Dan Spiegel of Coldwell Banker Commercial: Five Things You Need To Know To Succeed In The Real Estate Industry

You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room — you just have to one step ahead of the competition!

I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Dan Spiegel. Daniel Spiegel is the managing director of Coldwell Banker Commercial where he oversees the strategy implementation and daily operations of the franchise system of approximately 144 offices and more than 2,000 commercial real estate professionals. Previously, Spiegel served as an executive vice president of US Operations at Colliers International, a global commercial real estate services company. Spiegel is a licensed broker and is active in the industry, including with CREtech and the Urban Land Institute. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and his Master of Urban Planning at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your “backstory”?

While there are leaders in our industry who have had a long-time interest in commercial real estate, I stumbled into the industry and then found it was a great fit for me. I have no family background in real estate nor development. I have, however, been…