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TALENTED MANAGER’S client David Owens on special assignment with EXTRA on the set of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III in China!
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Real Estate Agent Finds Comedy Gigs at Night Lucrative
Owens Not Quitting His Day Job, Despite Hollywood Pitch
By JULIE SATOW - Staff Reporter of the Sun
He’ll do whatever it takes to close a deal.
David Owens’s most recent real estate listing came from a stand-up comedy routine. Mr. Owens is a regular performer at the Comic Strip and Caroline’s, and a client of his recently brought a friend to see a show. As soon as the show was over, his client’s friend asked him to sell his $6 million pad in the Trump building.
“Comedy is a great schmoozing tool,” said Mr. Owens, whose nickname is The Governor. Walking down a street with him is like walking with a politician – he knows everyone and those he doesn’t know he says hi to anyway. He is such a talker, say friends, that he can sell a shoebox to Jay-Z or a penthouse to a grandmother.
This charisma may stem from his storied life. “My mother is white and my father is black, so that makes me… BLACK,” the 36-year-old cracks in his opening comedy routines. Known for a trademark beret, he grew up in the West 90s and graduated from Cornell. He has pale skin and green eyes, and is easily mistaken for white. “Being this complexion does have its advantages, it’s like being a superhero with invisibility….I roll through life Incognegro,” he joked.
Mr. Owens’s appearance has allowed him into both communities, although “I consider myself black,” he says to audiences during his routines. At 5’9” and 195 pounds, he has a personality that is anything but black or white. Mr. Owens spent four years playing in minor league baseball, reaching the Double-A level — two notches below the big leagues — after college.
When he decided he had had enough, Mr. Owens went to Wall Street. There, he made a rich living trading his own money on the American Stock Exchange, taking risks on the spreads of derivative securities. During this time, Mr. Owens trained to be a boxer. He fought in the Golden Gloves and is preparing for the upcoming national championships for boxers over 35.
Regardless of the hype, all he really wants to do is sell your house. “I love real estate, it is the perfect match for my personality,” Mr. Owens said, noting that after September 11, 2001,the market dropped off a cliff, and trading on Wall Street became too risky. “I quit and then got bored. My mother convinced me to go into real estate with my sister.” Mr. Owens’s sister plays professional beach volleyball and has been a real estate agent at Halstead for eight years. They sit next to each other at the Halstead offices, but they do not work together on deals. “No way would we work together. She watches my stuff when I go on vacation and vice-versa, but that is about it,” he said. Despite their separate deals, the two are close.
Mr. Owens, like so many brokers, says his Wall Street background helps him relate to buyers. “Buyers and sellers in the city are sophisticated, and the prices they are dealing with are so high, it is critical to have a real understanding of the market,” he said. Being funny doesn’t hurt either.
Despite his dedication to real estate, Mr. Owens may not be around for much longer. He already has an agent who wants to drag him to Los Angeles for acting jobs, although he said he’s sticking to Manhattan.
“No way am I moving.”
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