April 04, 2008 -
Upstate New York
Name: Richard Pasiut
Title: Broker/Owner
Company: Key Properties of the Hudson Valley LLC
Location: On the River Walk, Newburgh, N.Y.
Birthplace and year: Paterson, N.J., 1945
Family: Wife, 3 grown children, 4 grandchildren
College: Hard Knocks
First job in real estate or allied field: Investor/operator marine related properties and boat businesses and multifamilies.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We have 3 branches of real estate: first, our commercial division, which has had some of the largest deals in Orange County cross its desk; second is land development, with a staff of skilled developers and agents on the team; 3rd is our residential division, with some of the most knowledgeable realtor's in the area as members. One associate broker has sold or developed and built over 3,000 homes in the area alone.
Favorite book: Anything by Trump
Persons you admire most (outside of family): Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, John Wayne
Keys to success: Make it happen, and make it fun, just don't make it up.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Yacht captain