Welcome to Full Circle with Garland! On Episode 004, Garland interviews Randal Dawson, Executive Vice President of CBRE's  Valuation & Advisory Services Highlights of Episode 004:

• Randal Introduction - 1:28
• “If I can read it, I can do it” - 2:17
• Getting his start as an independent contractor - 4:26
• Family business - 6:03
• Randal’s moment of confidence 8:17 - 
• Mentors in his life 10:48
• Overcoming mistakes - 12:57
• Lessons learned 15:48
• Randal’s current favorite book 18:35
• Love for grilling - 20:09
• Leadership in the community - 25:16
• Next projects on the horizon - 28:45
• Inclusion in my industry looks like - 31:16
• Life coming full circle - 31:34

About Randal: Randal is a seasoned expert in real estate valuations, tax appeals and counseling with more than 25+ years of experience. His background includes valuations of all types of commercial and special-use properties, with an emphasis on industrial, retail, multifamily properties, readapted uses of real estate and highest and best use studies. Randal has prepared and reviewed valuation and feasibility studies for litigation support, ad valorem, condemnation, trust and estate matters, family law, financial reporting, conventional financing, bond financing, fair rental studies, and insurance purposes. As a qualified expert witness, Randal has testified numerous times in federal, state, and local jurisdictions around the country. Litigation cases have included insurance claims, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy, tax appeal, divorce, IRS tax disputes, condemnation and diminution in value related to historical preservation and conservation easements. Randal is a National Litigation Practice Leader and leads the Midwest Consulting Practice for CBRE, Inc., and holds the CRE designation from the Counselors of Real Estate, the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute and the FRICS designation from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Randal is on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Chicago (development committee), a member of NAIOP Chicago Chapter (scholarship committee), CBRE African American Networking Group (executive committee) and a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. Connect with Randal:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randal-dawson/
• CBRE Bio: https://www.cbre.us/people-and-offices/randal-dawson
• Junior Achievement Chicago: http://chicago.ja.org/
• NAIOP Chicago: http://www.naiopchicago.org/

Randal's favorite books:

• How to Lead by David Rubenstein
• Fire and Wine by Mary Cressler and Sean Martin

// Connect with and learn more about your host, Garland Fuller: Web: garlandfuller.com Instagram: @FullCircleWithGarland LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/garlandfuller Mailing List: http://rebrand.ly/Garland-Podcast

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