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Michele Lerner is a freelance content writer and journalist with more than three decades of experience. Her journalism regularly appears in The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Boston Globe, AARP, The Wall Street Journal, Washingtonian Magazine, Barron’s, Penta, Mansion Global, Success Magazine, Green Builder Magazine, Money Magazine, PRO Builder magazine and Home & Design magazine.Her journalism work primarily covers real estate and personal finance topics for consumers. She covers every aspect of housing from affordable to luxury, including interior design, architecture and financing.
Lerner writes content for numerouis financial institutions and insurance companies about wealth management for business owners and families, philanthropy, business succession planning, workplace issues and personal finance.
Lerner has won numerous awards for her journalism, including Best Freelance Writer of the Year from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the Platinum Award for the Best Article of the Year in All Categories from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
Lerner is the author of two books: “New Home 101: Your Guide to Buying and Building a New Home”and “HOMEBUYING: Tough Times, First Time, Any Time.”
Subjects
General
Specialties
Real estate, thought leadership, architecture, senior housing, affordable housing, mortgage financing, insurance, personal finance, workplace issues, estate planning, succession planning, philanthropy, economics, retirement planning, real estate investing
Skills
- Advertorials
- Articles
- Blog posts
- Books
- Case studies
- Content marketing
- Copywriting
- E-books
- Editing
- Feature writing
- Ghostwriting
- News
- News releases
- Profiles
- Q&A
- Radio (writing)
- SEO
- Web copy
- White papers
Writing Credits
The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, AARP, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Washingtonian Magazine, Success Magazine, Mansion Global, Penta, Home & Design Magazine, New Home Source, Green Builder Media, Pro Builder Magazine, Money Magazine
Book Credits
“New Home 101: Your Guide to Buying and Building a New Home”
“HOMEBUYING: Tough Times, First Time, Any Time.”
Awards, Honors, Appointments
Best Freelance Writer of the Year from the National Association of Real Estate Editors
Platinum Award for the Best Article of the Year in All Categories from the National Association of Real Estate Editors
Gold Award for Best Architecture Article from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
Gold Award for Best Mortgage or Financial Article from the National Association of Real Estate Editors
Gold Award for the Best Interior Design Article from the National Association of Real Estate Editors
Selected Work
As author, unless indicated otherwise.
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