50 year anniversary question and answer Steven Byrnes
Name: Steven Byrnes, MAI, SRA
Title: Owner/Manager
Company: Steven C. Byrnes & Associates Inc.
Years with Company: 1985
Years in the Industry: 1969
Address: 482 Southbridge Street # 211 Auburn, MA 01501
Telephone: 508 721 7780
Email: stevencbyrnes@cs.com
What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal
and what business were you doing at that time? 1968 while employed at the former Peoples Savings Bank, Worcester. Staff appraiser and ultimately chief appraiser until
1981. Senior appraiser Horne and Hastings, Worcester, 1981-1984. Entered private 1985.
In what way has the New England Real Estate Journal been a
benefit to you and your business? Great for providing a means to network, develop database of listed, leased, and sold properties. Tremendous source for
establishing one self throughout the region
How long have you been affiliated with the commercial real
estate industry? 45 years. Past member of the board of trustees of The
Appraisal Foundation; past member and chair of The Appraisal
Foundation Advisory Council; and TAFAC representative for the MBREA. Two
term president MBREA, past president AIREA, past president Society of
Real Estate Appraisers.
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