Name: Joe Cardillo
Title: Associate Broker
Company: Wason Associates Hospitality Real Estate Brokerage Group
Location: Portsmouth, N.H.
Birthplace and year: Harrison, N.Y., 1957
Family: Wife, Megan; 2 children: Jake, 5 years old and Eliza, 4 years old
College: University at Albany N.Y.
First job outside of real estate: Owned and operated a multimillion dollar photo/digital retail operation.
First job in real estate or allied field: Residential sales/ owned a number of rental properties.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future?: Commercial broker, hospitality sales. Continue to grow this brokerage business.
Hobbies: Golf, travel, playing with my kids
Favorite book: "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich
Favorite movie: "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" (most Cohen Brothers films)
Person you admire most (outside of family): Too many to list
Key to success: There is no one key. However, hard work usually pays pretty good dividends!
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be?: Something related to the golf industry (development sales)