Movers & Shakers: Riley Smith’s ex-director joins Keyes to launch new team

Dan Kodsi’s Participant Capital announces a new head of investor relations

From left: Eli Neusner of Participant Capital and Karl Fong Yee of the Keyes Company (Getty Images, Participant Capital, The Keyes Company)
From left: Eli Neusner of Participant Capital and Karl Fong Yee of the Keyes Company (Getty Images, Participant Capital, The Keyes Company)

UPDATED, Aug. 1, 1:45 p.m.: The Riley Smith Group’s former director of operations joined the Keyes Company to start a new broker team.

Karl Fong Yee now leads AdvyZors, which has six associates and is aiming for $50 million in sales volume this year, according to a spokesperson. The move comes just weeks after the Riley Smith Group departed from its long-time brokerage, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty, to join Compass.

The Keyes Company has been on an expansion path. In June it acquired a 140-agent brokerage in Broward and Palm Beach.

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Dan Kodsi’s Miami-based real estate investment firm Participant Capital hired Eli Neusner as managing director and head of U.S. investor relations. Neusner comes to Participant Capital from Auerbach Funds, a Charlotte-based private equity real estate fund, where he managed investor relations. Neusner is Participant Capital’s second significant hire in recent months. In February the firm brought on Bernard Wasserman as its new president.

The Fine Living Group, a national brokerage team led by Jon Lahey at eXp Realty, hired Brandon Garcia for its South Florida office. The Fine Living Group now has more than 60 agents, and spans California, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, and New York, in addition to Florida.

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