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Posted: June 6, 2008
Dana Crocker Associate Broker Comm'l. Sales & Leasing Prudential First Properties - Comm'l. Group
Name: Dana Crocker
Title: Associate Broker Commercial Sales & Leasing
Company: Prudential First Properties - Commercial Group
Location: 100 E Seneca St., Manlius, NY 13104
Birthplace and year: Putuxent River, Md., 1947
Family: Married, 2 daughters, graduates of Clarkson University and Hobart & William Smith Colleges
College: Troy State University, Troy, Ala.
First job outside of real estate: U.S. Air Force Pilot - KC-135 aircraft
First job in real estate or allied field: Residential sales, starting 1997; commercial, 1999
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Prudential First Properties has 290 residential agents and 13 commercial agents. The company will continue to grow its business.
Hobbies: Golf, boating and reading
Favorite movie: "Top Gun"
Keys to success: Knowing and understanding your market and your customers' needs.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be: From my previous life, fly for an airline
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