AGENT PROFILE
Executive Vice President Samantha Kleier Forbes graduated with honors from Horace Mann and continued her education at the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated cum laude with a BA in English. She is still active at both of her alma maters - at Horace Mann she serves on the Alumni Council Board.
Samantha was born and raised on the Upper East Side in Carnegie Hill, where she still resides with her husband JP and her young children. She is a dog lover who supports multiple animal charities such as the ASPCA, Bide A Wee, Stray From the Heart, and is currently working to stop puppy mills for The Humane Society through Friends of Finn. She is also a member of the Central Park Zoo Conservancy, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural History.
A native New Yorker, her clients come predominantly through referrals from clients and friends, many of whom she has known since nursery school. She has brokered deals all over Manhattan in both Cooperatives and Condominiums. She is a member of REBNY.
In 2012 THE REAL DEAL New York Real Estate News ranked The Kleier Team (Michele, Sabrina and Samantha) in the top 10 of their Top Real Estate Agent list. In addition THE REAL DEAL ranked Kleier Residential third on its Top Boutique Brokerage list in 2012. The New York Times highlighted The Kleier Team (out of 20,000 brokers) in a front page feature on how to choose your real estate broker.
She frequently appears on Fox 10 O'clock news, The Insider, Access Hollywood, CBS's Living Large, Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, Live! with Regis and Kelly and VH1 as a real estate expert and is frequently quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, New York Magazine and New York Post for her expertise. Her family motto is “There is no place like home” – She is so happy to be part of that special universe of the family business.
She started her career at the entertainment public relations firm Susan Blond Inc, where she was the youngest Vice President in the company’s history, working with luxury and celebrity clients including Reebok Sports Club/NY, Britney Spears, and Luther Vandross and managing a staff of over 25 employees.
She got her start in real estate at age 2, being carried around to appointments by her mother, President Michele Kleier, who taught her the word Coop along with the ABCs. Her family motto is “There is no place like home” – She is so happy to be part of that special universe of the family business.
In late 2009 Kleier Residential was selected as one of three Manhattan real estate companies to headline HGTV's new real estate reality TV show, SELLING NEW YORK.
The TV series became an overnight rating hit. The show ran for eight seasons and SELLING NEW YORK continues to be one of the most popular shows now streaming.
Samantha, along with Sabrina and Michele, has co written a real estate novel for Harper Collins, titled HOT PROPERTY.
