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Robert Reffkin, the CEO and one of the founders of the real estate technology firm Compass, visited Sarasota to talk to agents and staff as part of the company's West Coast Experience.
Robert Reffkin, the CEO and one of the founders of the real estate technology firm Compass, visited Sarasota to talk to agents and staff as part of the company's West Coast Experience.
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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.

 

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