Senior Acquisitions and Community Development Manager with 11 years real estate home building experience and a proven track record of SUCCESS in land acquisition due diligence, competitive market analysis, asset management and land-use entitlements.
Core strengths are: strong initiative and leadership qualities, excellent written and verbal communication skills, an innate ability to network with industry professionals, and bilingual in Spanish (speak, read & write).

Professional experience
Capital Pacific Real Estate 2009 present
REO Consulting Manager

Asset Management:

Investigate, synopsize, and advise the Client regarding the current status of entitlements, permits, approvals, expirations and any other issues governing the property.
Prepare a preliminary cost to complete estimate, including development impact fees and all other fees associated with the property.
Provide bank with several disposition strategies (i.e. bulk sale, partial sale, joint venture, etc.) based on knowledge gained through a detailed due diligence analysis.
Capital Pacific Homes 2006 2009

General Manager

Land Acquisition responsibilities:

Identify, analyze and determine land valuations on distressed assets eventually leading to submission of offers on sub-performing assets (ranging from $3 million to $100 million portfolios) in receivership, short sale bank notes or REOs listed by banks and FDIC.
Canvassed over a dozen markets in Southern California resulting in identifying over 150 land deals as well as introducing viable private equity/investor capital to underwrite and finance the acquisition and development.
Negotiate the terms of purchase and sale transaction with the broker and property owners utilizing instruments such as a Letter Of Intent and Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Recommend housing product type, net pricing, market absorption, and reverse engineer a project to determine the land residual basis derived from running detailed cash flow pro-forma models and competitive market analyses.
Entitlements / Forward Planning / Project Management:

Identify, manage and solve complex land planning and entitlement issues in asset management cases and interact with high level public officials.
Manage and cultivate the relationships with joint venture /financial equity partners on multi-million dollar projects.
Execute the companys business plans fiscal objectives of procuring land-use entitlements and community design for a $50 Million master plan project.
Implement site planning techniques and value engineering resulting in an increase to the master plans density by 20% - yielding 1500+ units.
Manage a team of consultants in various disciplines (architect, engineer, geotech, biologist, etc) that is also geographically dispersed.
Process and secure approvals for Tentative Tract Maps with local municipalities, General Plan Amendment, and the results of my efforts will eventually contribute to the formation of a regional Flood Control Maintenance District.
Expedite local agency and Federal government approvals for regional drainage & hazardous flood studies which modeled complex alluvial floodplain hydrology and saved millions of dollars by avoiding flood insurance.
Lennar Corporation (Inland Empire Division & Newhall Land Divisions) 2004 -- 2006

Community Development Manager

Supervised and directed all aspects of securing entitlements for new projects and pull the necessary permits required for land development and construction.
Managed and coordinated a team of consultants including architecture, civil engineering, landscape architecture, soils engineering, and environmental analysis experts.
Presented new projects to the Planning Commission, City Council and County Board of Supervisors for approval.
Prepared and maintained community entitlement & offsite construction schedules while monitoring compliance and obligation of conditions of approvals.
Alexander Communities 2003 -- 2004

Project Manager

Effectively managed 9 projects (approx. Total of 1,250 lots) in different stages in the entitlement process from due diligence & feasibility to grading and other development permits.
Coordinated the efforts in the formation and adoption of Community Facilities Districts between Cities, School Districts, and Water Districts.


KB Home (Northern & Southern California divisions) 1998 -- 2002

Forward Planner

Processed Architectural Design Review, General Plan Amendment, Rezoning, Tentative & Final Map, PUD, building permits & other miscellaneous permits.
Secured improvement and performance bonds, executed subdivision improvement agreements, and satisfied conditions of approval.
Forecasted development schedules based off of city plan checking timeframes, off-sites and operations schedules while striving to achieve business plan goals.
Ran a team of consultants: architecture, civil engineer, landscape architect, biologist, soils engineer, acoustical engineer, & legal counsel.

education
University of California Irvine
Bachelors of Arts degree in Environmental Analysis and Design with a Concentration in Urban and Regional Planning.



Light Construction Development Management Certificate Program:

Relevant coursework included land acquisition, government entitlements, real estate finance,

Cost elements, project scheduling and other aspects of the homebuilding industry.


Institute for Residential Marketing (IRM) Certificate Program:

Classes cover sales, advertising & marketing for the Residential Builder


Currently enrolled in coursework online to fulfill education requirements for a California Real Estate Brokers License