CREB®Cast: EP #12 – Investment, Resilience, and Innovation: Lessons from Greg Houston

About this episode

Sam Randhawa interviews Greg Houston about his experiences in real estate and the lessons learned over decades.

In this episode of CREB®Cast, Sam Randhawa interviews broker-owner and former CREB® President, Greg Houston, who shares his 1972 start in real estate, early experiences and the launch of his own brokerage. Greg reflects on market booms and busts, the oil embargo and early-80s crash, and how real estate investing helped him build stability. He discusses serving on the Calgary Real Estate Board, including as president in 1989, industry changes from paper listings to modern tech, and the n...

People in this episode

Host: Sam Randhawa

Guest: Greg Houston

Topics covered

• real estate
• investment
• resilience
• innovation
• market changes
• brokerage

Keywords

• real estate investing
• Calgary Real Estate Board
• market booms
• oil embargo
• brokerage launch
• industry changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Calgary Real Estate Board

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