Lance founded Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, LLC in January 2010 with the goal of becoming the premier commercial real estate capital adviser in the United States. In its first 10 years, Patterson has grown to 19 employees in four cities (Atlanta, Nashville, Charleston and Charlotte) and has arranged over $5 billion of debt and equity for product types including office, multifamily, hospitality, retail, industrial, land, condominiums, student and senior housing and other.