Real estate is a dynamic profession, one that challenges our best minds to explore how to use our limited resources in order to finance and create useful, exciting places to live, work, and play. I am grateful that Florida International University embraces this challenge in its real estate program, and I am proud of our association. I hope you will join me in supporting FIU and its mission to protect and expand our real estate profession. There are many ways in which you can engage with the real estate program, and play an integral role in its growth and expansion. With your help—whether as a mentor, employer, guest speaker,or contributor—together we can shape the next generation of real estate professionals.