Charles M.
Talanian Real Estate into a powerful force..
In this memoir, the author shares his unconventional road to success and the steps he took to turn C.
After the author\'s father died in 1987, he continued to build the company\'s portfolio until it became among the largest holders of commercial properties on Newbury Street, now considered one of the most exclusive streets in the United States.
Gradually, with modest resources, the company began acquiring retail and office space along Newbury Street.
He specialized in rehabbing older buildings in the city\'s Back Bay section.
Talanian Real Estate in Boston.
As frustrated as he was in school, he found a place helping his father at his fledgling company, C.
Later, he began tinkering with hammers, nails, and wood and built forts and treehouses.
In his free time, he\'d dig stuff out of the trash and build things.
Even so, he was insatiably curious about mechanical things-how a bicycle worked, for instance, and why a lamp went on when you flicked the switch.
In fact, his teachers considered him intellectually challenged.
Talanian started school in the 1950s, and it quickly became evident that he wasn\'t the best student.
Charles M
