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Audrey Ross, Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell Realtors
Miami Herald by Martha Brannigan
Audrey H. Ross has staked out spot in the marbled foyer of a mediterranean-style villa to greet steady line of fellow Realtors streaming through for an agents'open house showcasing her new listing of a $L7S-million bome. Make that an 9S-million home. Amid a dearth of quality listings, so many calls poured in to Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell Realtors when the Coral Gables house hit the computer that Ross and the seller decided to hike the price by $200,000 the nen day. Agents are swarming over the property at 11050 Girasol Ave. ijke ants. One agent flips open a cellphone as she ascends the open staircase: "I want you over ere right now," she conunands. Ross, watching from below. smiles in amusement. "She's selling," she says.
Most of the agents look casual. But Ross is dressed to the nines: A black designer business suit, wellpreened hair. no shortage ofiewelty. Her dark Mercedes sedan is parked at the curb. Another agent, roving through the expansive kitchen, declares to
Ross: "I think 1 have a buyer for this." Call your people," says Ross, advising ber the property will likely go that day. "Oh, they won't come right now," responds ber counterpart ''Well, then it will probably be gone," Ross warns. "But who
knows. There's many a slip between the cup and the Up." Sure enough, the next day, an agent brings Ross a contract proposal-at full price. Ross earned a Ph.D. in education from the University of Miami. But it was a one-week crash
course in real estate thaf launched her main career.