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Real Talk: Melissa Bream-Guz

There was never any question what Melissa Bream-Guz would choose as a career. Both her parents were brokers (they owned a real-estate firm in Pittsburgh, which

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Real Talk: Brian Akers

After eight years in corporate sales, Brian Akers was ready to ditch the desk job and become his own boss.

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Real Talk: Jim Human

Jim Human first fell in love in the 1940s, when his father took him for a drive to Vandeventer Place.

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Real Talk: Rex Schwerdt

As a kid in Warrenton, Missouri, Rex Schwerdt daydreamed about being an architect. “But I’m far too social to sit

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Real Talk: Lizzy Dooley

Lizzy Dooley has been a people person from the get-go. “I grew up with five brothers and sisters, and I love being from a

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Real Talk: Sandra Coburn

“When I was a kid, I daydreamed about being a TV journalist like former Miss America Phyllis George, the first

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Real Talk: Jen Ross Cross

“I was exposed to the world of real estate at an early age,” says Jen Ross Cross, co-founder and partner at Upper End

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Real Talk: Julie Pfeifer

It takes moxie to start your own business, and Julie Pfeifer has plenty of it. “If I weren’t in real

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