Name: William LaChance
Title: MAI, SRA
Company: Petersen/LaChance Realty Advisors
Loction: 100 Conifer Hill Dr., Ste. 206, Danvers, Mass.
Birth place and year: Salem, Mass., 1953
Family: Wife, Judy, son, James and daughters, Kate and Suzanne
College: Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
First job outside of appraisal: Farming, grew vegetables
First job in real estate or allied field: Brokerage
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Provide real estate appraisal and consulting services to select clients. Continue to improve my skills to be of greater value.
Hobbies: Fishing, scuba diving
Favorite book: "The Old Man and the Sea"
Favorite movie: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Person you admire most (outside of family): No one person, traits of several
Key to success: Make a plan with a series of achievable objectives then move ahead with vigor and focus.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Investigator
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