Urban Land Institute: Full or Associate membership?
Is full worth the extra $66/mo.? Curious to hear from existing and former members if it benefited their careers in a tangible way. 
[{"id": "j1r9xh7", "text": "Associate. They give out lots of free seminars and links", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "j1sq6x5", "text": "In my opinion, the best part of ULI are the product councils - both regional and national, which require full membership. Otherwise, associate should be sufficient if not interested in joining a product council.", "replies": [{"id": "j1uv6gg", "text": "100% agree with this. \n\nLook into young leader groups, also.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "j1t23y9", "text": "Following\u2026.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "j1t3890", "text": "They have special pricing for undergrad and people under 35, which is probably a decent deal. The main benefit of uli is networking which is a lot more important for getting your first job or when starting your career, \n\nI don\u2019t see huge benefits for people already established in their careers unless you are an urban planner or government official. \n\nThere are better organizations such as naiop or boma, ccim or your local cre organization where the membership is more targeted.", "replies": [{"id": "j1zye0s", "text": "Depending what part of the industry you\u2019re in, isn\u2019t it useful to know planners and government officials? I could see that having value in development/AM, ULI also has a more streamlined structure to get directly involved, expanding your network like that might also help build social capital", "replies": [{"id": "j20t56a", "text": "I am in the part of the industry that likes to make money and the more I interact with government officials and land use planners the less money I will make: they can only tell you no or blow up your deal or make you do things you don\u2019t want to do.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "j1ugnyo", "text": "Neither is worth it IMO.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "j1z6a3x", "text": "Full", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]