Karen Simkowski Commercial Real Estate Agent Lyman Real Estate
Name: Karen Simkowski
Title: Commercial Real Estate Agent
Company: Lyman Real Estate
Location: 716 Beaumont Hwy., Lebanon, CT
Birthplace: Norwich, CT
Family: One son, Joseph
College: Manchester Community College
First job unrelated to current field: Defense contractor, Tracor (Groton, CT)
First job in current field: Aetna, Real Estate
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Lyman Real Estate is a full service real estate firm serving all of Connecticut in their commercial/industrial brokerage, development and property management needs. Our firm is unique in that it brings an owner/developer's eye to each transaction and uses creative thinking to get the best deal to the finish line. Our plan for the future is to continue serving our existing and future clients to the best of our ability and seek out development opportunities to continue to grow our business.
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, family time, home improvement projects
Favorite book: "DaVinci Code"
Favorite movie: "The Shining"
Keys to success: Persistency, attention to detail, "out-of-the-box" thinking
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Former supervisor, Mary Fox
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Social worker
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