Where Deal Meet Excellence
Whether you’re closing major commercial properties or just breaking into the field, Commercial Corner is your high-leverage hub. We meet monthly to analyze live deals, hear from top-tier experts, and build partnerships that drive passive income and generational wealth.
Open to all commercial real estate professionals—investors, brokers, lenders, attorneys, and service providers—Commercial Corner brings together the people who make deals happen.
Our revamped format—featuring Spotlight Sessions and Deal Defense—delivers structured peer review for professionals at every level, ensuring you connect with owner-minded dealmakers who value excellence over hype.
Here is what you can expect during these monthly discussions:
Informal Networking
Kick off with coffee and deal talk. Share your biggest win or next opportunity - whether it's a private lending project, a redevelopment concept, or a $5M syndication. Connect with top investors, brokers, and advisors from across the Milwaukee area.
Spotlight Sessions
One volunteer investor or professional presents a small-scale deal (under $1M). A concise 3-minute overview (problem, solution, ask) is a followed by focused peer feedback. A supportive yet rigorous space where rising investors gain visibility and veterans spot emerging opportunities.
Deal Defense
One $1M+ deal - completed or in progress - undergoes deep-dive analysis. Expect a 5-minute presentation, 20 minutes of expert Q&A and clear action takeaways. Designed for operators serious about refining their strategy, underwriting, and execution.
Guest Speaker
An experienced professional shares advanced strategies in areas like syndication, Infinite Banking, environmental due diligence, or zoning and financing - followed by live Q&A tied to real deals.
THIS MONTH'S TOPIC:
A 2025 Year-In Review Roundtable
As 2025 winds down, it’s time to pause, reflect, and compare notes.
This month’s REIA Commercial Corner will feature an open roundtable discussion where investors and professionals share their biggest lessons, wins, and takeaways from the past year—and set the stage for an even stronger 2026.
We’ll kick off with our usual networking and coffee, followed by the Spotlight Session and Deal Defense segments. After that, Derek Peruo will lead a guided peer forum open to all attendees, focused on:
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What worked (and what didn’t) in your 2025 deals or projects
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Shifts in the commercial real estate landscape this year
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Personal and professional goals for 2026
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Key insights from across the investor, broker, and lending communities
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Topics and speakers you’d like to see at Commercial Corner in the new year
Why Attend?
Sometimes the best insights don’t come from a guest speaker—they come from peers in the trenches. You’ll hear real experiences from people actively buying, building, lending, and operating in commercial real estate today.
Stay after for Q&A, networking, and coffee with fellow investors.
Don’t miss this final session of 2025—an honest, high-value conversation with the people shaping Milwaukee’s commercial real estate market.
MEET THE LEADER 
Derek Peruo
Derek is a private capital investor who builds and funds systems that scale, cash flow, and compound—across real estate, private lending, and niche markets others overlook.
As host of Milwaukee REIA Commercial Corner, he brings together investors, brokers, lenders, attorneys, and service professionals to analyze real deals, share strategies, and forge high-value partnerships.
He partners with people who think like owners, communicate clearly, and hold themselves to a high standard—operators who play the long game and deliver results with integrity.
Derek runs his ventures like the big players, focusing on the vital few priorities that move the needle and trusting his teams and systems with the rest. Using frameworks like the 80/20 Principle and the Star Principle, he builds lean, flexible assets that generate recurring income and buy back time.
For Derek, success means multiplying returns on every dollar and hour invested—not grinding harder or chasing vanity metrics.