Born in the suburbs of Tokyo, Takk moved to the Washington DC area at the age of seven. Soon after completing his undergraduate degree at Lehigh University, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in real estate.

Takk exclusively represented more than $200 million in real estate assets during his career, ranging from co-ops, condos, townhouses, and multi-family properties. He brokered over 100 transactions per year and represented investors, buyers, sponsors, sellers, and tenants in every submarket in New York City.

Takk's specialities also include consulting investors from the initial advising stage to the acquisition and leasing, 1031 Exchanges, and listing-side sales and rentals of investment assets.

Takk is a member and guest speaker of The Real Estate Board of New York and been the recipient of several industry awards in recent years, including Top Rental Agent of the Year in 2009 and 2010, Rookie of the Year Award in 2009, and Top Rental Lister of the Year of 2010. An avid sports fan who founded Lehigh University’s Snowboarding Club and played on the Lehigh Lacrosse team, he is also an accomplished musician who currently performs with the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra in New York City. Takk resides in Domino Park (Williamsburg, Brooklyn).

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Real Takk April 2022 feat. Podcast with Adam Piore, Author of ”The Kings of New York”

Real Takk's Thoughts on Market & Podcast with Kael Goodman of MarketProof - March 2022

Real Takk February 2022 feat. Podcast with Sean Soderstrom & Dan Breitbach of Courted.io

Real Takk January 2022

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Real Takk November 2021 feat. Guy Oberg of Compass Austin Texas on the Real Takk Podcast

Real Takk October 2021 feat. David Graff on the Real Takk Podcast

Real Takk September 2021 feat. David Snider of Harness Wealth on the Real Takk Podcast

Real Takk August 2021 James Nelson, $6B+ in sales, on NYC Commercial Real Estate in the Covid Era on the Real Takk Podcast

Real Takk July 2021 feat. Pod with David Graff of Compass Commercial

Real Takk June 2021 feat. Andrew Jorges on the Real Takk Podcast

Real Takk May 2021 feat. James Petrie of the Hamptons on the Real Takk Pod + Rob Reffkin on Masters of Scale The Reid Hoffman Pod

Real Takk April 2021 feat. Podcast with Tom Dunn of Vail, CO

Real Takk March 2021: Compass Opens in Vail, Pitt, Orlando + Upcoming IPO $COMP

Real Takk February 2021 Market Update & Podcast with Jared Kleinstein from Streeteasy 1.0!

Real Takk February 2021 feat. Podcast with Brittanie Rockhill of Aspen

Real Takk January 2021 feat. Podcast with Greg Hart, Chief Product Officer at Compass

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