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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.• worked closely with the marketing directors for each development project and sales directors to insure adherence and execution of marketing plans and sales absorption schedules.• Responsible for business development initiatives to bring more business into the company.

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