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Residential Properties Ltd. co-founder, President and CEO Sally E Lapides is a pioneer in her industry, in no small measure because her company evolves with the times, a theme Lapides expands on below. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
Residential Properties Ltd. co-founder, President and CEO Sally E Lapides is a pioneer in her industry, in no small measure because her company evolves with the times, a theme Lapides expands on below. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

When Liz Chace and I opened Residential Properties Ltd. in November 1981, everyone thought we were crazy. Interest rates were 17 percent and real estate offices were hidden on the upper floors of office buildings downtown, all owned and operated by men. Agents smoked at their desks waiting for the Sunday Providence Journal to be

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