@angelo_CRE and I met when we were 18 & 19. We were college lacrosse teammates at Lynn University We always dreamt of starting a business together… Here we are, 18 months into owning and operating our own commercial real estate team, the @KWCNational Team It was surreal celebrating Ang and Calyssa Paglia's wedding 2 weeks ago, and I was beyond honored to be Angelo's best man. You CAN work with your friends, as long as you're both reasonable, the same work ethic and have an open line of communication. Trust me, Angelo is not scared to call me on my BS. I'm not either. Last pic was me ordering 100 oysters for the groomsmen and gents getting ready together. So thankful to work with my brother from another mother!! (Literally!) #retwit

Our new office is absolutely sick. Welcome to The Clubhouse. Home of @KWCNational (Carolinas Div.), @nightclubssuck, @bangbeanscoffee, and Haven Golf Company Who wants to hit on the golf sim? #retwit

These are the nights when I think back over my seven and a half years in commercial real estate. I recognize a very select number of nights where I was "in the lab" as Sebastian Kressley and I call it, thinking about how to elevate in this business. Nights like this are not always the same. Some nights are more deep work nights, where I'm writing six LOIs. Some nights are on prospecting or setting up my next prospects or researching. Some of these nights I'm sitting with one of our teammates talking about our goals but then also getting work done together. Nothing beats collaboration in person, which is why I make it a point, whenever I travel, to try to see the guys on their team. We have teammates in Charlotte, South Florida, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Tulsa. It's so important to me that we see each other as much as possible. Right now I'm sitting with @ColinKuniCRE in our Delray Beach office. We were working on multiple lease proposals for one of our clients, talking about best practices and goal setting. What beats that? Nothing, and that's why I love late nights working in commercial real estate. @KWCNational

I often hire former student athletes, and I'm not going to apologize for it. #ReTwit I'm writing this at 2:43 in the morning after moving every deal in my pipeline along further. 2 leases signed today. I'm grinding Before anyone gets defensive, this isn't about athletic ability. I don't care if you played D1 lacrosse or rode the bench on a JV team that went 2-and-12. What I care about is what the four years did to you. Student athletes already know how to lose. They've been benched, cut, embarrassed, and rebuilt. They've shown up to a 6 AM lift the morning after a heartbreaker. They've taken accountability in front of a coach and 30 teammates without flinching. None of that is on a resume but all of it shows up on day one in commercial real estate. Commission-only sales is just another sport. The deal pipeline is a season. The cold call block is the conditioning run nobody wants to do. The lost pitch is the loss you have to forget by Monday morning. The people who already understand this rhythm don't need to be taught it, and the ones who don't usually wash out in 18 months wondering why "manifesting" wasn't enough. Look at our team. Angelo Beacon-Paglia, Brandon Gallagher, Corey Palladino, Ryan Faber, Blake Peterson all played NCAA sports, but all of us have a background playing at least one sport. @KWCNational I get pushback on this all the time. "What about non-athletes who work hard?" Sure, they exist. I've worked with plenty. But the hit rate on student athletes who can survive year one of commission-only is something I've watched play out enough times that I'm not going to pretend it's a coincidence. If you played something competitively, gave it everything you had, and you're now staring at a corporate job wondering why you feel half-asleep, send me a DM. I'd rather train a former athlete with zero CRE experience than babysit a five-year veteran who's never had to dig themselves out of a hole. Tell me I'm wrong. @angelo_CRE @RyanFaberCRE @Brandon_G_CRE