Our travels took us to Dallas, Texas for the last week of the State Fair of Texas – the world’s largest state fair – I’m told. After all, everything is bigger…

Anytime we travel, I always look for a lesson or two or at least a way to improve brokering commercial real estate. This trip was no different, but maybe a bit harder to ascertain.

So maybe a look at how the Orange County Fair and the Texas state fair differ would be fun with a bit of commercial real estate mixed in. If you’re up for it, here goes.

The first thing that hits you at the Texas State Fair is the scale. It’s enormous.

Big Tex greets you from his perch above the fairgrounds, smiling down on acres of exhibits, food stalls, and carnival rides. The Orange County Fair by comparison feels more intimate, more navigable, and

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