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WHY I CHOSE REAL ESTATE - COWS TO REAL ESTATE
 
 
You will not meet too many people that went from the cattle business into the real estate business, better yet how and why. This is my story of leaving a family business, Fairview Farms to Petrowsky Real Estate Company. Also how I learned about referrals or maybe more importantly, about asking for referrals from a farmer I did business with.
My parents bought a dairy farm in Columbia CT, when we came to America, I was 5 years old at the time. It was pretty tough work, plus not being able to speak the language, but we all learned. Like many immigrant families we were delighted to be in the USA. Like the Neil Diamond song "Coming to America".
Move forward to when I turned 17, my dad and I became partners in the cattle business.  We purchased and sold cattle in CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME and NY. This is where I got my foundation for my future careers in the real estate and mortgage businesses.
At the early age of 17 I met Oscar. He was one of my very first customers. I had worked with him for about 6 months, when he mentioned to me, that he also ... more

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