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Robert Reffkin, the CEO and one of the founders of the real estate technology firm Compass, dropped into the company’s Sarasota office April 18 to meet agents from across the state’s West Coast.

This was one of about 100 office visits he makes every six months, something he sees as a way to connect with teams and to get a feel for what’s going on in the field.

The visit came as the New York City-based company continues to expand, especially in Florida where it now has 20 offices. The Sarasota office, downtown on Main Street, is one of the newest and is in a market Reffkin says is often on lists of “the top 10 list of places to live in the country.”