Episode 39:Rory Golod, Compass GM of the Tri-State Region (NY, NJ, CT)

The Real Takk Pod welcomes Rory Golod, Compass GM of the Tri-State Region!  Rory was born in Long Island NY.  As a kid he excelled in speaking at the young age of 3, conversing with adults & having 'adult' conversations with his peers.  As a youth, he also excelled in music, playing the guitar, saxophone, & clarinet up to HS.  Rory obtained his bachelor's degree in business at the University of Richmond in my great state of Virginia, then moved to the city to work at Yext, a tech company operating in the area of online brand management.  After that Rory worked at Bloomberg as a Global Analyst, then transferred to VP of Biz Dev at fancy.com an e-commerce marketplace & social shopping platform.  Rory joined Compass on Dec. 2014 as a business development manager, then worked his way up to become chief of staff to the CEO & our guy Rob Reffkin.  On October 2018, Rory became the GM & President of Compass NY, and now runs our day to day operations of our offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn Westchester & Long Island.  Some topics covered on this episode:  -Rory's go-to restaurant in NYC & Why -How would you recruit a top accent in the biz right now? -Biggest misconception about the real estate industry amongst your friends that aren’t in real estate -If you could give yourself advice in your 20’s, both personally & professionally, what would you tell the young Rory Golod?  -Looking into the future of Compass, going public, raising money, & the market during times of COVID.   You may follow Rory at:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-golod-29b47413 IG: @mightyror