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David Friedberg, President - Greater Boston Residential Brokerage

Name: David H. Friedberg Title: Sr. Vice President - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage; 2008 President Greater Boston Association of Realtors Company: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Location: Brookline, Mass. Place of Birth and Year: Framingham, Mass., 1958 Family: Two fabulous boys - Alex, Brian, 14 College: University of Wisconsin and classes at BU & Harvard Extension First Job Unrelated to your current field: Either selling paper airplanes in the neighborhood for a penny that I made at my dad's office when I was 5 or selling candy at school when I was 9 First Job in current field: Evaluating leases and looking for sites in 1982 What Your Firm Does Now and Its Plans for the Future? We market property and offer all related services for the benefit of the clients Hobbies: Movies, listening to the Red Sox crowd roar live before hearing it on TV from my apartment in Kenmore Sq. Keys to Success: Work hard, listen and sometimes do what you think is right even though you are not doing the popular thing. Surround yourself with good people If You Had To Choose a Different Profession, What Would It Be? Cannot answer that because I make the most of what I do
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