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The Demographics of Real Estate Investments

November 11, 2016

Flash talk by Jeremy Zirin, CAIA, at Marquette’s 2016 Investment Symposium

This session gives a brief “101” lesson on commercial real estate, then explores the millennial demographic and recent generational trends in real estate.

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