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About our guest speaker:
Byron Smith, Sr., Esq., CCIM, CRB
Current Role
Byron Smith, Sr. is the president of Metropolitan Realty Group, Inc. (“Metropolitan”) located in Vienna, Virginia. Metropolitan provides real estate advisory and brokerage services to its clients as well as commercial real estate education and training services both domestically and internationally.
Professional Background
For 45 years, Byron has been a real estate investor, attorney and real estate broker in the Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia real estate markets. He has served as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as a real estate attorney for a large Washington, D.C. K Street law firm. Over the past 45 years he has invested in multi-family and office properties in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
CCIM Institute and Professional Affiliation Experience
Over the past 26 years Byron has served the CCIM Institute (www.ccim.com) in many leadership roles. He has served as a member of the Institute's Board of Directors, a member of the Board of Directors of the CCIM Education Foundation (www.ccimef.org), chair of the Faculty Committee, chair of the Body of Knowledge Committee, Regional Vice President as well as the Institute's Presidential Liaison for Education. He has also served as a senior member of the Institute’s Faculty for 26 years and has been the Institute's liaison to the People’s Republic of China