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The Conway School of Real Estate’s latest continuing-education courses for real estate licensees include evening classes designed for those agents who prefer to attend programs after traditional business hours.

The courses are open to all of the state’s real estate agents – whether active or inactive – and will help satisfy the state’s continuing-education requirements for license renewal.

The evening classes were added to the schedule in response to feedback from Realtors who said that other commitments often prevent them from enrolling in daytime programs, and represent Conway’s commitment to flexibility in meeting the needs of agents in the field.

The evening courses, to be held from 6-8 p.m., will include “Zoning and Building Codes” on Monday, June 25 at the Norwell Learning Center, 137 Washington St., and “Selling Historic Homes” on Monday, July 16 at the Lakeville Learning Center, 10 Main St.

The classes are open to all real estate agents, and each will result in two credit hours toward fulfilling the state’s 12-hour continuing education requirement.

The cost for each course is $20. To register, visit www.jackconway.com/continuing-education, or call 781-871-0080, ext. 342 for more information.

The Conway School of Real Estate is a division of Jack Conway & Co., which is celebrating its 56th anniversary, with sales offices from the North Shore to Boston, Cape Cod and the South Coast. The school also offers pre-licensing classes in Norwell, Lakeville, Dartmouth, and Hyannis for anyone interested in entering the real estate field.

Co-founder Wilma Goodhue (left) hosted a group of Jack Conway Realtors at a tour of the Friendship Home in Norwell.

A group of Jack Conway Realtors recently enjoyed lunch and a tour of the newly expanded Friendship Home in Norwell. The meal was prepared and served by clients at the facility, which provides education, recreation and short-term respite care to people with developmental disabilities.

“We were invited to the luncheon by Linda Malone, the director of fundraising and public relations for the Friendship Home,” said Conway agent Kristen Morse. “Linda asked us to come in and tour their new upstairs respite unit, which includes five bedrooms, a great room, a computer area and a fully equipped kitchen. Clients will now be able to stay overnight for up to two weeks while their family members or caregivers are away.  This is a wonderful service for everyone involved.”

Friendship Home Program Director Laurel Hickey was happy that the Conway group had a chance to visit her building .“We invite the public and community partners to dine at our ‘Friends-4-Ever’ Café, which is entirely run by our clients,” said Hickey. “These guys shop for, cook and serve the meals and handle all the planning from soup to nuts. They do a fabulous job.”

Conway CEO Carol Bulman attended the luncheon along with eight of her colleagues: Elaine Bongarzone, Susan Conway, Liz Charlton, Paul Durgin, Helen Jablonski, Bryan Keaney, Brian McCormick, Kristen Morse, and Dick Stevens. “The Friendship Home is an amazing place,” said Bulman. “Every time I’ve had the opportunity to visit there, the members have filled my heart. They are so kind, open and welcoming. I feel privileged to be in the company of these good people.”

Friendship Home co-founders Wilma Goodhue and Joan Mullare, both parents of adult children with developmental disabilities, have served as advocates for the disabled since 1999. Their dream was to establish a facility where clients could socialize, learn life and work skills, and obtain jobs through a network of community partners. After 10 years of fundraising and hard work, the women saw their dream become a reality when Friendship Home opened in 2010 on one acre of land leased to them for 100 years by the United Church of Christ in Norwell. More than 840 guests recently attended the group’s annual fundraising gala, held at Lombardos in Randolph.

To find out more, or to view our South Shore homes for sale, please contact a Jack Conway agent in your town today.

Conway's Swampscott Team at the Lynn Chamber of Commerce

Jack Conway, Realtor’s Swampscott Office recently hosted a booth at the Lynn Chamber of Commerce’s Home, Garden and Health Show. The event, which took place at Swampscott High School from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., drew hundreds of visitors to view the wares of vendors ranging from cosmetic dentists to mortgage lenders, along with cooking demonstrations, guest lectures and a keynote speech by Dr. Sheldon Sevinor, a celebrated plastic surgeon.

“The home show was a great chance for my agents to get out and talk real estate with potential buyers and sellers and other members of the community,” said Conway-Swampscott Manager Tim Knowlton. “We were the only Realtors there, and we came away with many new friends and several new customers.”

Hosting the Conway booth during the day-long event were Swampscott sales associates Lisa Scourtas, Amanda Brawley, Paul Ferraro, Teresa Flaherty, Sue Garcelon, Barbara Kennedy-White, Glenn Kessler, Ronnie Northrop, and Sue Sinrich, as well as loan specialist Chris Curran of New England Mortgage Partners, the financial arm of Jack Conway, Realtor.

For all of your real estate needs, contact Conway-Swampscott at 781-584-4757 or email Swampscott@jackconway.com.

Get Your Real Estate License With Us!

If you have ever thought about obtaining your real estate license, now is the time to get the education you need to pass the state exam. The Conway School of Real Estate pre-licensing course will prepare you for the test in only five weeks, with the added convenience of classes held on Saturdays.

The next course begins on Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Conway Training Center in Norwell, 137 Washington St. (Rte. 53). The 40 hours of instruction will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the next four Saturdays, concluding on Feb. 4. Tuition is $375, which includes textbooks, sample exams, and all materials.

The course will be taught by attorney Jay Chaisson, Jack Conway’s corporate counsel, who has decades of experience in the real estate industry. Taking the course with Conway does not obligate you to join the company, but students of the Conway School of Real Estate have the opportunity to receive career advice from the company’s sales managers.

Completing the 40 hours of learning qualifies students to take the Massachusetts state licensing examination. Your success is guaranteed! Conway students may retake the course at no charge if they do not pass the exam on their first attempt, as long as the test is taken within 45 days of completing the course.

For more information, or to register online, visit our Careers page or call Marie Battles, 781-871-0080, ext. 342.

Jack Conway & Co. is celebrating its 55th anniversary, with 42 sales offices from the North Shore to Boston, Cape Cod and the South Coast. We represent buyers and sellers of South Shore homes for sale, Cape Cod real estate, and other properties up and down the Massachusetts coast. The company also operates New England Mortgage Partners, a joint venture with Wells Fargo that provides a full range of financing options to buyers. Contact Jack Conway today to learn more!

Julie Simmons with Jack Conway

A banquet hall filled with orange and gold balloons, cornucopias, fall flowers and stacks of food for the hungry was the setting for Jack Conway, Realtor’s annual Thanksgiving Award Breakfasts held at the Plymouth Radisson Hotel. More than 400 Conway sales associates from Boston to Cape Cod, the South Coast and the North Shore attended the event at which  agents were honored for “team spirit and congeniality.” The winners received gift checks to purchase a Thanksgiving turkey, and all attendees brought non-perishable food items to contribute to the Charity Guild of Brockton.

“We have a lot of functions in our company that recognize agents for top production,” said Conway CEO Carol Bulman. “But this ceremony honors our associates for the intangible qualities of kindness, good humor and camaraderie. These individuals are true winners because they help and support their colleagues and their communities all year long.”

The local recipient of the Conway Thanksgiving Award from the Dorchester office was Anne O’Brien, who was recognized for her volunteer work on behalf of the Franklin Park Zoo and for being a “consistently positive influence in her office.” Also honored at the breakfast was Conway-Dorchester Manager Julie Simmons who received a special Conway Country Community Service Award for her contributions and support of her Dorchester community during the past year. Simmons serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees for the First Parish Church in Dorchester, one of the oldest churches in the city of Boston, and has been actively involved in raising funds for a massive renovation of the Circa 1631 building.

The Annual Thanksgiving breakfasts have been a tradition in Conway Country for more than 30 years, and with all of the great homes for sale in Plymouth MA that Jack Conway represents, the location is a natural choice. “We gather here in America’s hometown every November for our celebration,” said Chairman Jack Conway, who delivered the opening greeting to the group. “It’s where our country’s first Thanksgiving took place, and it reminds us to thank God for the many wonderful things we have in our lives.”

To find out more about our community involvement or our South Shore homes for sale, contact Jack Conway today!

Conway Agents Volunteer at New Bedford Salvation Army

Barbecue chicken, potato salad and corn on the cob were on the menu for Sunday dinner at the Salvation Army Kitchen in New Bedford on October 16th. The food was cooked and served by a number of Jack Conway Realtors on the Greater New Bedford Association of Realtors’ (GRNBAR) Community Service and Donations Committee. The group’s goal was to prepare and serve full course meals to the homeless in the downtown New Bedford Area.

Jack Conway Realtors Feed Homeless

Conway-Padanaram agent Nona Sbordone, and Mattapoisett agent Joanne Mecke help serve food the homeless in New Bedford.

“We conduct food drives and cook the dinners ourselves,” said Nona Sbordone, a Conway-Padanaram agent who recently obtained a $500 grant from her local Shaws Supermarket to benefit the cause. “We usually serve a meal to about 300 people – some individuals and some families. I’ve been doing this for about two years, and I would never give it up. They are so grateful for our help.”

Sbordone and her manager Brenda Simmons serve on the GRNBAR committee with fellow Conway agents Laurie Wilkie, manager of Conway-Dartmouth, and Conway-Mattapoisett agents Mary McCann, Sue Haley, Joanne Mecke and Paula Tosca. “Everyone pitches in and cooks the meals, and we all participate in the food drives to collect canned goods and non-perishable items,” said Simmons. “Nona is particularly involved in finding new locations for us to set up our drives, and she was instrumental in securing the recent grant from Shaws. She is a ‘can-do’ person in the truest sense of the word.”

Anne Arruda, executive assistant at GRNBAR, was happy to forward the $500 check from the Dartmouth Supermarket to the Salvation Army for its food pantry. “I know Nona helped make it happen by talking with the Shaws upper management about our committee,” said Arruda. “We thank her so much for her hard work on behalf of the homeless.”

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Help Us Reach Our Fundraising Goal!

As you know the Alzheimer’s Walk is fast approaching and we are putting a great team together to walk as Jack Conway Co.  It’s not too late to join us!  Simply click on the link below and then click “join team”, fill in the required information and your done.

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See you Saturday, October 1st, at 8:30 am on the Plymouth waterfront by the Plymouth Rock

Visit our hospitality tent for some refreshments before and after the one mile or the three mile walk.  Heck, you can run it if you like.  (I’ll be walking.)  If you’re not walking, you can also support the team by making a team donation on the site as well.

If you are having trouble signing up, give me a ring (800-283-1030, extension 318) and we can do it together.

Thanks for all your support!

-Dawn Stevens

The good works of Conway House, a Middleboro homeless shelter, will get a boost from an upcoming Conway Country Road Race in October. Members of Jack Conway Realtor’s Lakeville office are organizing a 5-mile run next month with all proceeds going to the local shelter for homeless women and children.Conway Country Road Race Logo

The event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to noon starting and ending at the Jack Conway Lakeville Office at 10 Main Street (Rte. 105). Runners will travel the scenic country roads of Middleboro and Lakeville before arriving back at the Conway Country finish line. Prizes will be awarded to the first place male and female overall winners as well as winners in specific age groups.

“We’re hoping to have more than 400 runners and a large group of local sponsors involved in the race,” said Denis Lilla, Conway Regional VP and manager of the Lakeville office. “Our Chairman Jack Conway has always been a strong advocate for the homeless and we wanted our race to benefit that cause.”

Conway House was established in 1996 and named in honor of Jack Conway and his wife Patricia in recognition of their lifetime of charitable works. It is operated today by Father Bill’s & MainSpring and provides food, clothing, and counseling to 12 homeless families.

Conway-Lakeville Realtor Bob Joyal is chairman of the Conway Country Road Race Committee, which includes fellow agents Jack Walters, Hugh Harp, Lilla, and Phil Scorgie. “We are asking local businesses to help support our event and add to the funds we can raise for Conway House,” said Joyal. “Sponsorships are available in amounts of $50 to $1,000, each offering marketing opportunities for the sponsor. The registration fee for runners is $20 before Sept. 29, $25 after that date. We’re hoping to make this a community-wide event. Rain or shine, it’s going to be a great day.”

For full details on the Conway Country Road Race click here or call the Conway-Lakeville office at 508-946-2290.

Jack Conway, Realtor recently sponsored and participated in Real Estate Bar Camp Boston 2011. The unique technology seminar drew hundreds of local real estate professionals to the Back Bay Events Center for day-long learning and networking. Several Conway agents and members of the management team joined the event.

“We were so excited to be a part of this, and proud to be a sponsor,” said Conway Regional Manager Peter Ruffini. “It was a chance to learn and hear from some really knowledgeable and innovative people in the industry.”

The concept for RE BarCamp came from a technology BarCamp event held in San Francisco. Wikipedia defines a barcamp as: an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. Every session is not planned out in advance. Nobody is paid to deliver a session. Anybody can deliver a session and attendees are strongly encouraged to participate.

REbar camp boston 2011

Long thought of as a forward-thinking company, Conway has positioned itself as a leader in technology with a successfully redesigned wesbite that possesses cutting edge tools for agents and the brokerage. The REBar Camp Boston was a chance to learn more about social media and other ways for the company to engage with customers.

“We heard from some of the best and brightest local people in social media, SEO strategy and online customer service,” said Al Becker, Conway’s director of marketing. “It was important to be there, and be familiar with these strategies.”

Learn how Conway’s advanced technology and experienced real estate agents can help you – contact an agent today to help with all your real estate needs!



The selling superstars of Conway Country were honored recently as Jack Conway, Realtor acknowledged its top agents at the company’s annual mid-year awards breakfast held at the Plymouth Radisson Hotel.

Recognizing Excellence

Jack Conway Mid-Year Top Lister

Top Lister - Thomas O'Connor

The event recognized top listers and sellers from 42 offices for the first six months of 2011. Companywide winners were Thomas O’Connor of Conway-West Roxbury (tops in listings) and Tia Zaferakis of the South Boston office (tops in sales). A group of Conway agents were also presented with community service awards for their local volunteer efforts, and 25 associates received the “Conway Degree of Excellence” for completing a one-year “Superstar” training program.

“Our company believes in the concept of lifelong learning,” said Conway CEO Carol Bulman, addressing the graduates. “You have put a great deal of time and effort into gaining new skills and knowledge, and you have achieved a new degree of excellence in your craft. I congratulate you all.”

Looking to the Future

Jack Conway Mid-Year Top Seller

Top Seller - Tia Zaferakis

The guest speaker at the award ceremony was Kim Castiglioni, VP and Strategic Alliance Manager for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. She shared her thoughts on the Massachusetts marketplace and offered tips for increasing Realtors’ business in the year ahead. “The opportunities are out there for people to buy a home right now,” said Castiglioni. “We have mortgage interest rates at 40-year lows, and contrary to what some buyers may believe, credit is available. Spread the word, the time to buy is now.”

Before the 6-month top performers were announced, Chairman Jack Conway presented community service certificates to 10 of his associates who had demonstrated the “spirit of giving back” within their local cities and towns. “I’m proud of each of you for the time and talent you have contributed to your communities,” said Conway. “You are a credit to yourselves and to our company.”

Conway Regional VP, Dick Cahill, wound up the Plymouth breakfast with the presentation of mid-year top seller and lister awards to 51 Conway agents from Swampscott to Cape Cod.