Manhattan, NY The New York Real Estate Journal (NYREJ) recently sat down with Joseph Aquino, proprietor of Joseph Aquino Commercial Real Estate Services for a question and answer session. 

NYREJ: You mentioned you started traveling the world early on in your career. How did this come about? 

Aquino: From the very beginning I travelled nationally which included all the major cities in the U.S. and Canada. I traveled often to Las Vegas, Chicago, L.A., Miami, Montreal and Toronto. But it wasn’t until I met my wife, Suzanne, in 2002, who is from Northern Ireland that my love affair really took off, both for my wife and for my excitement of flying into a new city. In the first three months of our romance, we flew to Belfast to see her family and then headed off to London and Zurich, where her company had offices. The London office was located near The Liverpool Train Station in the Financial District. On these early trips, I would tag along, and during the weeks leading up to the trip, I spent time making back-to-back appointments lining up new customers to meet, like Penhaligon’s, Toni & Guy, Rachael Riley, Jimmy Choo & Patrick Cox all of which I did deals with in New York City. Some of the other companies I visited were Gina Shoes, Pringle of Scotland, Matthew Williamson and Paul Smith.