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Keystone Asset Management Finds Solutions in Every Real Estate Scenario.  By Carole VanSickle Ellis Keystone Asset Management has been on the path to big things from its very inception. Founded in 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Keystone started out, as CEO Ryan Hennessy describes it, as “a real estate company in ‘Philly’ handling distressed bank-owned assets for lenders including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and various financial institutions.” Keystone is a

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Q&A With Cardone Enterprises’ Grant Cardone

35-year veteran of the real estate investment industry shares insights ranging from his personal journey to the post COVID-19 real estate world Grant Cardone is a 35-year veteran of the real estate game. He’s the CEO of Cardone Enterprises and has $1.7 billion under management. Cardone has always been seen as a forward-thinking business operator. He is often called on by Fortune 500 companies and real estate leaders for his

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What to Do While You’re Waiting for the Turnaround

Standard Management Company founder Samuel K. Freshman on the post-pandemic economy Samuel K. Freshman, owner and chairman of private real estate investment and management firm Standard Management Company (SMC) and chairman emeritus of Stanford Professionals in Real Estate (SPIRE), has been in real estate since 1958.  Under Freshman’s leadership, SMC has acquired and managed more than 6,000 apartment units and 5 million square feet of office, retail, mixed-use and industrial

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Q&A With Growth Group’s Steven Cinelli

Futurist and growth advisor discusses outlook for the national and global economies Steven Cinelli is the founder of California-based Growth Group and the managing director of boutique advisory firm SLAMINA LLC. He also serves as an adviser for London-based fintech incubator and consulting firm FinTech4Good and has spent decades as a creative strategist, banker, adviser and fintech executive. Known for his uncanny ability to anticipate markets, Cinelli has been predicting

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Q&A With Strategy Investment Group

Mike Jordan takes a practical approach to profitable investing, focusing on strategy and diversification.  When Mike Jordan, founder and president of Detroit-based Strategy Investment Group thinks about his greatest successes, the first thing that springs to mind has nothing to do with real estate. It has to do with kidneys. “My father is still around at 83 because I donated my kidney to him in 2011,” Jordan said. “Idid it

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Q&A With Colonial Funding Group LLC & NoteSchool

Eddie Speed’s creative real estate strategies stand the test of time. Eddie Speed, founder of the educational company NoteSchool and owner and president of Colonial Funding Group LLC, has been a leader in the real estate-secured note business for nearly 40 years. Throughout those decades, he has become known for his take-no-prisoners honesty and relentless strategic creativity. He leverages both on behalf of students and investors who are focused on

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