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Article: Trading up. (horse trader T.J. Tolson)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- March 12, 1990
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Trading Up
Some people are born hungry. You know the type. They're the kids hustling magazine subscriptions at eight, throwing two paper routes at 12, peddling vacuum cleaners door to door for college money. By high school graduation, their fat bank accounts often dwarf the holdings of their own fathers. T.J. (Juddy) Tolson -- real estate investor, self-described horse trader and dealmaker -- is a prime example.
A story told by Carolyn Ward, part owner of Real Estate Central/Ward-Gibson, testifies to Tolson's youthful exuberance. He came to Ward-Gibson in the mid-seventies fresh from Arkansas Tech in his hometown of Russellville, where he had earned a ...