Joseph Rand Bio

Joseph Rand

Chief Creative Officer

Howard Hanna | Rand Realty 

Joseph Rand  is the Chief Creative Officer for Howard Hanna | Rand Realty and the author of Disruptors, Discounters, and Doubters, about how the industry can overcome the challenges posed by disruption by raising the bar on client experiences, and How to be a Great Real Estate Agent, about how agents can build their business by becoming better at identifying and servicing client needs. He has spoken at numerous industry conferences, including Inman Connect, REALTOR Triple Play, and the RIS Media CEO Summit.

In 2018, Rand was honored by RIS Media with one of the inaugural industry Newsmaker Awards, recognized by Inman News as one of the Top 100 Real Estate Influencers, and in 2019 was noted in the Real Estate Almanac from T360 Advisors in the Swanepoel Power 200 as one of the most "powerful people in real estate." Closer to home, he is also the 2020 recipient of the “REALTOR of the Year” award from the Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS in New York.

He currently lives with his wife Linie, two children, and two dogs in the Village of Nyack New York, where he is the elected Mayor. You can find more about him at www.joerand.com, or his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/josephrand.