Max graduated from Bowling Green State University with a BS in Business Administration and a specialty in marketing. It was there that his passion and drive for real estate began to develop. After becoming a licensed Real Estate Broker and earning his CCIM, he was honored with the Realtor Active in Politics award (2017), and now sits on the board of directors for the Commercial Alliance of Realtors of West Michigan (2018). After completing his college internship at a commercial real estate company, he was named Executive Vice President of Real Estate at a local firm, where he brought new life and energy to the team. He earned the opportunity to play junior hockey in the United States Hockey League in Sioux Falls and earned a full-ride scholarship to Bowling Green. Any extra time he has is spent in the ice arena currently coaching learn-to-skate and in the past Grand Rapids Christian HS, Travel, & AAA teams.