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Recy Hicks of Alturas, California may be the world's oldest active real estate broker, at age 102. Hicks first got into the real estate business back in the 1940s, when she and her husband moved into Klamath Falls:

One day she noticed an ad in the paper. A real estate agency was looking for a salesman for its Alturas office.

"I said to myself, I could do this.

"The northern California manager came up to interview me. He told me they were looking for a man, but I would do until one came along," said Hicks.

When the manager was about to leave Hicks told him he wouldn't need a man. She worked as a saleswoman for two years then got her broker's license and worked another 20 years before going out on her own.

At about 100 years of age she gave up her downtown office because she was developing macular degeneration and was having difficulty driving.

She packed up a wall full of real estate selling awards, opened an office in her home and, at age 102, she is still selling real estate.

"I have a property in escrow now and several listings. Because of my macular degeneration I can't go out and get more listings," says Hicks.

Through the years she's sold homes to customers, then resold their homes years later and even sold the same home back to her original buyers.