J. Philip Faranda is broker and owner of J. Philip Real Estate in Briarcliff Manor, NY which he founded in 2005. The firm is one of the premier independent boutique brokerages in Westchester County, serving all of Westchester as well as nearby Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess Counties. There are 23 licensees with the company, which has grown throughout this challenging market period. Philip has appeared on ABC World News, and been a source for MSNBC On the Money, The New York Times, The New York Post, Associated Press, Gannett, AOL, The Real Deal, 1010Wins.com, Smart Money, MSN Money and various other media outlets. An industry veteran since 1996, he is one of the top-selling broker agents for single family transaction totals in the Empire Access MLS since 2007 (ranking in the top 10 out of over 7000 members), and is the Vice President of the Empire Access (formerly Westchester-Putnam) Multiple Listing Service. He is a board member on the Guild of Independent Real Estate Professionals, part of the Lucky Strikers Social Media Club (who run the annual New York REBar Camp) and the author of the widely read Westchester Real Estate Blog and New York Short Sale Blog. Phil lives in Briarcliff Manor, NY with his wife Ann and their 4 children. Ann is co-owner of the firm and a graduate of Stuyvesant and Columbia. Areas We Serve The company primarily serves the “bedroom counties” of New York City, such as Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Dutchess Counties. For short sales, that area expands. The company and its affiliates serve the entire New York Metroploitan area, Long Island, the Boros, the Hudson Valley, and Western Connecticut. The affiliate network, an arrangement the firm holds equity in, leverages technology and networking, to extend our reach upstate to western New York, including, but limited to Albany, Binghamton, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. We can do a successful short sale in Buffalo as easily and smoothly as a short sale in the Bronx, White Plains or Danbury, CT.