According To Michelle Radio w/ Special Guests Commercial Real Estate Brokers Terri King and Vasti Pichardo

According To Michelle Radio with Michelle Taylor Willis

Terri King is a commercial real estate broker who opened her firm for business in January closed a near millon-dollar transaction in the heart of downtown Atlanta Friday, her first commercial deal as a brokerage owner. “When I'm thinking about a neighborhood, and I'm thinking about filling a space,” said Terri King of Terri King Commercial. “I think about who lives there, who works there, what does this community need, what kind of use would be beneficial to this community and who wants to be here?”

King marketed The Metropolitan after opening her brokerage in January and sold it three
weeks later to an African-American cash buyer. The seller is a Canadian of Asian heritage.
King has launched “Your First 97 Days in Commercial Real Estate,” a course geared toward
newly-licensed professionals and others wanting to transition into commercial real estate. The
course is meant to help agents kickstart a successful commercial real estate career. “ your first
97 days in Commercial Real Estate“ covers topics such as marketing properties effectively, and
how to find a brokerage that will support their commercial real estate career path.

“Providing support to professionals seeking entry into commercial real estate is critical for them
to thrive”, said King, who switched commercial brokerages at least five times before finding a
firm willing to teach her the trade.

Her love of commercial real estate stems from managing renovations for corporate and
nonprofit offices. King also served as a director of commercial real estate for other brokerage
firms. She’s also the director of commercial real estate for the Atlanta Black Chambers.