Tom Bates

Current

• Broker/Owner at Austin Modern Living, Tergerson Real Estate

Past

• Cheif Masterconceptualizer at Hot Rock Pizza Company
• Nasdaq Trader at Banc of America Securities

Education

• Boston University
• Texas Tech University

Connections

32 connections

Industry

Real Estate

Tom Bates’s Summary

In a nutshell: Undergrad in real estate finance, graduate degree from Boston University Brussels in int'l bussiness; traded NASDAQ stocks on trading floor for Banc of America Securities in San Francisco (Montgomery Securities); since 2005 have been selling real estate in Austin, Texas and now I am the broker/owner of real estate brokerage company specializing in investment property, condos, development consulting and international real estate placement for ex-pat retirement/second-home/investment buying.

Tom Bates’s Specialties:

Broker.

Tom Bates’s Experience

• Broker/Owner

  Austin Modern Living, Tergerson Real Estate

  (Real Estate industry)

  January 2006 — Present (4 years )

• Cheif Masterconceptualizer

  Hot Rock Pizza Company

  (Restaurants industry)

  January 2003 — January 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  I put this in here mostly for fun and to see if there are any would-be restaurateurs out there. I worked on this pizza restaurant concept at one point with a couple of like-minded entrepreneurs. The concept is very name brand driven: Hot Rock Pizza. I have a (dated) business plan if anyone is interested. I had a few offers for the domains…nope.

• Nasdaq Trader

  Banc of America Securities

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAC; Investment Banking industry)

  January 1998 — January 2003 (5 years 1 month)

  Traded stocks. San Francisco, CA trading floor.

Tom Bates’s Education

• Boston University

  MBA , International Finance , 1995 — 1997

• Texas Tech University

Additional Information

Tom Bates’s Interests:

surfing, traveling, working, photography, funny stuff on youtube, real estate investment and development, incubating business ideas, collaborating on business concepts, web marketing, training realtors how to market online

Tom Bates’s Groups:

ABOR, NAR

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Tom Bates’s Honors:

Top producing agent at firm.

Tom Bates’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch