Connecting the Dotz: Real Estate economist Mark Dotzour offers the big picture

BY BRANDI SMITH

When he retired from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University in August 2015, former chief economist and director of research, Dr. Mark Dotzour, had no intention of leaving that career behind completely. He’d spent nearly two decades researching, writing and speaking about real estate.

“I just got tired and said, ‘You know what? I think I’m going to step down and just do the research and the speaking only,’” says Dotzour. “Since I did, I’ve been out on the road making about 70 presentations a year.”

Dotzour joined the Center in 1997. At the time, it was staffed with experts in land and agricultural and, but not commercial real estate. Seeing an opening, he says he decided to become an expert
in the field. And so he did.

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