"Nick was very patient, responsive and very aware of our feedback and budget ... Aside from these professional qualities, Nick is a great guy that not only cared about finding us the perfect condo he ensured we felt welcome in this unfamiliar city we would soon call home." Ere & Kathleen “Congratulations on the award! So deserving! You were so great with us and we'll be eternally grateful.” Susan & Rob "Nick manages to make home buying an adventure by guiding you with diligence, smarts, patience, and an excellent sense of humor." Candace & Anthony Nicholas Palance is an Associate Broker working in both the Upper West Side and Brooklyn Heights offices. Nick has recently been featured in Brokers Weekly as one of NYC's Rising Stars and was named Brown Harris Stevens Rookie of the Year. His unique and thorough knowledge of both the Manhattan and Brooklyn markets provides an indispensable advantage to his valued client base. Upon graduating early with high honors at Northeastern University, Nick excelled at Pricewaterhouse Coopers as an expatriate tax consultant to Wall Street's top investment bankers. Thereafter, Nick became a trusted financial analyst within the music industry servicing the accounts of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Norah Jones, and was ultimately promoted to handle the entire Capital Records repertoire and Beatles catalogue. Despite this success, Nick left corporate finance to follow his entrepreneurial instincts in the family business: real estate. Nick has a lifelong connection to residential real estate sales and is intimately familiar with the intricacies of condo, coop, and townhouse transactions from both buyer and seller perspectives. His referral business is a result of satisfied clients including foreign investors, native New Yorkers, diplomats, first time buyers, empty nesters, as well as seasoned investors. An avid golfer, skier, and fisherman, Nick also devotes free time to the American Cancer Society, Urban Land Institute, and the Real Estate Board of New York.