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Kathy Chiero
Founder
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How’d we start…
DownSize seminars began on a napkin at Panera. Founder and CEO, Kathy Chiero had built a successful real estate career on seminars. With a background in communications and as an award winning real estate instructor, Chiero has the ability to break down the moving and selling process into easy to understand and implement steps. Believing the best client to be an educated client, Kathy’s annual Home Seller Seminars attracted hundreds of homeowners over almost two decades: all intent on entering this big decision well informed and prepared.
In 2012 the Ohio housing market was seeing light at the end of an 8-year recession tunnel. Sitting at Panera with a colleague, Chiero proposed a seminar specifically for that over 55 homeowner who may have delayed the sale of home intending to to wait out the recession. What were their specific needs? Why was this sale different? What resources did this group of homeowners need to make this decision? The DownSize seminar was born.
Downsizing?
It’s much more than the sale of a house.
The decision to downsize is far more than just the sale of the “big” house and a move to a smaller living space. It is a move fraught with future-altering decisions and emotional turmoil, often made without the help of a deceased or incapacitated spouse and out-of-state children. While every other sale and purchase has been a move “up” the ladder: bigger, better, closer to kid’s schools and more amenities, this move is letting go. Giving up of possessions, memories, and the familiar is often the hardest part of the downsize transition.
DownSize Cleveland is Ohio’s premier seminar to assist the downsizing homeowner. Experts in the five major areas of transition – Residential, Emotional, Legal, Medical and Financial – all gather in one space to give the consumer valuable advice, resources and trusted partners to guide through this challenging transition.
Sylvia Incorvaia
For over two decades Sylvia Incorvaia of EXP Realty has been one of Northeast Ohio’s top selling Realtors. Sylvia and the Incorvaia Team of Realtors have sold over $1 Billion in Greater Cleveland area real estate. If you haven’t used The Incorvaia Team chances are a friend or neighbor has. Sylvia and her husband, Mike, have downsized their own home and know the stress it can create and the importance of making all the right decisions during this huge transition. Sylvia looks forward to meeting you at DownSize Cleveland where she will share with you her personal and professional experience. Sylvia and the DownSize Cleveland partners (Speakers and Exhibitors) will offer you decades of expert advice in all areas of downsizing: legal, emotional, residential, medical and financial.
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