The Realty Group merges with Sibcy Cline Realtors

The Realty Group, based in Vandalia, will merge with Sibcy Cline Realtors, the companies announced Monday.

The Realty Group office will now serve as the Vandalia Sibcy Cline branch office, joining other Dayton-area Sibcy Cline offices in Centerville, Beavercreek, Middletown/Monroe and Lebanon. Sibcy Cline now has 228 Dayton area agents serving the area.

The new Sibcy Cline office will be run by J. Michael Pierson, vice president/sales manager. Barry Russello, the former owner of The Realty Group, and the 21 associates of Vandalia firm will join Sibcy Cline.

Robert N. Sibcy, President of Sibcy Cline Realtors®, is pleased to announce the merger of The Realty Group Realtors® with Sibcy Cline. On Monday, April 15, 2013, this unification of two locally owned real estate companies took place.

Says Rob Sibcy, “We are very pleased to welcome Barry Russello, the former owner, as well as the other 21 Realty Group associates to the Sibcy Cline team. They have been a successful group of real estate professionals for the past 32 years and we are looking forward to working together in the future.”

The Realty Group Realtors® founder Barry Russello is very pleased with the new union with Sibcy Cline. “Service has always been of upmost importance to us. This is a win-win situation. Sibcy Cline provides innovative real estate tools and will empower us to offer the best of services to our clients. The Internet is so vital in real estate and Sibcy Cline’s website is a very powerful way to market listings. We are looking forward to broadening our marketing capabilities by utilizing their website and other marketing tools.”

The Realty Group Realtors® was founded in 1981 with an office located in Vandalia, Ohio. That facility will now serve as the Vandalia Sibcy Cline branch office, joining several other Dayton area Sibcy Cline offices in Centerville, Beavercreek, Middletown/Monroe and Lebanon. Sibcy Cline now has 228 Dayton area agents servicing the area.

Barry Russello has been involved in Dayton real estate sales for over 37 years. A lifetime resident of the Vandalia area, Russello has been active in the community serving on various Vandalia/Butler Chamber of Commerce committees. He is an active member of the Dayton Area Board of Realtors®. Russello and his wife, Betsy (also a Realtor®) have been married for 49 years.

The new Sibcy Cline office will be run by J. Michael Pierson, Vice President/Sales Manager. Pierson has been a real estate professional since 1986. His past success in sales has been noted with many real estate sales honors locally and statewide. Professionally he holds the CRS and GRI designations, denoting his expertise in residential real estate marketing, ethics, law, property management, investment, appraisals, taxation and brokerage management. Pierson is active with the Miami County and Dayton Boards of Realtors® and has served on various committees.

Sibcy Cline Realtors® is the largest regional real estate broker with 1,155 sales agents and 23 office locations throughout Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio; Northern Kentucky; and Southeastern Indiana.

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