Byron Smith

About

Byron Smith, Sr. is the owner/broker of Metropolitan Realty Group, Inc. (“Metropolitan”) located in Vienna, Virginia. Metropolitan provides real estate advisory and brokerage services to its clients as well as commercial real estate education and training services both domestically and internationally. Professional Background For more than 46 years, Byron has been a real estate investor, attorney and real estate broker in the Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia real estate markets. He has served as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as a real estate attorney for a large Washington, D.C. K Street law firm. Over the past 46 years he has invested in multi-family and office properties in the Washington, D.C. metro area. CCIM Institute and Professional Affiliation Experience Over the past 27 years Byron has served the CCIM Institute (www.ccim.com) in many leadership roles. He has served as a member of the Institute's Board of Directors, a member of the Board of Directors of the CCIM Education Foundation (www.ccimef.org ), chair of the Faculty Committee, chair of the Body of Knowledge Committee as well as the Institute's Presidential Liaison for Education. He has also served as the CCIM Institute's liaison to the People’s Republic of China. Instructional Background Byron has been a member of the CCIM Institute's Faculty for 27 years. He currently teaches Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate (CI 101), Investment Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate (CI 104) and the Course Concepts and Review course (preparation for the CCIM comprehensive exam) as well as many Ward Center courses. From 1997 to 2009 he taught the Institute's Commercial Market Analysis course.