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“I’m always advising people to be stronger advocates for themselves, especially if they’re staying at one firm, since they’re not getting the larger bumps in compensation that you get when you move every two or four years,”

“It’s like when the music goes off at 2 a.m. in a club,”

Allison possesses over 10 years’ experience in full-cycle recruiting, human resources, operations, project management, marketing, and public relations.

Anyone looking to start investing or working in commercial real estate may find the number of learning materials and information overwhelming. It's a steep learning curve, but thanks to Allison Weiss of CRE Recruiting who provided a list, we've compiled an overview of great resources for up-and-coming professionals to educate themselves as they embark on their careers. The list below includes everything from generalized educational sites to industry-specific members-only organizations.

Commercial real estate, or “CRE,” is one of the most compelling industries in the world – it’s simultaneously all around us, yet so often invisible to those without a family or friend in the business. CRE is full of interesting asset classes (types of properties), career paths, and opportunities - and the work we do has the power to shape and transform communities and markets around the globe.

If you're someone who knows that you should be doing more on LinkedIn, we're going to walk you through some of the different reasons why you should be active there and share with you some of our favorite best practices.

“One of my biggest values and such a big part of my identity is being relational and being human.”

“I don’t think we need to wait 20 years for a new class of people to graduate,”

“I think we already take a lot of chances on nepotistic mediocrity.”

“The first step in making a transition is owning that it is time to go and spending some time thinking about the future.”

“People leave in pursuit of the road map and resources they want.”

“The beauty of real estate is that there is no roadmap. You literally can go and create the life that you want.”

“I try to find 3 to 4 different exit strategies for every project that I take on.”

“If your gut is telling you that, that's what it is. It's gonna be scary but you have to do it.”

“Ultimately people want to connect with people who they can relate to. Once you put out there who you are, you're gonna start attracting people you actually want to work with.”

“When we can accurately define and recognize our emotions, we are one step closer to allowing them to visit, stay for a while, and then to pass.”

Allison and Garland partnered up in the past on several fun projects, but now they came up with a great addition to their collaborations. They’re launching a 10-week live workshop in January of 2022. The workshop will be alternating between teaching, office hours, and implementation sessions. Participants will have ongoing access to recordings and online materials.

“Being in a relationship is very different than working together. Being business partners has helped us understand each other on a very different note as well.”

“You're gonna mess up stuff anyway because you don't know what you're doing, so you might as well “fail forward”...”

Allison possesses over 10 years’ experience in full-cycle recruiting, human resources, operations, project management, marketing, and public relations.

“I didn't care about cars and having a fancy lifestyle. I wanted to have freedom and control of my time.”

“The right people in the Philippines servicing the right clients in the US, and we get to bridge that every day. There's not a whole lot more fulfilling than that.”

"Social/digital media and content are table stakes for our business moving forward, and I think you’ll begin to see the firms who invest here and understand this language pull ahead of the others,”

“They’re absolutely game-changers in how our industry is utilizing content strategy and social platforms, and they’re exploding with growth,”