Housing Crash Sends Beeson Into Commercial Real Estate

Jacque Beeson entered the world of real estate when she was 19-years-old, working as an assistant to a homebuilder developing subdivisions. She stayed in the residential sector for 17 years, until the local housing market bottomed out in 2010.

With the prospects of the housing industry appearing grim at that point, Beeson joined CB Richard Ellis Memphis in 2011.

“I did enjoy residential, but I wish I had gotten into commercial real estate earlier because I didn’t know what I was missing,” said Beeson. “At least I finally got here.”

Beeson did not immediately become a broker with the industrial brokerage services team at CBRE. Instead, she first served as an executive administrator before becoming a client services specialist, where she was exposed to tenant and landlord representation.

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