SOREN BECH
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Managing Director, H. Bech & Company, LLC
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Agent, Elegran Real Estate & Development
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Licensed Real Estate Salesperson
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In Real Estate: 22yrs Investment Analysis, Property Management, Project Management, Brokerage).
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Past Sales: 62 (representing buyers, sellers or both)
Past Rentals: 321 (representing landlords, tenants or both)
Service Areas: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester, Hamptons
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Experience as an Agent: 10Yrs
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Other Experience Highlights:
- TOWN Residential, Elite Agent
- Morgan Stanley, Vice President, Equity Research & Portfolio Manager
- Lehman Brothers, Associate, Investment Research & Analysis
- Lazard Asset Management, Associate, Fixed Income Research & Portfolio Manager; Analyst, International Marketing
- University of Iowa, Adjunct Professor of Business
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Education:
Columbia University, MBA, Finance & Investing
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Yale University, BA, Economics & Poliics
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SEE BELOW FOR MORE ABOUT SOREN BECH
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Pairing more than a decade of experience in the real estate industry with professional expertise in wealth and investment management, Soren Bech provides clients with a uniquely analytical perspective.
His collaborative approach encompasses guidance on finding or selling a home, as well as on the in-depth financial planning and investment considerations that are an essential, and often overlooked, part of the decision process. He aims not only to assist in finding a new home or selling their current one but also in understanding the impact of what is often the most significant investment of their life on their overall financial plan.
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Soren’s 10 years of Wall Street experience as a Research Analyst included completing detailed financial modeling and valuation of investments for both private and institutional clients, across stocks, bonds, and real estate. He has worked in Asset Management at Lazard Frères, Lehman Brothers, and Morgan Stanley, and as a consultant to investors to analyze investments in real estate and to manage their holdings. As a university professor, Soren has taught courses on financial markets and wealth management. Soren takes joy in not only assisting his clients with a sales or rental transaction but also helping them understand the process and the real estate market.
Complementing this is his construction and design know-how. Fueled by a lifelong passion for architecture and design, Soren has over many years honed his knowledge of everything from terminology to historic and current trends, and combined with hands-on experience from building furniture and managing renovation projects. At the most fundamental level, Soren employs this to help his clients visualize what is possible with each apartment or building, whether buying or renting, and to help sellers with staging and strategic renovations that position their properties to secure the full market value.
By combining these skills with a casual, friendly and personable approach, Soren leverages his comprehensive knowledge of New York City neighborhoods and buildings, and a carefully chosen team of partners, including thoroughly vetted property inspectors, appraisers, mortgage bankers, attorneys, architects, engineers and contractors, to optimize the process for his clients, while ensuring that each can achieve his or her goals.
Soren earned an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School, and a B.A. in Economics and Politics from Yale University. Soren has lived in Manhattan for over 20 years, initially in the Financial District, then in Greenwich Village and the East Village, before moving 10 years ago to his current home in Hell’s Kitchen. He likes to balance the energy and excitement of NYC with time in the Hamptons, Upstate and Miami alongside his family and friends. Soren loves to entertain and is a classic car aficionado who can often be seen driving around town in his vintage Mercedes SL or SAAB.
Soren is a dedicated dog parent to Sofie, a Westiepoo, and Luke, a Cockapoo. You will surely see him all about town with these two adorable & friendly pups, who have been carefully trained as real estate showing assistants. And who, like Soren, are always excited to reconnect with old friends and make new ones.
About Us
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Our mission is to optimize your real estate experience. To do this we provide a uniquely analytical perspective to address all your real estate needs. This approach draws on our own depth of professional experience across residential and commercial real estate, finance and construction project management. In everything we do, we go above and beyond the call of duty, becoming your trusted advisor, primary resource and go-to for all aspects of real estate.
While we stay aprised of real estate in many markets, both in the US and abroad, and will gladly share our perspectives with clients on real estate in its many forms, our business is focused on the New York City, Westchester and Hamptons markets. In these jurisdictions, our breadth of Real Estate Services includes:
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REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
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Residential Sales as both a Listing Agent and Buyers Agent
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Residential Rentals representing Tenants and Landlords.
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Commercial Sales representing buyers and sellers of buildings and development sites
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ADVISORY SERVICES
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Real Estate Investment Analysis & Due Diligence including the analysis of development opportunities, zoning & building code analysis, property valuation, cash flow modeling, etc.
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Investment Strategy design & implementation determine optimal use of property given current market conditions to maximize value; implement strategies in partnership with design and construction resources.
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Construction Project Management for residential renovations from bathrooms and kitchens to apartment reconfiguration and combination, we help implement the plans that optimize a property
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Home Design and Staging Services in support of our residential buyers and sellers.
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For buyers, we combine design and construction expertise to help you visualize space differently - to see not just what is, but what is possible with a property -and then help to implement plans via our project management services + relationships with the necessary professional resources.
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For sellers, we stage and style every aspect of your property to maximize your sales results using an approach that is SETTING RECORDS REPEATEDLY with 90%+ listings sold at or above ask and an average under 30 days on-the-market.
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CLIENT REVIEWS
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"Soren is an extraordinary realtor who goes above and beyond the call of duty to meet his clients unique needs. He also has the talent of being able to find unique real estate opportunities and provide vision and insight on how to turn these opportunities into a clients dream property! His team helped with the purchase of my Manhattan Condo, but most recently he helped me find land in the Hamptons and put together a design for a home that met my specifications, and which allowed me to see that the land I wanted could support it. He also was very thorough with comps to help me understand not only the value of the land, but also how to maximize the eventual value of the home I will be building."
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- Jay H. purchased a Midtown West Condo & Land in Water Mill
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I was referred to Soren Bech through a friend of a friend. Before meeting Soren I met with another broker. My experience was night & day. Soren met me and we spoke extensively in person. He was polished, well spoken and perfectly prepared for our meeting. He wanted to understand my needs as a seller & prospective buyer, and after our first meeting I was genuinely sold. He has a vast knowledge of real estate, interior renovation, a keen attention to marketing and details, with a top notch financial background, making him a triple threat! All of my friends that have watched me through this journey have never heard of a broker like Soren.
He is all about the research and leg work for every aspect of the sale to maximize your profit. His strategy increased the value of my sale by $100K, and the property he helped me purchase just a few blocks north in the same neighborhood was larger, much better suited to me and less expensive.
They say that these transactions are extremely stressful, but for me I have had the opposite experience. I truly can not thank you enough Soren!
- Lisa E., sold 1-bed UWS Co-op & purchased a 2-bed UWS Co-op