About David Bates

Dave Bates is motivated by education and the power of ideas. Dave has searched long and hard for the best ideas in business. Chances are, if you have heard of a book on business, Dave has read it.

As a collegiate entreprenuer at Syracuse University, Dave learned that it's not so much what you know; it's what you do with what you know. After college, as a top sales person in the communications industry, Dave saw that a sales career provides tangible evidence on how well you have learned the lesson. In fact, it's often more accurate than graded term papers.

Dave started his real estate career in 1996 as a rental associate and began to learn about the people, the properties and the pay-offs of real estate. Intrigued by the big-picture significance of what he was doing by day, he took a five-month course at Harvard at night. The course was entitled "Real Estate Investment and Finance Fundamentals." He celebrated the lessons taught in the course by putting a 23-unit building under agreement the same days as the final exam.

Ten years later, Dave attributes much of his success as a nationally recognized top-producing agent and acclaimed broker/owner to seeking out and implementing the best ideas. Over the years, he has traveled thousands of miles and spent literally tens of thousands of dollars to learn of, capture and implement the very best ideas available in the real estate world for himself, his firm, and their clients.

Dave's focus on education and ideas has led him to take a consultative approach with clients. Often he can provide context, diverse perspectives and customized solutions for his clients. Dave receives great joy when he sees clients reach their real estate goals. "That's absolutely the best reward," he says.

Dave grew up in Newton nad has lived in Southern California, but his family's history in Coolidge Corner goes as far back as the 1920s when his great grandfather started buying many eye-catching brick buildings in this charming locale. Dave has also taken great pride in traveling the globe. But no matter where he was or where he looked, one thing eluded him; The Big Idea.

In 2002, while training one of his agent at a property in Brookline Village, Dave took note of a young woman who showed some enthusiasm for the property. A few weeks later, Dave ran across the woman in a social setting adn they really hit it off. This woman, Ingrid Viteri, an architect from South America (Ecuador), shared with Dave "The Big Idea:" its not about real estate or the transaction, it's about what real estate and the transaction can do for people Now Dave and the architect from South America are a family with two children, Jack and Emma, whom they hope to raise bilingual.

If you want a broker who will scour the Earth to bring the best ideas to help you achieve your real estate goals, hire Dave. If however, you haven't found The Big Idea, then maybe you just haven't been to enough open houses or sold enough real estate.