At the end of January, four agents moved from Manhattan Apartments to Century 21 NY Metro under the wing of Wesley Stanton, who was hired as executive vice president and leader of what will become a 10-agent team.
These moves happened just months after former Manhattan Apartments vice president Mark Lewis became COO of rentals at Century 21 NY Metro, and on the same day that former Manhattan Apartments executive vice president and director of sales Jorden Tepper started at Century 21 with the same title.
Stanton is bringing along two of his most senior brokers, Chad Schneider and Ian Aldridge, as well as his personal assistant, Georgia Godfrey, who is also licensed. Stanton said that bringing his team members to Century 21 “really didn’t take any convincing at all.”
Stanton has five junior brokers on his Century 21 team in addition to the three he brought over from Manhattan Apartments.
Although Stanton and his team joined on the same day as Tepper, Stanton said the two hires were complete coincidence. However, he was very excited by the prospect of continuing to work at the same company as Tepper, whom Stanton credits with helping along his transformation from a rental broker to sales.
“Jorden was very good at showing me the co-op application process, how to cultivate the trust of a sales client, and really the whole process,” he said.
At his new company, Stanton will be part of the company’s program for training new agents.
He also believes he will have greater influence on company policy than he did at Manhattan Apartments. “The people higher up [at Century 21 NY Metro] are going to consider your opinion. They might not listen to it, but they’ll consider it.
“Century 21 is the largest brokerage in the world, but not in Manhattan … and I think we’re all looking to build a brand here,” he said.