Senior vice president at luxury real estate brokerage firm Stribling & Associates, Linda Melnick has for more than two decades focused on selling luxury townhouses. Among the gems shes sold are rap mogul P. Diddys former Park Avenue pad in 2009, which was Striblings most expensive deal of that year, and the 6-bedroom townhouse at 230 East 68th Street, for which she was named one of The Real Deals real estate agents of the week in 2013.

Melnick prides herself on not having an office assistant, so as to better deal with prospective buyers and communicate with her seller clients. She also takes pride in her experience, cautioning against renovation in some cases and real estate mousetraps like overpriced townhouses.

Melnick sits on the Education Committee for the Real Estate Board of New York, which helps set the course agenda for aspiring brokers in the state, as well as teaches a class on customer education for the curriculum.  -NR