Dan Marino talks real estate

By Alexander Britell

Dan Marino and the W Fort Lauderdale

This week, newly formed MMD Realty launched sales at the residences at the W Fort Lauderdale. The brokerage is the brainchild of Michelle Farber Ross, formerly of Waterfront Properties, along with two equity partners: Mike Wekerle and football legend Dan Marino. (MMD comes from the first letters of each of their names.) The latter got involved through Ross, who was actually the listing agent on Marino's home in Weston, which sold in February. Part of the new firm's pitch is that 5 percent of company profits will be given to the Dan Marino Foundation, which provides support and intervention services for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.The Real Deal caught up with the Dolphins great at the W Fort Lauderdale to talk about the new firm.