Mike has more than three decades of commercial real estate industry experience specializing in industrial and office properties. He has been an active member of the Nashville real estate community for more than two decades and developed a strong track record in the areas of acquisitions, development, financing, leasing, property management, investment sales and asset management. Mike entered the real estate industry in Dallas at the corporate headquarters of The Vantage/Weston Companies, a national industrial and office developer and served as President of the Houston and Nashville divisions. He also worked for FINOVA Realty Capital and German-based BVT Equity Holdings specializing in structured finance transactions. He has done extensive receivership work managing and selling a $300 million real estate portfolio for a Federal Court appointed Receiver. Upon graduating from Louisiana State University, Mike started his business career at global accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young in Houston was a Senior Auditor and became a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas. He is past Nashville Chapter President and member of the National Board of Directors of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and a licensed affiliate broker in the State of Tennessee.