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Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas

Amherst is a national investment platform which allows institutional investors to participate in the Single Family Residential Real Estate market. As an Expense Analyst, reviewed single family home repair bids to ensure compliance, performed due-diligence reviewing inspection photos, expected repair costs and estimated acquisition underwriting fees, evaluated potential purchases for viability. • Performed due-diligence on approximately 30 new potential single family residential assets daily with repair bids averaging from $20,000-$60,000 for homes valued between $125,000-$300,000• Reviewed and approved Budget Revisions up to 15% over the original repairs while maintaining the Company brand and standard• Managed repair timelines and budgets through weekly calls with Construction Superintendents in over 30 markets with an average inventory of 800 homes• Identified a recurring issue with the repair timeline process and through procedure updates was able to reduce the average amount of days a home is under initial repair by 25% • Conducted quality assurance on-site audits of up to 50 homes in a local market to ascertain that homes were repaired according to Company standards• Prepared bi-weekly investor call notes for upper management as well as drive tour presentations for potential investors

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

JLL is a global Commercial Real Estate services company with services ranging from brokerage to technology. As a Senior Analyst, lead a global team of analysts across 15 client accounts for the North Eastern US and Canada. Managed JLL’s global lease portfolios ensuring their reporting and documentation were consistent and met SOC-1 compliance. • Managed various global lease databases for clients each housing an average of 250 properties• Saved clients an average $5,000 annually via monthly invoice review• Created technology training materials for the new analyst onboarding program used by the Lease Administration department • Prepared monthly rent analysis and payment processing of up to $3,000,000 used by client AP departments • Acted as a liaison between clients and landlords• Abstracted lease agreements into concise critical data points streamlining client financial reporting and planning