Former Las Vegas showgirl turned national site selector Brittany Megrath joins Kristian at CREi Summit to share how a side hustle in retail leasing evolved into M Square Commercial, a brokerage supporting developers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and New Mexico. Brittany walks through her early transition from the stage to full-time real estate, how CCIM became her true introduction to underwriting and financial analysis, and how she now manages site selection, land negotiations, and rollout timelines with a lean but highly effective team. She also dives into how consistency on social media has opened new doors, helped her attract developers, and grown her national presence. If you’re looking for a roadmap to break into CRE, reinvent your career, or build a multi-state business from scratch, this episode delivers a masterclass in persistence, reinvention, and execution.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pi76VFNJOQ1rgfQkrtymj
▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnmtHRzW2V0
Key Takeaways From The Episode
- Reinvention is possible. Brittany went from Las Vegas showgirl to national CRE professional by taking every opportunity—leasing, management, cleaning centers, whatever it took to learn.
- CCIM builds real confidence. As someone without a finance background, CCIM gave Brittany the analysis, underwriting, and deal-structuring foundation to scale.
- Small teams can go big. With just two people internally, Brittany runs multi-state site selection, zoning research, land negotiations, and tenant coordination.
- Consistency beats perfection. Partnering with a social media manager gave her the momentum and visibility that unlocked national clients.
- Teach to scale. Her internship program creates new talent pipelines while helping her handle research-heavy development assignments.
- Developers need connectors. Brittany shows how great brokers bridge gaps between acquisitions, PMs, tenant coordinators, and local contacts to keep rollouts moving.
