Greg Herder, a real estate-focused lecturer, developer, inspirational speaker, consultant and co-director of the Center for Real Estate, notes that real estate is the most common and accessible path to high incomes.
Herder looks forward to equipping Cal State Fullerton College of Business and Economics students with the skills, network and support they need to hit the ground running in careers such as real estate sales, brokerage, escrow, appraisal and property management.
For nearly 30 years, Herder led Hobbs/Herder Advertising, an agency focused on preparing residential real estate agents in the U.S. and Canada with marketing skills.
“Real estate offers many opportunities with good careers that students don’t often think about, such as property management and appraisal, and corporate America careers dealing with real estate,” said Herder. “I want to expose our students to these opportunities and bring companies in to introduce students to these paths.”
Under Herder, the Center for Real Estate will focus on connecting students with companies that will hire them, using the Real Estate Association and outside organizations such as the Building Owners and Managers Association.
“The more students can focus on developing themselves and becoming a better leader and a better person, the better overall experience they will have in life,” said Herder. “Real estate offers a path to build wealth faster and more flexibly than most careers. If you’re strategic, wealth that takes many decades in other fields can be achieved in a couple of years.”
Leadership education — whether it is expressed in the real estate field or some other avenue — is also a focus for Herder, noting that real estate companies often hire graduates in accounting, information systems or marketing, and vice versa.
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