Photo: BARNEY SLOAN

2009: BROKERS WITH BADGES | Most unique real estate agent: Federal Marshals, acting in conjunction with Corcoran representatives, seized Bernie Madoff’s Montauk home in order to sell it, for $9.4 million, in September (the asking price was $8.75 million). Was it notoriety at work, or the fact that with stricter building laws you just can’t get this close to the ocean anymore?