Hughes receives CCIM

Wood Hughes, Atlanta commercial associate broker, recently received the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and is one of only 400 CCIMs in Georgia.

A CCIM is an expert in commercial and investment real estate. Only six percent of the estimated 125,000 commercial real estate practitioners nationwide hold a CCIM, and it’s considered the top professional designation for a commercial real estate associate.

It took Hughes three years to earn his CCIM. He had to document $5 million of commercial transactions, build a 100-plus page portfolio, finish six one-week courses, and take a final exam.

Hughes’ has 30 years of sales experience and specializes in land. Last year, he received the Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) designation from the Realtor’s Land Institute. He is the first dual designee of CCIM and ALC designations in metro Atlanta and is one of only three in Georgia.

Hughes joined Metro Brokers/GMAC Real Estate in 2001 and has received many awards including Medallion and Summit Club. He has a B.A. in Broadcasting and Mass Communication from the University of Alabama. He lives in Stockbridge.

Metro Brokers/GMAC Real Estate, established in 1979, has 22 metro Atlanta offices and offers a wide range of real estate services including residential and commercial sales; pre- and post-license training; corporate relocation; new home sales and marketing; and insurance, mortgage and title/closing services.

The company is the largest GMAC Real Estate franchise in the world and the 33rd largest real brokerage company in the country in terms of units sold. The company has more than tripled in size over the last five years with more than 2,800 licensees, making the company the largest license holder in the state of Georgia.

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