Michael Casey of The Gunderman Group has a B.A. degree in Architecture from Connecticut College, and while attending a summer architecture and planning program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, his career path shifted from architecture to urban planning. From there, he spent 15 years with the City of Oakland Planning & Building Department, where he reached the ranks of a senior planner. He has been renovating and building new construction projects for 16+ years and buying and selling real estate for 13 years. He is on the most successful east bay real estate team at #1 in sales and volume. They have the highest number of 5-Star Yelp reviews (200+) and are the only east bay team ranked in the Top 100 of The Wall Street Journal.