Five Questions with Chris McGarey

It’s an encore for Chris McGarey, who was recently elected to serve as CALV’s President Elect for 2023, meaning he’s in line to be President of CALV in 2024. This is a repeat performance for McGarey, who was also CALV’s President in 2018.

Anyone who knows the longtime local real estate pro and industry leader knows he has been heavily involved in several of its leading professional organizations, including CCIM and IREM. McGarey, CPM® and CCIM is the founder and team leader of the McGarey Campa Group at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties.

To get reacquainted, we asked him five fast questions:

• How long have you been involved with CALV?
  • I've been a CALV member since 2009, and I was on the board from 2012 until 2019.

• What prompted you to join CALV and get more involved?
  • In 2012, (former CALV President) Robin Civish, CCIM, asked me to run for the board, and the rest is history.

• What’s your favorite part of your job?
  • I manage commercial investment properties for my clients, and I like the fact that no two days are ever the same, and most of my day is spent problem-solving and being solution-oriented.

• What’s the biggest issue facing the commercial real estate industry today?
  • Patience and faith… It’s all going to work out in the end, one way or another.

• What’s one thing most people would be surprised to know about you?
  • Most people are surprised to know that I grew up as the youngest child of seven. I have five older brothers and one sister. My brothers are all in real estate management, development, and leasing, and we all live in different states.