50 year anniversary question and answer Sidney Spiegel
Name: Sidney Spiegel
Title: VP/Commercial Division
Company: NE Moves Mortgage,
Years with company: 16
Years in real estate industry: 17
Address: 52 Second Ave., Waltham, MA 02451
Telephone: 781-684-5712
Email: sid.spiegel@nemoves.com
What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal and what business were you doing at that time? About a year after I entered the real estate industry I read my first issue of NEREJ.
In what way has the New England Real Estate Journal been a benefit to you and your business? It has provided me with a valuable way to connect to other professionals in the industry and see what others are doing insofar as commercial transactions and also financing opportunities
How long have you been affiliated with the commercial real estate industry? 17 years.
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