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    Meet the Man Who Started the First-Ever Property Management Franchise

    Kirk McGary decided to leap into uncharted waters and franchise his company in 2005.
    by Tracy Stapp Herold May 01, 2015 2 minutes
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    When Kirk McGary first got into property management in 1983, he had no grand ideas of building a national brand. He was a college student looking to escape his pizza-delivery job yet still pay the bills. So when some friends invited him to join their property management business, he jumped in. McGary went on to start his own company,

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