Gary began his real estate career in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1966. He sold land and homes for a time, heading one of Hawaii's largest brokerages, and then gradually moved into an exclusively commercial practice. He has sold and leased real estate in Hawaii, Idaho, Virginia, Puerto Rico and Florida. For the last twenty-nine years Mr. Tharp has been one of the leading commercial and investment real estate brokers in the Orlando, Florida area. Gary is widely regarded in the commercial real estate business, having developed tools and systems of commercial property evaluation that have become industry standards used by commercial property professionals nationwide.

He is in demand in Florida by lawyers seeking expert witnesses in real estate cases. His development experience ranges from office buildings to industrial parks. He is the Florida Partner for the Lynxs Group, a national developer of air cargo facilities. A nationally known speaker and trainer, Mr. Tharp has trained for many of the national real estate companies and franchises. He is a Fellow of the faculty of the CCIM Institute and is retained as a Board of Advisor member with HIS Real Estate Network, commercial real estate buying group.

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