agents
Daughters of Abraham
Temple B'nai Brith
Somerville Interfaith Group
Somerville Library Mystery Book Group