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Houston, Texas Area

• Started a Real Estate company focused on helping international Real Estate investors find investment property in Houston TX.
• Created Offering Memorandums with financial analysis including IRR, NPV, Return multiples and Cap rates.
• Reviewed land cost, development cost and construction cost for resale projects.
• Reviewed Rent roles, Balance sheets and Income statements for income producing properties.

Houston, Texas, United States

District Developments is full-service Real Estate company focusing on Residential Urban infill development projects in Houston, Texas.

Houston, Texas Area

• Built operations Manual, workflow charts and recurring task lists for an entire department.
• Created Offering Memorandums, Financial forecasts and estimated returns on development projects.
• Presented to private investors and committee members investment opportunities in the Houston Market.
• Reviewed Private Equity loan requests made by builders and verified validity of their construction costs, sales figures and other financial assumptions.
• Managed several development projects in terms of sales, absorption levels, marketing plans and sales execution.
• Supervised sales team-members in training, negotiations, contracts and closings.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

• Gathered data from extensive market research and analyzed market trends to create a feasibility study.
• Presented findings/results in the form of PowerPoint Presentations and Excel Spreadsheets to Machado SilvettiArchitects (Boston-based) so that they can better understand the needs for the local Egyptian market.
• Examined local market conditions through numerous site visits to better understand the local market andgenerated necessary data for highest and best use for the 20-acre land site.
• Worked closely with different departments within the organization such as: Engineers, Surveyors, Landdevelopment team, and Sales team.
• Acted as a team-player to generate written reports to share with Machado Silvetti Architects.

Houston, Texas Area

• Performed sophisticated land-use and financial analysis, negotiated contracts and purchase agreements by heavily examining and studies comparable market values.
• Met with existing clients on daily basis to present them with their project status reports through PowerPoint Presentations and Excel Spreadsheets.
• Responsible for calling, prospecting, meeting, and signing up developer and builder clients for the firm.
• Generated $3M worth of new business monthly for the firm.

Houston, Texas Area

• Gathered, organized, evaluated, analyzed and summarized data from various sources (Costar, LoopNet, MLS) for offering memorandums and loan request packages for review by investors and loan originators.
• Created advanced spreadsheet models to determine ratios and returns such as DCF, IRR,NPV, ROE and ROC for land, residential, retail, and mixed-use projects up to $50 million.

Houston, Texas Area

Concentration: Real Estate DevelopmentGPA of 3.7/4.0

Wuhu, China

• Gained an in depth understanding of emerging markets including China and outsourcing processes and procedures.
• Shadowed a Finance Manager to observe how the company cuts cost, increases profit, and allocates resources.
• Partnered with operations to ensure shipments deadlines were met to prevent negative impacts to the business.
• Utilized Microsoft Excel to compare analysis, develop charts, and forecast future demand on product lines.
• Represented clients in negotiations in the MENA region, resulting in achievable sales targets and lower shipping costs

Master Of Business Administration, Real Estate Development, 3.8/4.0

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Finance And Investments

GPA of 3.3/4.0 Bilingual: Arabic Certificate of Corporate Entrepreneurship