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Real Estate/Development

Jan. 2, 2000

Challenged, ready and able

Like many independent real estate broker/investors, Neil Smither has amassed a small portfolio of commercial properties that he also manages and leases. In addition, he helps his wife Patricia with a nonprofit organization the couple founded that buys residential properties in four states to fix up and rent to disabled Veterans.

Like many independent real estate broker/investors, Neil Smither has amassed a small portfolio of commercial properties that he also manages and leases. In addition, he helps his wife Patricia with a nonprofit organization the couple founded that buys residential properties in four states to fix up and rent to disabled Veterans.
Thirty years ago, such a future seemed unlikely. When the then 20-year-old student was returning home from college, an automobile accident left him...

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