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BRIAN JERMAINNE
I was born and raised in Chester, Connecticut. Growing up in Chester was a wonderful time in my life. We lived on South Wig Hill which was a perfect place to be. We were able to ice skate on the pond at the top of the hill, play baseball and football in the numerous fields there, skate board down the hill, fish in the streams and explore in the wooded area behind my house. I have fond memories of riding my bike to the center of town after school for a hot fudge sundae at the local ice cream shop. I attended Chester Elementary School and Valley Regional High School.

Next I moved onto the University of New Haven where I earned an associates degree in business. I was torn on whether to finish my bachelors degree or go to work for the family business. I chose the business and going to school at night. Within 2 years I had more than tripled the size of the family business. I continued working there for 5 more years when I received an opportunity to start a mail-order company with a business associate. I weighed the pros and cons and decided to do it. For the next 15 years I built this company from an empty warehouse into a nationwide mail-order house doing business with organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, the New York City Board of Education and the Federal Government. I also had two daughters, Brittany and Abby. During October of 1992 I had the luckiest day of my life. I interviewed and hired a very smart and efficient office administrator. Over the next 4 years Leslie became my best friend, confidant and my wife. We worked side by side at the mail-order house until August of 1999.

LESLIE JERMAINNE
I have also lived my entire life in this area and I love it! Growing up on Grassy Hill in Lyme was wonderful. We had 16 acres, a big old Colonial and a pool! Tons of fun. My father owned and operated the Old Lyme Pharmacy and Gift Shop which was a lot of fun for me, and certainly provided me and my siblings with a great after school and summer jobs. It was fun being known as one of the "Woodstock's" as that was my maiden name.

I attended Lyme Consolidated School until grade 4 when we moved all the way to Old Lyme and I attended Center School and then Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School and High School graduating in 1987.

After a year at Bay Path College in Long Meadow Mass., I finished my Associates degree in Business Administration at Middlesex Community College. I moved home to Old Saybrook where my parents now also live, and began "work". I always wanted to be in Real Estate since I was a little girl. I just loved houses and would always look and comment on them all (just ask my Mom if you don't believe me.) I got my license in 1989 and worked (shortly) for Merrill Lynch where I did manage to sell two houses and list another, before needing a part time job to supplement my income. Being 20 and not extremely focused made it difficult to be my own boss. I worked a few odd jobs until finding a spot as an administrative assistant at a local real estate company. I loved it there and felt I was still working towards my goals. I stayed there for a while but needed a bit more money, and in late fall of 1992 went to work as the office manager at Creative Crafts International in Essex, CT. The president was Brian Jermainne. After working for Brian for three years, sparks started to fly. Brian and I were married on New Year's Eve 1996 and on October 24, 1997 our son Brian Ross was born. He was welcomed by his two half sisters- Brittany and Abby. Our family was complete!

OUR START IN REAL ESTATE

Leslie and I often talked of leaving Creative Crafts when the time was right to pursue our dream of real estate. Late August 1999 was the right time. We left CCI and took our real estate class, passed the state exam the next day and were licensed Realtors early November 1999. Our first sale closed February 29, 2000. Our first year was a very good year. We worked hard and closed on over $5,000,000.00 worth of homes.

We bought our own Realty Executives Franchise in April of 2001, but needed to wait for Brian to complete two years of being an agent before he could sit for his broker's exam. As of December 2001, Brian was a broker! We worked very hard and were able to close on over $8,000,000 worth of Residential Real Estate. We decide to officially open Realty Executives Shoreline, LLC on January 1, 2002. We found our "client center" late December, painted, furnished and supplied it to be ready for our customers, clients and future agents.

We began our third year with everything in place. It was another very good year. We closed on over $11,500,000 worth of business. During this time we worked very hard to keep our technology on the cutting edge. We also continued our high level of education and have taken numerous real estate classes each year to keep up with the ever changing issues in Real Estate and technology. And then....if you want to read more click here!

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