Dolly Lenz
Dolly Lenz (born February 15, 1957) is a real estate agent in New York City.[1] It is estimated[by whom?] that through 2007 she sold $7 billion in real estate including $748 million in 2006.[2][3]
Early life
Lenz, whose birth name is Idaliz Camino, was born in the Bronx to a Spanish immigrant father.[4] She bought her first apartment at age 18 on Park Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood. She was an accountant at United Artists where she struck up a friendship with Barbra Streisand. She began selling real estate in various agencies including Sotheby's before moving to Prudential's Douglas Elliman agency in 1999. She would become vice chairman of the division in 2003.
Career
Lenz left Douglas Elliman to start her eponymous firm in June 2013.[5] “She is probably pursuing an opportunity where she can leverage her brand, but this is just an outsider’s opinion,” said Town Residential CEO Andrew Heiberger of her exit.[6]
She has been used frequently by Donald Trump.[7]
In 2005 she sold the Burnt Point mansion in Wainscott, New York to billionaire Stewart Rahr for $45 million.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Dolly Lenz: Do not underestimate first-time homebuyers". Inman. July 24, 2019.
- ^ Dolly Lenz on #1 Award: 'I Literally Got In the Car and Went Down There and Left' New York Observer - February 14, 2008 Archived February 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dolly Lenz The $7 Billion Sales Whiz - Forbes Life Executive Woman - Winter 2008 Archived August 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ I. Dolly Lenz - Real Estate Journal - November 13, 2007
- ^ Clarke, Katherine (June 12, 2013). "Dolly Lenz leaving Elliman: sources". The Real Deal. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ^ "Buy the dip in the housing market in 2019, says Dolly Lenz". CNBC. December 31, 2018.
- ^ New York's real-estate queen; Face Value." The Economist (US). Economist Newspaper Ltd. 2005. Retrieved January 30, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136198193.html Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine