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George Slusser, Senior Advisor Listen to George's Teleseminar onMergers & Acquisitions |
George Slusser has been a leader in the real estate industry for over 25 years. He has been an agent, broker, and senior executive of a number of national companies. Upon receiving a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Georgia he entered real estate in Orlando, Florida as the general manager of a large diverse real estate company. His firm became one of the first to sell to Merrill Lynch Realty. From that initial experience as a seller, George has been one of the most prolific real estate brokerage buyers in history.
He has helped acquire companies for all of the Realogy brands, NRT, Merrill Lynch, GMAC, and many large independents. Slusser has participated in over 200 mergers and acquisitions representing individual purchase prices ranging from a few thousand dollars to over $150 million.
His industry best-selling book Acquiring Profit ($25 USD, $4 S&H), and the systems he developed, have become the foundation of today’s brokerage acquisition business.
During his tenure with Cendant (Realogy) Slusser was a member of the company’s senior leadership team and served as President and COO of Coldwell Banker Commercial. He helped lead this top 5 commercial real estate company to three straight years of 25%+ annual growth, outperforming the market exponentially. Annual sales topped $20 billion in 2005.
Slusser recently joined PCMS Consulting and now consults with leading companies throughout the U.S. both in real estate and other diverse industries such as automotive parts, retail, food and hospitality services. He specializes in M&A assistance, franchising, profitability enhancement, strategic assessments and planning, and customer satisfaction process improvement.
