Svetlana Kaftan

17 years in real estate. She specializes in complex deals — the kind that require untangling a property's history or bringing the interests of multiple parties into alignment. She invests in real estate herself, which means she speaks her clients' language both as a broker and as an investor. In her spare time, she collects teas from around the world and sees the same principle at work: what matters is finding exactly the right combination.