Name: Is Robert Palmer selling LPT Realty to Compass CEO Robert Reffkin? | Coffee Talk
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Description: In a new episode of Coffee Talk with TRD’s Amir Korangy, LPT Realty’s Robert Palmer gets candid on his company’s explosive growth, how he’s using tech to reinvent the brokerage model, his 2017 purchase of the Jacksonville Armada soccer team, and whether he’s really selling to Compass CEO Robert Reffkin.

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In a new episode of Coffee Talk with TRD’s Amir Korangy, LPT Realty’s Robert Palmer gets candid on his company’s explosive growth, how he’s using tech to reinvent the brokerage model, his 2017 purchase of the Jacksonville Armada soccer team, and whether he’s really selling to Compass CEO Robert Reffkin.