Name: Douglas Burkhardt
Title: Owner
Company: First Realty Company
Location: 55 Canterbury Rd., Rochester, NY 14607
Birthplace: New York City
Family: Wife, two grown children
College: University of North Carolina, AB; Syracuse University, MBA
First job outside of real estate: Eastman Kodak Company
First job in real estate or allied field: Entered real estate brokerage, 1976
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Sale and leasing of commercial and industrial and investment real estate
Hobbies: Boating
Favorite movie: "Thornbirds," TV mini-series
Person you admire most (outside of family): Tim Russert
Keys to success: Attention to detail and never forgetting that we represent others, not ourselves
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Captain of a cruise ship
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