--- title: Blog - HomeSmart | Wendy Forsythe, Chief Operating Officer description: Wendy has leveraged her passion for real estate, operations and branding to help build successful real estate networks in both Canada and the United States. She was recognized in 2017 as one of the Swanepoel Power 200 and as a 2017 Inman Real Estate Influencer. She was employee number two at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate when Realogy relaunched the brand in 2007. She later lead the growth of a national independent brokerage from 500 agents to over 2000 agents in under 5 years and to be ranked as one of the top 50 brokerages in the country in 2016. Prior to joining HomeSmart she served as the President, Broker Division at T3 Sixty Group. Wendy is an accomplished athlete holding several marathon finishes including the Los Angeles, San Diego and New York City Marathons. In 2017, she became an Ironman by completing a 140.6 mile triathlon. --- [![HomeSmart](https://blog.homesmart.com/hubfs/homesmart_blog_2020/homesmart-logo.png "HomeSmart")](https://homesmart.com/) - [Home](https://homesmart.com/) - [About Us](https://homesmart.com/about-us/) - [Buyers](https://homesmart.com/buyers/) - [Sellers](https://homesmart.com/sellers/) - [Blog](https://blog.homesmart.com/) - [Contact Us](https://homesmart.com/join-us/contact-us/) - [JOIN](https://join.homesmart.com/) ### Wendy Forsythe, Chief Operating Officer Wendy has leveraged her passion for real estate, operations and branding to help build successful real estate networks in both Canada and the United States. She was recognized in 2017 as one of the Swanepoel Power 200 and as a 2017 Inman Real Estate Influencer. She was employee number two at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate when Realogy relaunched the brand in 2007. She later lead the growth of a national independent brokerage from 500 agents to over 2000 agents in under 5 years and to be ranked as one of the top 50 brokerages in the country in 2016. Prior to joining HomeSmart she served as the President, Broker Division at T3 Sixty Group. Wendy is an accomplished athlete holding several marathon finishes including the Los Angeles, San Diego and New York City Marathons. In 2017, she became an Ironman by completing a 140.6 mile triathlon. Find me on: ### Posts by Wendy Forsythe, Chief Operating Officer : [real estate industry](https://blog.homesmart.com/topic/real-estate-industry) [real estate business](https://blog.homesmart.com/topic/real-estate-business) ## [Top Hacks to Convert Real Estate Leads](https://blog.homesmart.com/top-hacks-to-convert-real-estate-leads) So many leads, so few conversions—a challenge even successful real estate agents contend with. The numbers vary from source to source, but real estate agents convert, on average, a... 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