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Jeff Brown is a San Diego-based real estate investments broker. He makes millionaires of his ordinary-investor clients. If that’s not enough to make you smile, his sage, folksy wit should do the job.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3.jpg\")
Cathleen Collins is a Phoenix-area Realtor. With a background in hi-tech project-management and a deft hand in customer service, she is building a respectable listing practice in the Historic Districts of Downtown Phoenix.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10.jpg\")
Tony Fredericks is a San Francisco-area roofing contractor who is using his surplus income to build a real estate investment empire. Tony is a wine aficionado who brings a fine discrimination to everything he does.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9.jpg\")
Richard Riccelli is a Boston-based direct marketing guru. His advertising agency specializes in magazine circulation, but here Richard will deploy his vast expertise and rapier wit to real estate marketing issues.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6.jpg\")
Russell Shaw is a mega-producing Realtor working in Metropolitan Phoenix. He and his team close approximately 400 transactions a year, consistently putting Russell among the top 30 Realtors nationwide.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1.jpg\")
Greg Swann is a Phoenix-area Realtor and real estate broker. The most prolific of our contributors, Greg is not completely happy with anything until he has picked it apart and put it back together in his own way.<\/p>\n