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Posted: January 25, 2010
Neil Charles, Managing Director, Olan Commercial Property Group/ Rensselaerville Realty
Name: Neil Charles
Title: Managing Director
Company: Olan Commercial Property Group/Rensselaerville Realty
Location: Dutchess and Albany Counties
Birth place and date: Montreal, Sept. 8, 1963
Family: Wife, Ann, and daughter, Olivia
College: University of London (University College); New York University
First job outside of real estate: U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
First job in real estate or allied field: Christies
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? My focus is commercial and residential real estate from New York City to Albany.
Hobbies: Piano, guitar, Commodore of the Millbrook Yacht Club, history
Favorite book: Too many to list - "Ferdinand the Bull" is one of them.
Favorite movie: "The Best Years of Our Lives," (1946)
Key to success: Look at what you have and value it before looking for more.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Writer or military.
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