Name: Harvey Kolin, CCIM
Title: Managing Member
Company Name: Corporate Commercial Realty, LLC
Year Founded: 2009
Years with Company: Founder of company
Years in real estate industry: 15 years as a broker/agent over 30 years as a real estate owner.
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: I have been a subscriber to NY Real Estate Journey for over 10 years. We have been advertisers for at least 6 years with great exposure to the real estate community.
Q: The approximate year you discovered the NYREJ and what business you were in at the time:
A: In 2003 I was working for Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT when I discovered the value of information in the NYREJ.
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