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CityViewNC.com | 47 Suzanne & Tiffany Pennink, Coldwell Banker Advantage S UZANNE & TIFFANY PENNINK are a mother and daughter-in- law duo in real estate. Suzanne is one of the owners of and a broker for Coldwell Banker Advantage and Tiffany is also a broker. eir partnership began aer Tiffany married Andrew, Suzanne's oldest son, had a baby and decided to get her real estate license. When they're in the office together, they make use of the partner desk Suzanne bought when she started her company in 1975. e key to their stress-free relationship? Communication, respecting each other as women and a seriously great sense of humor. How did you two start working together? Suzanne: I never really had an assistant. I've just always done my own thing. And even though I'm an owner, I like to sell and list. Tiffany was working at Hutchens Law Firm and the law office is right here in our building. Andrew, who works for NC Homefront Mortgage, had come home from Charlotte from a banking job. He had his eye on Tiffany. ey started dating. ey fell in love, got engaged and got married. ey had a baby—Brooks, who is now two years old—and Tiffany had the idea to get her real estate license. We talked and she decided she would be her own broker and it just made a good paring. How do you work well together? Suzanne: ere's a lot of family involved in helping us to be where we need to be. When she needs to do something with the baby, I can help her and she can help me. She has her sphere of friends and I've got my sphere of friends. So, I might list a house that belongs to an older couple and a younger couple might want to buy it. I didn't so much have that connection in the past. How do you balance your strengths and weaknesses? Tiffany: She has so much knowledge that I am trying to learn. She has been in every situation that you can possibly imagine, real-estate-wise. She can honestly work with anybody. She has such a good personality. What hurts me in a way now is I email and I text. She'll pick up the phone and call someone in a heartbeat, whereas I'm more likely to text someone. Suzanne: But it works both ways. She gets some things done that I wouldn't be able to. When you say weaknesses and strengths I'm not sure that's exactly it. e differences in the way we do things enables us to get to the bottom line, which is to get the business done. We complement each other. It's like having four sets of hands that can manage the issues where before I was just doing it by myself and some things were falling through the cracks. How do you manage any conflict that comes up? Suzanne: We've never had a fight that I know of. Tiffany: We honestly get along so well. Even my friends say I wish I had the relationship with my mother-in-law the way you do. We literally work together every day. We probably see each other every night. We're at each other's house LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED By Steve Hopper Mention this ad and receive 10% off! How does your lawn look? Turf Fertilization/Weed Control • Mosquito Control • Turf Insect & Disease Control • Tree and Shrub Care • Fire Ant Control • Core Aeration • Call for a FREE Estimate 910.426.2266 or visit us online at www.spring-green.com/shopper SPECIALIZING IN PRIVATE CLASSES. OFFERING YOGA, PILATES (BOTH MAT AND MACHINE), PIYO, REIKI, YOGA THERAPY, AYURVEDIC CONSULTATIONS, AND THAI MASSAGES. Living Balance Studios www.LivingBalanceStudiosNC.com Fayetteville, NC The "Spa" Workout Experience SPECIALIZING IN PRIVATE CLASSES. OFFERING YOGA, PILATES (BOTH MAT AND MACHINE), PIYO, REIKI, YOGA THERAPY, AYURVEDIC CONSULTATIONS, AND THAI MASSAGES. Living Balance Studios www.LivingBalanceStudiosNC.com Fayetteville, NC The "Spa" Workout Experience NC SPECIALIZING IN PRIVATE CLASSES. OFFERING YOGA, PILATES (BOTH MAT AND MACHINE), PIYO, REIKI, YOGA THERAPY, AYURVEDIC CONSULTATIONS, AND THAI MASSAGES.

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