Mark Larson is Principal at Lee & Associates – Orange, a brokerage specializing in acquisitions, dispositions and advisory services for the private and public real estate investment market and a member of the Lee & Associates Group of Companies. A 35-year commercial real estate veteran, he specializes in the sale of investment properties oriented toward the private capital markets.
Mark has an extensive private capital investor database of 100,000+ investors that he has accumulated over the last fifteen years after founding both the Private Client Group at CBRE and the Private Capital Investment Group at Grubb & Ellis.
Every one of our assignments includes Lee members that bring a highly focused expertise to ensure we provide unsurpassed capital liquidity to multiple geographical locations and asset classes. We live by our
business principles and focus on a commitment to share everything, without exception, in order to deliver on our promise to you.
Today Lee & Associates is recognized as the 4th largest full-service commercial real estate sales organization in the country. As a group of independently owned and operated companies, the organization has grown around the world including the United States and Canada. With a broad array of regional, national and international clients – ranging from individual investors and small businesses, to large corporations and institutions – Lee & Associates has successfully completed transactions with a total value of nearly $4 billion last year, alone. Each Lee group office is committed to providing the best data and analysis for the local market it serves.
As a result, Lee & Associates has made specialized market knowledge and research central to its business practice. In addition to our national offices, Lee & Associates maintains affiliations with industry associations in all major U.S. real estate markets.
Why Most New Commercial Real Estate Brokers Fail (And What You Need to Know First)
Most people enter commercial real estate thinking it’s all big commissions, luxury offices, and quick success. The reality is very different. In So You Want to Be a Commercial Real Estate Broker: What No One Tells You About the Business, Mark Larson reveals the truths that almost no brokerage firm talks about, from the long months without income to the relentless prospecting and relationship building required to survive in the industry. If you’re considering a career in commercial real estate, this book will show you what the business is really like behind the scenes and give you the insights most brokers only learn after years in the field. It might save you years of frustration, or convince you that this could be the most rewarding career you’ll ever pursue.