When Erik Kaiser graduated from college in 1992, one thing was certain: He wasn't interested in getting a job. No 9-to-5s, no bosses, no cubicles. What Kaiser wanted was to build something of his own, but at the time he wasn't sure what that was. So he explored his options and found what he was...
Doug Chesnut first met Ben Pisklak over breakfast in Houston. Chesnut hadn't officially settled into his position as senior vice president of investments at Gables Residential when he decided to meet Pisklak, the young development associate who was manning the firm's Houston office. What Chesnut...
The multifamily real estate industry can be a pretty hard nut to crack. Whether business is booming or bottoming out, it's always competitive and fast-paced. You have to pull your weight and then some to keep up, and you need a plan of action for your properties and developments.
“You'll never reach the bar, because you're always raising it higher.” This is what the Myers-Briggs personality test told Karen Kossow in 2003 when she joined McLean, Va.-based Kettler Management (formerly KSI Services). She wasn't surprised; the assessment was dead-on.
Most people in their early thirties are consumed by their own finances, bank accounts, and budgets. At 31 years old, Derek Kahn was consumed by the finances of the entire Lane Co. in Atlanta. An A-to-Z multifamily operation, Lane is a complicated company with an extensive set of subsidiaries from...
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Real estate is not easy. It's multidimensional, fast-paced, chaotic, and—especially in the multifamily arena—extraordinarily competitive. Each year yields fresh goals for national and regional operations, and a new batch of young, driven execs rises to the occasion to develop them. While their...