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Posted: April 8, 2009
HB Buckner 2009
Name: HB Buckner
Title: Senior Exchange Specialist
Company: Legal 1031 Exchange Services, Inc.
Location: 6 Ash St., Hollis, NH 03049
Birthplace and year: Boston, MA - 1950
Family: Wife Alice; daughter, Isabel
College: University of Mass., Amherst, BA Education
First job outside of 1031: Teacher at East Elementary School, Sharon, Mass.
First job in 1031: Exchange Specialist for Starker Services
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Teach continued education classes in 1031 exchanges with creative solutions. Utilize over 20 years of my experience as a consultant for investors.
Hobbies: International travel, musician, cooking.
Favorite book: "A Hundred years of solitude" by Gabriel Marque
Favorite movie: "Nightmare before Christmas"
Person you admire most (outside of family): The Dalai Lama
Key to success: Stick with it and treat everyone as a client
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Healthy fast food chef
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