This segment of “Building Knowledge With The Building and Realty Institute (BRI)” will examine how a veteran member of the real estate industry in the New York Metro Area is dealing with the many challenges facing the local real estate market. Episode Seven of our series featured Mitchell Usavich, a Senior Vice President of Statewide Abstract Corporation, a well-known Title Insurance company in the New York metro area, as our guest. Mitchell Usavich reviewed the challenges facing the real estate industry on a national basis as part of that episode, so we felt a specific look at the challenges facing the realty sector in the New York Metro Area should follow that segment. Cedric Smith, an Associate Broker with Howard Hanna Rand Realty, is the guest for Episode Eight. Howard Hanna Rand Realty, which is a member of the Building and Realty Institute (BRI), has offices in White Plains in Westchester County in New York State and in Westport, Connecticut.