Principal, Co-Founder
Advocate Commercial Real Estate, LLC

Direct: 770 649 1550
Mobile: 770 842 5444
EMail: CReisinger@AdvocateRE.com

Craig Reisinger, CCIM is a Principal Broker for Advocate Commercial Real Estate, LLC. He graduated from Furman University in 1976 with a BA degree in Business Administration. After three years with IBM Corporation's Data Processing Division as a Marketing Representative (100% Club), Craig has enjoyed success in Atlanta's office market representing both Landlords and Tenants, and in office property development. He is a Life Member and Phoenix Award Recipient of The Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors' Million Dollar Club. Through professional education and a track record of experience and successful real estate transactions, he earned his CCIM designation in May of 1994.

Craig formed Cornerstone Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. in April of 1995 to represent the interests of Tenants in Metropolitan Atlanta’s office market. With substantial formal training (See “Professional Training & Education”) and over twenty years experience in Atlanta's commercial real estate market, Craig has a thorough understanding of the elements necessary to complete a successful real estate transaction. He brings this experience to bear through market knowledge, negotiating skills and loyal service orientation to his Clients. His focus is to enable his Clients to make confident, intelligent real estate decisions just as they make other business decisions within their own areas of expertise.

In 2004, Cornerstone Commercial Real Estate joined forces with Peter Webster's Hubbard Brush Commercial. Advocate Commercial Real Estate is the result.

The Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation was established in 1969, and exemplifies the real estate industry’s highest professional and ethical standards. It is awarded to professionals who have completed 240 hours of graduate level courses in financial analysis, commercial brokerage, market analysis, tax planning, managing and marketing troubled assets, and negotiation. They have also fulfilled standards for experience and successful real estate transactions.

Of the estimated 125,000 commercial practitioners nationwide, only approximately 6,500 currently hold the CCIM designation. Certified Commercial Investment Members, however, are geographically widespread, and are in more marketplaces than all major real estate companies combined. In an average calendar year, CCIMs successfully complete approximately 60,000 transactions representing over $27 billion.

Though recognized for an expertise of commercial real estate investment, CCIMs play a primary role in leasing by structuring lease agreements to the maximum benefit of the client. They determine what provisions must be specified in a lease to meet client objectives, including measuring and projecting necessary revenues and expenditures, and analyzing the financial impact of certain lease provisions. Their years of specialized education and market experience help them to direct clientele throughout the complexities of lease or purchase transactions.