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Posted: August 26, 2014
25 Year Anniversary Q&A Blast from the Past: 1989: Joe Berko
Name: Joe Berko
Title: President
Company Name: Berko & Associates
Year Founded: 2005
Years with Company: 9
Years in real estate industry: 19
Q: The approximate number of years you have been a subscriber and/or how the NYREJ has been a benefit to you and/or your business:
A: As advisors, we rely heavily on information. The NYRE Journal helps me tap into some of the most up to date market intelligent out there.
Q: The approximate year you discovered the NYREJ and what business you were in at the time:
A: I have been reading the NYRE Journal since 2001, so 13 good years of reading the stories behind the stories.
Q: Your most memorable "15 minutes of fame" in the NYREJ:
A: When Berko & Associates opened its doors for business in 2005, we received recognition for our first sale. It was a 360,000 s/f, 22-story office building. That was the first time we saw Berko & Associates' name in print.
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