! Building a great real estate team is all about finding the right people and cultivating a strong culture, speakers at Connect Now told attendees on Thursday. The panel, entitled “Key Foundations for a Successfully Structured Team,” was moderated by Veronica Figueroa, who leads The Figueroa Team at eXp Realty, and speakers included Laurie Reader, founder and CEO of Laurie Finklestein Reader Real Estate, and Christina Welch, owner of the Welch Team at Keller Williams. Laurie Reader | Photo credit: Laurie Finkelstein Reader Real Estate Reader stressed that building her real estate team has always been about finding the right people to join, a factor that every other part of her business is based on.