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Article: Coker Goes from Car Sales to Commercial Real Estate
- Article from:
- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- May 28, 1993
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A career change might be more common when an individual first
enters the working world, but Joe R. Coker has proved that it can
be done after spending almost 40 years in the automobile industry
and then making a switch to real estate.
Coker joined Jerry Hocker and Associates Inc. at 4323 N.
Classen Blvd. in January, sold a Resolution Trust Corp. property
and currently has four contracts for commercial properties that
he anticipates will close promptly.
"I just turned 65 this year, and people keep asking me why at
this age would I do this. But I wouldn't be happy not being out
in the community and meeting people and seeing people because I
just love them," Coker said.
"It takes about ...