EXPERTISE

Real estate acquisition assistance.

Operating a real estate brokerage company

Operating a commercial office complex.

Managing single-family homes, condominiums and multi-unit apartment buildings.

Assisting local organizations and non-profit organizations devise plans for the purchase and rehabilitation of properties.

Providing basic understanding of real estate planning and project implementation.

Twenty three years of real estate sales experience in the Bay Area in residential and commercial property, conducting Foreclosure acquisition and sales, Broker Price Opinions for a multitude of Asset Managers and real estate contracts with national vendors.

BACKGROUND

Twenty three years of experience in organizational leadership and management on a national level.  Twenty-one years of real estate investment knowledge and experience.  Specialized knowledge in the acquisition of multi-unit apartment houses, the listing and selling of income property with real estate firms, and the establishment of private partnerships in real estate. 

Currently serving as an equity partner in various commercial and residential rehabilitation projects. 

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Education

San Francisco State University, 1962

Master of Arts Degree, Educational Psychology

University of Southern California, 1969

California Real estate Brokers License, 1986

AFFILIATIONS

National President of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), Washington D.C.  1999-2001

Volunteers of America, Chairman of the Board of Directors, 2005, Northern California Region

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Member of the California Association of Real Estate Brokers (CAREB)

Board of Directors and Past President of the Associated Real Property Brokers, Oakland, CA

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP Member)

Federal Home Loan Corporation (Freddie Mac), Member of the National Advisory Board

1999-2003, Arlington, Virginia

Federal National Mortgage Corporation National Housing Advisory Committee Member, 2000-2003, Washington D.C.  (FannieMae)

Local Committees

Oakland Earthquake Housing Committee

Oakland Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal

Long Beach Community Improvement League, Founder

Oakland Crack Cocaine Task Force Member

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Twenty three years of real estate sales experience in the Bay Area in residential and commercial propertiesl, conducting Foreclosure acquisition and sales, Broker Price Opinions for a multitude of Asset Managers and real estate contracts with national vendors.

Twenty three years of real estate sales experience in the Bay Area in residential and commercial properties, conducting Foreclosure acquisition and sales, Broker Price Opinions for a multitude of Asset Managers and real estate contracts with national vendors.

Developed the Conceptual Framework for a California Statewide Study on Lenders practices in California, 1990, Redlining/Refusing to make Loans with the California State Department of Real Estate

Developed the Minority Real Estate Guide, a directory of minority real estate licensees in the Oakland Bay Area.

Education Partner, Black Business Investment Group 1987 to Present

Education Partner, Community Investor Club, 1998 to Present

Designed and implemented a national housing summit on Predatory Lending in America, August 2000 for the National Association of Real Estate Brokers