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San Francisco, California, United States

Capital markets, tax credit equity, construction and perm debt, negotiating with cities, portfolio management, dispositions, acquisitions, GP interest acquisitions, problem solving.

Santa Rosa, California, United States

VP of private equity multifamily real estate company that invests in select West Coast markets. Responsibilities include sourcing acquisitions, financing, asset strategy, portfolio management, dispositions, and active asset management with a focus on improving resident experience.Our specialty is value creation, which implements both operational and redevelopment strategies to drive long term sustainable growth for our communities and investments.

San Francisco

Opened San Francisco mortgage banking office as part of Bellwether Enterprise’s West Coast expansion. Commenced the endeavor with zero existing clients. Originated approximately $250M over 28 loans secured by multifamily properties and mobile home parks. Sourced, structured, and negotiated all mortgages and led due diligence and closing process. Provided various custom analysis to support client Business mainly focused on the West Coast but followed clients to other parts of the country. Closed loans in California, Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Closed loans with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Life Insurance companies and various Bridge Loan providers.Collaborated extensively with client stakeholder’s to best prepare property for market to maximize client’s priorities and goals from the financing event.

Palo Alto, Ca.

Managed asset management and marketing for 170-property portfolio consisting of 36,000 apartments located on the West Coast. Made individual asset and portfolio recommendations using analytics for holding properties, remerchandising recommendations, redevelopment planning and execution, and dispositions. Developed asset classifications to broadly communicate holding period and investment level by asset. Conduct lead generation, develop and execute marketing plans for assets including lease-up properties, website overhaul, reputation management planning and execution, branding, communication, and SEO planning and execution.• Recommended sale of approximately $500M in dispositions in Seattle, Northern California, and Southern California regions. Point person during disposition process; managed broker network, negotiated Purchase and Sale Agreement, and communicated to both internal and external stakeholders during process.• Ramped-up interior unit renovation production to annual pace of approximately 1,000 homes. Construction project managed approximately 60 properties. Most renovations achieved double-digit current cash returns. Developed custom IRR model to support investment recommendations.• Recommended various properties for redevelopment with capital commitments ranging from $3M to $15M. Executed redevelopment plan, supervised team of ten, and achieved key timelines and financial benchmarks. Built strong alliances with general contractors, operations, customers and legal.• Conceived plan to bifurcate branding of Essex to consumer and investor e.g. removed “Property Trust Inc.” from the Essex logo for all consumer-facing marketing materials. Led team redesigning major consumer touch-points such as website, collateral, signage, photography (including lifestyle series photography), updating copy (SEO friendly), and developing use of iconography to define amenities and programs.

San Mateo, Ca.

Owners representative with overall P and L responsibility for a 52 property portfolio consisting of a 12,000-Home West Coast Apartment Portfolio, 1,000,000 square foot Bay Area Office Portfolio, and 75,000 square foot West Coast retail portfolio. Primary responsibilities were focused on ensuring delivery of target cashflow, driving revenues, developing strategies to maximize an assets position in the marketplace, mitigating portfolio risk, and recommending assets for renovation, disposition, or remerchandising. Assets primarily located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Ventura County, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City.

San Mateo

Responsible for sourcing debt and equity for existing assets, acquisitions, and ground-up development. Was principal negotiator on approximately $2.0B in debt transactions. Structured acquisition financing, tax-exempt bond financing, tax credit financing, repositioning financing, bridge loan financing, and construction financing. Worked with all lender classes including Agency (Fannie, Freddie, and FHA), Life Co.’s, conduit lenders, National Banks, and Regional Banks.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting

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