Bruce Kirsch, Refai® Email & Phone Number

I am the founder of REFM and the creator of Valuate software, the fastest-growing property valuation and investment analysis platform in the world. I am also the co-author of the "Real Estate Finance and Investments: Risks and Opportunities" textbook and the associated REFAI® Certification program, along with Dr. Peter Linneman.I began my professional career at CB Richard Ellis marketing high-rise New York City office buildings for re-development in the Midtown Manhattan Investment Properties Institutional Group. I was recruited to join the team at Metropolis Development Company as the Director of Acquisitions in Washington, DC. While at Metropolis, I sourced, analyzed and negotiated the acquisition of three privately-owned District of Columbia sites to support the development of 500,000 SF of mixed-use condominium, multi-family and retail product. Following my time at Metropolis, I was given the opportunity to work as one of two executives in charge of running The Clarett Group's Washington, DC division. My responsibilities focused on providing analysis of and making recommendations for site acquisitions of trophy-level office, condominium, multi-family and age-restricted multi-family properties in the greater Washington metropolitan area. In addition to these responsibilities, I was in charge of day to day project management for the entitlement, financing and marketing of the company's existing DC area development projects.

Listed skills include Real Estate Economics, Real Estate Development, Real Estate, Financial Modeling, and 25 others.