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GO-GETTER OF THE YEAR
Meet Ryan Weis honored as HAA’s top recruiter for 2023 at the HAA Honors Awards.
What is your job title and what do you do?
I am a vice president of business development for Crestmark Construction Services.
How did you first become involved in the apartment industry?
It's a funny story. My mom was a property supervisor way back in the early 1980s and I was the kind of the kid that went to the trade shows all the time, until we stopped all that because they took away all the pens and pencils.
When I got out of college, I said, “I’m going to hang out.” My mom said “No, I'm going to get you a job.” And that's how I got into the industry.
How did you get where you are now?
Trial and error. I started on the management side – I was a weekend bartender and a weekend leasing agent. I did that for a while. I became a property assistant manager, then moved to being a manager, and then to being a supplier.
How did you get to be successful as a recruiter?
It's so easy to recruit for HAA because of the people that are actually involved in the association, from the front office to the membership. It's hard not to brag about this association. It almost comes out naturally when I’m giving a speech about something and somebody asks me, “Hey man, I want to do your business.” I went to the builder’s Expo yesterday and people were asking how to get into the apartment industry. I told them, you won’t unless you’re part of HAA. We’re the largest in the United States.
So, being so proud of this industry and what it is, that makes it easy for me to be a Go-Getter and help other people learn how I've learned in this industry and become involved.
