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Real Estate Biography
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Barry Weiss biography?
I have been looking for info on him as I think he is so cool.
What I have found is that he is 60 yrs old, lived in Los Angeles all of his life, has 2 kids, was divorced about 30 yrs ago, and worked in the ‘produce’ business with his brother (fruits, vegetables)–he retired a few yrs ago!
He is not a producer, nor a real estate agent!
He has been into collectibles all of his life!
AND there is a spin-off show on the horizon (of ‘Storage wars’) which Barry will be on. they are interviewing families for this upcoming show!
Does anyone know anything else about him??
Oh yeah–he is a Capricorn!
you can read all about him here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Weiss
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How To Build Your Net Worth; Buying Residential Real Estate with None of Your Own Money – VHS Taking Action Video $19.95 This course was written and designed like a roadmap by the authors to show the average person exactly what the authors learned in their real estate experience in order to equip anyone with the desire to make real estate investing work for them and build their net worth. This video gives you instructions on getting started and using the course…. |
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Donya $29.95 DONYA… |
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Biography – Ray Kroc: Fast Food McMillionaire $24.95 Profile of the entrepreneur who founded McDonald’s. Traces his rise from days distributing the “Multimixer,” which could mix five milkshakes at a time, to his meeting with restaurant owners Dick and Mac McDonald, which led to the first McDonald’s restaurant…. |
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The Louisiana Purchase : The Real Estate Deal with Napoleon & France That Aquired 23% of the Current United States : The History Channel By a treaty signed on Apr. 30, 1803, the United States purchased from France the Louisiana Territory, more than 2 million sq km (800,000 sq mi) of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The price was 60 million francs, about $15 million; $11,250,000 was to be paid directly, with the balance to be covered by the assumption by the United States of French debts to American … |
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle $8.97 Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes’s Emmy Award-winning PBS show, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing on a rich store of materials from the archives of Highclere Castle, including diaries, letters, and photographs, the curr… |
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The Real Book of Real Estate: Real Experts. Real Stories. Real Life. $12.22 The Bible of Real Estate InvestingThe Real Book of Real Estate is the one book, the Bible, of real estate advice and techniques every investor needs to navigate through the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens of the real estate market and come out on top.The only thing better than one real estate expert helping you invest and win is twenty real estate experts with that same mission. For the first … |
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Trump: The Art of the Deal $4.11 From the Impresario of NBC’s hit show The Apprentice TRUMP ON TRUMP: “I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.” And here’s how he does it: the art of the deal. Beginning with a week in Trump’s high-stakes life, Trump: The Art of the Deal gives us Trump in action. We see just how he operates day to day-how he run… |
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A-Rod $1.01 Through exhaustive reporting and interviews, Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts will explore A-Rod s path to a self-destruction so profound it would rate as one of the most dramatic falls in major league history. Building on her groundbreaking reporting in Sports Illustrated, Selena Roberts delivers the first biography of Alex Rodriguez and explores the full nine innings of his life, not just the one big strike against him–steroids. Roberts chronicles A-Rod as a plunge-in-progress, from his dalliances with strippers to the news that he tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season-a story she broke for Sports Illustrated in February. Roberts goes behind the sensational headlines, probing traumatic events in his childhood to reveal a man torn by his obligation to his family and his insatiable hedonism, while revealing new information about A-Rod s history of steroid use. At 33, Alex Rodriguez is the highest paid player in the history of baseball, a once-in-a-generation talent who is about to break many of the sport s most hallowed batting records-yet he is regarded as a mercenary by most fans. Called A-Fraud by his teammates, A-Rod is cheered when he s on a streak and jeered whenever he slumps. The tabloids can t get enough of his recent off-field misadventures, which include breaking up his 12-year marriage to party with Madonna. Friends worry that A-Rod has bought into a new lifestyle-that all the lies and contradictions in his life are finally catching up to him and contributing to an epic implosion. Through meticulous reporting and hundreds of interviews, Roberts analyzes the elements of A-Rod s freefall, from his strained relationships with teammates to his failure on the field in clutch situations, from his cold business decisions to his steroid use. An extensive look at Rodriguez s shady real estate deals, deviant personal life and disintegration of his family, and including a chapter on A-Rod s arrival for spring trainin |
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Charles H. Jones: A Biography $35 His drug store on Broadway and Poplar was between two blocks and two universes away from mainstream Macon. He ran it like a carnival, pushing a juke box on to the sidewalk in order to sell his Valentine Day’s candy. A half century later, Charles Jones is the ringmaster of a corporation that runs hotels and develops real estate throughout Middle Georgia.Charles Jones: A Biography is the poignant story of a country boy who lost his identity and was challenged to build a reputation for his new one. It is also the story of a quiet leader whose community is still enjoying the efforts of his energy and vision.Even with his success, Jones is hardly a household name. He built Macon’s first motel. He brought the Indians home. He soothed race relations. He attracted world class industry to the region. He worked hard to bring his community a medical school and to improve its local college campus. These things he did in an unorthodox style that shoots from the hip and takes few prisoners..More than the story of a single person, this is the contemporary history of a community and a primer for aspiring leaders who want to understand the thinking of a man who values giving and believes money is not as important as the work that earns it. |
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Donald Trump $31.93 Before Donald Trump entered the world of television with his hit reality show, THE APPRENTICE, he made a name for himself as a hard-driving real estate developer in New York City. From there he expanded his property interests to include casinos in Atlantic City and top-notch golf courses around the country. He has published a number of books about his life and insights on business, many of which have become best-sellers. This biography explores the successes, as well as the difficulties of Mr. Trump’’s life, as it introduces young adults to this interesting and controversial personality. |
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Gilbert and Sullivan $100.26 A Gilbert is of no use without a Sullivan. With these words, W.S. Gilbert summed up his reasons for persisting in his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan despite the combative nature of their relationship. In fact, Michael Ainger suggests in Gilbert and Sullivan the success of the pair’s workis a direct result of their personality clash, as each partner challenged the other to produce his best work. After exhaustive research into the D’Oyly Carte collection of documents, Ainger offers the most detailed account to date of Gilbert and Sullivan’s starkly different backgrounds and longworking partnership. Having survived an impoverished and insecure childhood, Gilbert flourished as a financially successful theater professional, married happily and established himself as a property owner. His sense of proprietorship extended beyond real estate, and he fought tenaciously to protectthe integrity of his musical works. Sullivan, the product of a supportive family who nourished his talent, was much less satisfied with stability than his collaborator. His creative self-doubts and self-demands led to nervous and physical breakdowns, but it also propelled the team to break thesuccessful mode of their earliest work to produce more ambitious pieces of theater, including The Mikado and The Yeoman of the Guards. Offering previously-unpublished draft libretti and personal letters, this thorough double-biography will be an essential addition to the library of any Gilbert andSullivan fan. |
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Invisible Giants $49.95 Invisible Giants is the Horatio Alger-esque tale of a pair of reclusive Cleveland brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen, who rose from poverty to become two of the most powerful men in America. They controlled the country’s largest railroad system — a network of track reaching from the Atlantic to Salt Lake City and from Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico. On the eve of the Great Depression they were close to controlling the country’s first coast-to-coast rail system — a goal that still eludes us. They created the model upper-class suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio, with its unique rapid transit access. They built Cleveland’s landmark Terminal Tower and its innovative city within a city complex. Indisputably, they created modern Cleveland.Yet beyond a small, closely knit circle, the bachelor Van Sweringen brothers were enigmas. Their actions were aggressive, creative, and bold, but their manner was modest, mild, and retiring. Dismissed by many as mere shoe-string financial manipulators, they created enduring works, which remain strong today. The Van Sweringen story begins in early-20th-century Cleveland suburban real estate and reaches its zenith in the heady late 1920s, amid the turmoil of national transportation power politics and unprecedented empire-building. As the Great Depression destroyed many of their fellow financiers, the Vans survived through imaginative stubbornness — until tragedy ended their careers almost simultaneously. Invisible Giants is the first comprehensive biography of these two remarkable if mysterious men. |
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Picasso: The Real Family Story $0.8 Already published in France, Spain, and Germany to wide acclaim, this book presents an insider’s portrait of Pablo Picasso, the women in his life, and the Picasso family. The author, Picasso’s grandson Olivier Widmaier Picasso, spoke extensively with relatives, friends, and contemporaries of the artist, and discovered unknown information about Picasso’s life. Correcting previous portrayals of the artist which have been highly critical of his personal relationships and treatment of women, this book offers a balanced and sensitive account of his life. Olivier Widmaier Picasso–whose grandmother was the artist’s muse and lover Marie-Therese–answers allegations about everything from the artist’s sexuality and relation to money and politics, to the feuding over his estate, and the author’s own handling of the artist’s legacy. This compassionate, penetrating biography, which includes never before published family photographs, offers a unique perspective as it explores both sides of the coin that is fame and talent. |
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Shaping the Skyline $29.95 Julien Studley is one of the great leaders in the real estate industry. He built a thriving business based upon hard work, creativity, integrity, and skill. In a time when the news is full of corporate scandal and executive excess, it is gratifying to read Julien Studley s story he has always focused on doing the right thing. As Julien s career and life amply attest, how you conduct business is integral to your success. Julien s talent is unique and his story inspirational. Jerry I. Speyer President and CEO Tishman Speyer Properties An intimate portrait of Julien Studley, a man whose keen intellect, ambition, and courage have made him into one of the most successful business leaders of our time a true real estate visionary. Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) Julien Studley s story is much more than a standard corporate biography. It is, in fact, a riveting tale of late twentieth century corporate America, a time in which America s global business dominance was built on the vision and sacrifice of individualists who were strong, stubborn, and above all, resourceful. Shaping the Skyline examines Studley s long and distinguished career and reveals his unique approach to real estate, negotiating strategies, leadership, and management that have led him to create one of the most successful commercial real estate companies in the nation. |
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The Legend of Barjo Restaurant: The Life of Josephine McAllister Stone $24.95 With over 120 photographs, The Legend of Barjo Restaurant chronicles a personal life of challenges, a public life of dedication and hard work, and a New England community’s transformation from the isolated, agricultural 19th to the global, media-influenced 20th century. The 416 page biography is the story of Josephine Jo Stone. When she was born in East Stoneham, Maine, in the foothills of the White Mountains in 1903, there was little reason to believe that this daughter of a woodsman would rise above her peers to become a successful business woman, real estate owner, philanthropist, and friend to senators and governors. As her co-worker, protegee, friend and companion, author J. Emily Foster tells the story of Jo Stone and of a small town’s growth and change and does so with intelligence, clarity and affection. |
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The Legendary Mizners $136.32 Alva Johnston’s joint biography of Addison and Wilson Mizner is a delightful portrait of two of the early twentieth century’s most clever and infamous rascals. Born in the 1870s in California, the brothers quickly rose to prominence during the various booms of the 1920s.Addison, the elder, was a self-made architect and realtor who designed many of the fantastic homes of the fantastically rich in Palm Beach. He could age a house and its furnishings to any period his client desired — and would pay for. Wilson’s adventures were even more daring and varied, and his quick wit was legendary. In addition to getting rich on the Alaskan gold rush, he had careers as a singer, playwright, prizefight promoter, con man, real-estate salesman, and shady hotel owner. Perhaps his most famous quip was one he delivered on being told that President Coolidge had died: How do they know? |
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Trammell Crow $34.95 Based on interviews with colleagues, friends, and enemies, this biography tells the story of how a man without money, experience, or connections became a real estate legend. A visionary and risk taker, Trammell Crow is presented in the book as the pioneer of speculative real estate development, noted for spawning a generation of industry leaders. |
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Ulysses S. Grant: 1822-1885 $9.95 Ulysses Simpson Grant did not allow his dire pre-war business career prevent him from becoming the chief architect of the Union forces victory over the Confederates in the American Civil War. He was not an enthusiastic cadet at West Point military academy and had no intention of committing to a soldiering career, indeed he went on to work in farming and real estate in the years before the War. Once the conflict started, however, he returned to uniform and enjoyed battle successes at Forts Hentry and Donelson in February 1862, earning the rank of Major General. The crucial victory at Vicksburg led to Lincoln appointing him General in Chief in March 1964. His intense battles with the armies of Robert E Lee marked the final years of the war and the pinnacle of Grant’s career; Lee surrendered on Virginia on 9 April 1865 and Grant went on to become President of the United States. He was a little man with a big heart; he became a master tactician and ably spread his determination to his men. This full biography enables the reader to evaluate Grant as a military commander without unnecessary diversions into his private and business lives. |
