One plus one equals three.

One. Plus one. Equals three.

While the math may not work on a calculator, the mindset has guided Ralph Lewis through

twenty years in real estate and brokerage, tens of millions of dollars in sales, and the ups and

downs of raising half a dozen children along the Connecticut shoreline.

While he may have come up through the commercial side of the industry, Lewis is no stranger to residential sales. He uses a baseball analogy – saying the more pitches he knows how to throw, the more batters he can face. Part of what has made him so successful in adding residential real estate to his arsenal is his innate ability to know his market. Working heavily in Bridgeport’s North End, he has catered his workflow to younger clients, many of whom are students at Sacred Heart University. In the last five years alone, he has sold just under 200 houses in that neighborhood… and that allowed him to expand into his current hometown of Stratford – where he has consistently climbed through local rankings to reach the top overall spot in his community.

If you look at the back of his baseball card, the statistics speak for themselves. Lewis sold the

Tanger Outlets in Westbrook for forty million dollars, a Cheshire shopping plaza for over twelve

million dollars, and a handful of retail tenants. He has handled leases for everything from

warehouse space to fitness and day care centers. His team at Coldwell Banker has more than a dozen hitters ready to come up to bat, and he has his hand in local real estate all over

Connecticut: Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, Cheshire, Wallingford, and more… with dreams of

going national.

With a laundry list of accomplishments in local real estate, his largest may be at home in the

Lordship neighborhood of Stratford, where he spends his days managing a roster of six kids –

five boys and a girl – with his wife Brittney. Aged three to thirteen, his kids are reaching an age

where their schedules are as active as their bodies and minds, and that keeps the Lewis clan busy.

His family has faced challenges beyond work and school schedules. Four years ago, his fifth son, Johnny, was diagnosed with leukemia. Lewis calls that experience a different kind of hell on Earth – bringing a toddler to chemotherapy appointments and learning about leukemia and

childhood cancer is a nightmare no parent wants to experience. He says the cancer treatment –

coupled with the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic – was an up-and-down road,

calling certain times better and others harder… navigating through a life-changing situation

when the world goes on spinning. Two-and-a-half years later, Johnny received his last dose of

chemo. With his son’s cancer thankfully behind his family, Lewis has found a new appreciation

for each moment in life. He and his wife spend a lot of time focused on residential flips – he says he often depends on her creative eye as part of their partnership.

“One plus one equals three,” sure – but he is just taking things one day at a time.