October 25, 2007 - San Antonio, TX. October 2007. --- Betty Schuetze, CCIM, Assistant Vice President of Investment Brokerage for San Antonio’s Dominion Advisory Group, Inc., was awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation by the Chicago-based CCIM Institute. The CCIM designation, the highest professional certification one can earn in commercial investment and real estate, was awarded Schuetze on October 18 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.
  
With 20 years of experience in commercial real estate and property management accounting, Schuetze leads the Dominion Advisory Group, Inc. Investment Brokerage Division, specializing in income property analysis and acquisition on behalf of the firm’s third party clients.

Dominion Advisory Group, Inc., founded in 1993 by Larry Baumgardner, CCIM – former Real Estate Administrator of Worldwide Facilities for USAA – is a leading San Antonio commercial real estate firm noted for its performance in all facets of retail, corporate and healthcare facility construction, acquisition, leasing and management services.

With over 5300 licensed real estate agents in the city of San Antonio, Texas only 119 hold the CCIM designation. Of San Antonio commercial real estate brokers and agents combined, currently only 11 agents specializing in commercial retail, including Schuetze and Baumgardner, are CCIM designees.

Baumgardner states, “We are fortunate to have a professional of Betty’s caliber as a key member of our senior management team. Every one of our clients and affiliated partnerships benefit directly from her professional capabilities. Betty is simply the very finest analytical person in this entire market.”

Schuetze was among 426 commercial real estate professionals, worldwide, to earn the CCIM designation on October 18 by passing the Institute’s Comprehensive Examination, the final element in the designation process.

The CCIM designation is awarded to real estate professionals upon successful completion of a graduate-level education curriculum and presentation of a portfolio of qualifying industry experience. The curriculum addresses: financial analysis, market analysis, user decision analysis and investment analysis – the cornerstones of commercial investment real estate. CCIMs are recognized experts in commercial real estate brokerage, leasing, asset management, valuation, and investment analysis.
           
CCIMs have access to unparalleled level of valuable online tools, including the Site To Do Business, a suite of mapping, demographic and other analytical resources. And, all CCIMs can market properties for sale or lease through CCIMNet, a leading national commercial property exchange.
           
The CCIM business network encompasses 1,000 markets throughout North America, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean. Of the estimated 125,000 commercial real estate practitioners in North America, more than 9,400 currently hold the CCIM designation. CCIM Designees include professionals who work in brokerage, investment and development, the corporate environment, property management, appraisal and related segments of commercial real estate. An additional 8,600 professionals are pursuing the designation as Institute candidates.
           
The Chicago-based CCIM Institute is an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors® and is the governing body of the largest commercial real estate network in the world. Visit www.ccim.com to learn more, or call 800-621-7027.