🏡 + 🏢 = 🚀

Residential and commercial real estate joined forces again this morning as CEO welcomed:

👏 Karen Marcus (Butler Marcus Group, REMAX Alliance)
👏 Carter Marteeny (BARBERMurphy Group – Southern Illinois Commercial Real Estate)

While residential and commercial real estate operate in different spaces, Karen and Carter emphasized that success in any field — especially one that touches so many industries (legal, financial, tax, economics) — comes down to the same core values:

✨ 𝓒𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 from every angle
✨ Never sacrifice your 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓰𝓻𝓲𝓽𝔂 — your reputation is everything
✨ 𝓝𝓮𝓽𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼. Real estate is built on relationships, not transactions
✨ Your values will be tested — 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓭 in them
✨ Your 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓭 is always speaking, even when you aren’t
✨ It is OK if your path changes — 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓷, 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼

Karen and Carter are living examples of this—leaders in their industries, mentors in our program, and constant supporters of CEO. We are grateful not only for the real estate knowledge they share, but for the wisdom, honesty, and encouragement they bring to our students.

Thank you both for investing your time and expertise into the next generation of leaders, and for the AMAZING CINNAMON ROLLS (shoutout A Little Taste of Heaven Bakery)! Your influence reaches far beyond the classroom.

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