Jamie Mackay
Over the last 25 years, Jamie Mackay has worked across various sectors of the real estate market including development, investment, construction, and project management. In 2010 he launched his own…
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Real estate is where big money meets brick and mortar. Also plumbing problems, zoning laws, and the unique stress of deals that take months to close. The founders in this section are building companies across the entire real estate landscape. And they have stories.
These interviews cover residential and commercial. PropTech platforms. Brokerage firms. Property management. Real estate investing. Development. The kind of work where a single deal can change everything, for better or worse.
What makes these conversations useful is the range of perspectives. Some founders are disrupting traditional real estate with technology. Others are thriving within traditional models. Some think the industry needs a complete overhaul. Others think the fundamentals are timeless. Reading across these interviews gives you the full picture.
You’ll find insights on market analysis, deal structuring, property technology, building a real estate team, and the challenge of operating in an industry where every market is local and every deal is different. If you’re in real estate, investing in real estate, or building tools for the industry, these founders have hard-won wisdom worth hearing.
Jon Kohler
Jon Kohler is a prominent real estate broker and attorney recognized as the leading authority on quail plantations, sporting ranches, and high-quality recreational land in the American Southeast. Dubbed “The…
Brett Grier
Brett is a real estate Partner at Hall and Hall, one of the oldest and most prestigious rural real estate firms in the United States. Founded in 1946, they specialize…
Oliver Burleigh
Oliver Robert Burleigh began his career as an electrician before launching his first business in his early twenties. What started as a modest operation quickly evolved into ORB, a Bristol-based…
Matthew Hoppe
Matthew Hoppe is a dynamic and results-driven marketing executive with extensive experience driving brand growth and leading digital transformation across diverse industries, including e-commerce, retail, action sports, hospitality, and prop-tech….
Paul Kaulesar
Paul Kaulesar is a New York City native who moved to Florida in his late teens. He attended Royal Palm Beach High School and furthered his education at Palm Beach…
Tammy McNaught
As a real estate pioneer with an earnest passion to make a difference, Tammy built a 25-year career in both retail and property management. Her journey began in the retail…
Isaac Mashman
Isaac Mashman is a businessman, author, coffee addict, creator, podcast host, private investor, and speaker. Born in Jacksonville, Florida to a lower-income, single-parent household Isaac spent his first 18 years…
Sormeh Attarzadeh
Sormeh is a Co-founder and Account Manager at Zentap. She loves helping clients achieve their goals by working hand-in-hand with our client success team to learn and implement the latest…
Mike DeGiorgio
Mike DeGiorgio is the founder and CEO of Crexi, the commercial real estate industry’s fastest-growing technology platform. Under his leadership, Crexi hosted the world’s largest single-asset online real estate transaction,…
Khalil Henareh
Khalil Henareh is a diversity person with passion not only to bring people together but to leverage for businesses to increase their revenues. As a CENTURY 21® Real Estate professional,…
Giri Devanur
Giri Devanur is the founder and CEO of reAlpha, a cutting-edge technology company with a plan to empower everyone to invest in the $1.2 trillion short-term rental market. Prior to…