Paul was born in Massachusetts but transferred his allegiance from the "Cape" to the "Bay" as a young boy. He attended both St. John's Military College and the University of Maryland before making Real Estate his career. Flaherty Realtors was founded in 1972 on Knowles Avenue in Kensington and has maintained its community persence since then. Paul was the first to introduce the "Guaranteed Sales Program" to the Metro area in 1975, which has been the model for all successive industry programs.

Specializing in land development, commercial investment and arbitrage, Paul has worked with some to the area's leading builders and developers as well as representing a number of "boutique" custom homebuilders. When not enjoying his boat Paul is ever ready to provide his wealth of knowlege and expertise to his customers and clients.