50 year anniversary question and answer Stephen Davis
Name: Stephen Davis
Title: Principal
Company/Firm: Davis and diMarco
Years with company: 10
Years in real estate industry: 52
Address: 197 First Ave., Suite 300, Needham, MA 02494
Telephone: 781-444-3001
Email: sdavis5760@aol.com
What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal and what business were you doing at that time? April 1963. I was sent from NYC to open the Julien J. Studley Boston office I received my first call from Roland Hopkins less than 3 months later. I had no idea how he found me since I had moved into a very small sales office at 10 Post Office Sq. and my phone number had been listed for less than a month.
In what way has the New England Real Estate Journal been a benefit to you and your business? Roland hounded me for ads and I pushed him for publicity. This approach worked well for both of our operations
How long have you been affiliated with the commercial real estate industry? I have been affiliated with the commercial real estate industry for 52 years. I worked for Julien J. Studley from 1962 to 1991. I opened Davis and diMarco in 1993.
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