Prior to founding Schechter + Chou, Inc., Mr. Schechter was an active real estate broker, investor and mortgage broker. He has been a licensed real estate broker in California since 1985. Mr. Schechter has worked for major US real estate companies as a real estate broker assisting clients in their real estate needs. He also started his own company, RealVest, which arranged home mortgages with a conventional lender. Mr. Schechter also acted as a mortgage broker in arranging hard money loans secured by real estate. In the mid-1990’s, Schechter used investor capital, to acquire both distressed residential and commercial real estate, and re-habilitated and sold such properties successfully for profit.In the mid-late 1990’s, Schechter served as the executive vice-president of COMAR Acquisitions, Inc., a leading fulfillment company in the U.S. The company provided services for the infomercial, direct response and entertainment industries, including companies such as King World Direct, Burger King and Playboy Enterprises. Mr. Schechter was also the creator and the president of COMAR Interactive, the internet division of the fulfillment company.Mr. Schechter is an active USC and UC Berkeley alumni, and has organized several China related and real estate related events co-hosted by the UC Berkeley/Haas Alumni Network, the USC Marshall School Alumni Association, and the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate. He has been a guest lecturer on the subject of cross-border business between the U.S. and China at USC's Price School of Public Policy for their graduate level course in International Real Estate Development, and at the UCLA Andersen School of Management. He is an instructor at the California Centers for International Trade Development (CITD) in Hawthorne, California, on doing business with China. He has also been interviewed in newspapers, magazines, and television in China, including the CCTV-9 television news show "Biz China" during their "People in the Biz" segment.