The Washington times., 1906-01-28
HOWARD F. JOHNSON,
The TIi-City Real Estate Broker of
Washington, New York, and
Chicago.

Howard r Johnson Is man who goes
after big things Many of the largest
deals. both in extent of land art amount
of money invested in The rca. estate
world In the past ten years. have been
engineered by Mr.. Johnson, His per-
sonality is his strong card and to this is
added the bulldog tenacity 20 grip ana
never leave go. His methods are on
The still! waters run deep order and
ONLY when deal of magnitude is
cIinehed as il passed from Office TO Of
fee that johnson has put through the
deal
Air. Johnson has the entree OF the real
estate circles cf all the large cities. and
he can assemble a large amount OF eapi-
tai upon shorter notice for real estate
investment than many men of far more
resources He has been an extensive
traveller and is thoroughly en- rapport
with capital In every commercial CEN
ter. His intuition is commented upon
and real estate experts often defer 10
! him on matters of real estate investment
/ touching capital in large amounts.
His assembly Of facts and figures TO
/ re-enforce an argument for the pur-
chase of properties shows the careful
ness of detail that bespeaks the aca-
demic mind applied 20 The business world.
He Is thoroughly scientific IN his meth
DDS of advertising his properties and the
/ tlacts and pamphlets run OF by mis-
faclle pen have nothing of the slipshod
so ruinous to the value OF much OF the
modern real estate advertisement
His study Of the conditions surround
ing Washington real estate have been
/ thorough. and the matter compiled and
published by him on the history-past.
present and future-of Capital City real
estate would fiji many volumes. He is
original in his methods-folloWs no beaten
track-but has blazed the way for scores
of imitators TO follow and warm by his
/ camp fires
/ Mr. Johnson has much OF the pro-
phetic in his makeup. Many OF the
! improvements OF the Capital CITY ana
the wonderful growth and rapid pace
forward was promises ana pfedlc'ed oy
him when few believed and many
I scoffed In department he is Chester
heldian and many sale OF magnitu uue
has been pushed through bN the gent
aiity OF his gOOd-cOmradeship. He never
I loses a client after he once invests
under his direction and today ne still
invests for those who were with him
many years ago. He takes great pride
I'm the record established by him while
with several or the largest real estate
firms in Chicago and New York. and
F still maintains those CONFIDENTIAL rela-
tions that made him so invaluable TO
/ those firms.
/ Mr. Johnson is now consummating the
/ largest deal he has ever attempted-the
assembling Of outside capital for invest
meut in large amount in Washington
real estate. Mr.. Johnson predicts the
I most glorious future for Washington OF
any capital city IN the world he believes
( with Senator Elkins in its half-miliion
I population in the next ten years. and
I easily draws from this the doubling Of
I real estate values around the District
Of Columbia in a few years time There
has not been "A subdivision laid OF with
in the District OF Columbia for the past
ten wears that he has not the most
thorough knowledge Of. and can tell on
his fingers the various advantages and
disadvantages Of each one