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James Walker Associate Broker Realty Executives Williams-Sykes Realty

Name: James Walker Title: Associate Broker Company: Realty Executives Williams-Sykes Realty Location: Poughkeepsie Birthplace and year: Binghamton, N.Y., 1963 Family: Elsie, 20 years First job outside of real estate: Food industry, restaurant First job in real estate or allied field: Century 21 Country Bumpkin Hobbies: Fishing, hiking, night diving Favorite movie: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" Person you admire most (outside of family): Don Welch, SIOR, and Bob Giniecki, CCIM, SEC, Foresite Realty Advisors, Inc. Key to success: High integrity If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? A captain of my own fishing boat for charter in the Pacific
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