Setting your Sights High with Alex Williams

12/08/20 • 27 min

One important aspect present in real estate more than any other industry is the need to shoot above your station. Alex Williams, a Financial Analyst at CBRE Capital Markets and our guest today exemplifies this. As just an intern in college, he cold-called and asked to speak with the CEO to close a deal. In this episode, watch as Sam asks Alex about his experience shooting for the stars as an inexperienced young professional.

A huge thank you to Alex for talking to us about his career thus far. His experience is extremely valuable for other young professionals to learn how to further their skills and career.

A huge thank you to Alex for talking to us about his career thus far. His experience is extremely valuable for other young professionals to learn how to further their skills and career.

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Integrating Tech into Real Estate with Justin Lia

Commercial real estate isn't the fastest to adopt the newest tech compared to other fields. Doing so, however, could increase returns, lower operating expenses, and reduce workload. In this Accelerators in Action episode, listen as Sam Carlson speaks on this topic with RE professional working to integrate tech with real estate, Justin Lia.

Justin Lia currently helps people buy, sell, and run real estate. He works as both a consultant and a broker. He has a degree and license in engineering and previously worked in constructing modeling and constructing large structures such as retaining walls and other geotechnical models. He works with giant REITS, the biggest PE companies in the world, and more to bring a detailed perspective on how to add value to deals.

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Elevator Pitches and Other Career Advice with Jenn Cook

Many of our content here at Adventures in CRE recently has been about career help and advice. This isn't accidental. With the current pandemic, we're doing our best to help our readers get through the recession. This episode features Jenn Cook, a Corporate Recruiter and Learning & Development Manager at Crow Holdings, and talks about various career advice, such as how to polish your elevator pitch, how to guide conversations with CRE employers, what questions to ask them, and more.

We're very grateful for Jenn's willingness to speak with us this week about different pieces of advice for CRE professionals.