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Profession Profile: Jonathan Hakimian, 2014

Name: Jonathan Hakimian Title: Investment Sales Associate Company: Highcap Group Location: 57 West 38th Street, New York, N.Y. Birthplace: New York City Education: BBA in Business Management from Baruch College First job outside of real estate: Camp counselor First job in real estate or allied field: Real estate rentals agent What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Work as a commercial real estate broker selling investment properties. For the future, I hope to become a real estate investor myself. How do you unwind from a busy day in real estate? Sit back and relax or go to the gym Favorite book or author: "Catcher in the Rye" Favorite movie: "Anchorman" Last song you purchased/downloaded? "All of Me" by John Legend One word to describe your work environment: Team-oriented Rules to live by in business: The effort you put forth are the results you are going to get If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead) who would it be and where would you go? My grandmother. The reason I say this is because family means a lot to me and I never had the opportunity to meet my grandmother since she passed before I was born. I would take her to Wolf & Lamb Steakhouse for a nice dinner. What is your dream job? Real estate investor/developer
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Multi-generational multifamily owners - who’s in and who’s out - by Shallini Mehra and Amit Doshi

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