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Posted: September 12, 2011
Marc Lawrence 2011
Name: Marc Lawrence
Title: Principal and Senior Managing Director
Company: American Land Services, Inc.
Location: New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Family: Queens, N.Y.
College: University of Michigan
First job outside of real estate: Sold the best Italian ices at Orchard Beach in the Bronx.
First job in real estate or allied field: Attorney at small law firm in Empire State Building
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We are a real estate title insurance agency. We provide solutions for any transactional real estate matters and help drive business to our clients by being deal makers and making strategic introductions.
Hobbies: Golf, fitness training and movies
Favorite book: "Tuesdays with Morrie"
Favorite movie: "Goodfellas"
Person you most admire (outside of family): Nobody comes to mind.
Keys to success: My networking tenacity and photographic memory
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Event planner
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