West LA Multifamily Meetup

Meetup Leaders

Kevin Dugan

Kevin Dugan is a real estate entrepreneur with 8 years of experience investing in and building teams exclusively out of state.  He is Managing Partner of 3 companies in the Altus Group (investments, property management and general contracting) that make up a turnkey single family home rental business based out of Chicago, which targets 25-35% annual returns for investors.  He has General Partner and Limited Partner experience in over 400+ units through key markets in the US.  Kevin’s success is fueled by a passion to help and educating others to achieve financial freedom through active and passive real estate reinvestments.

Jamie Sanchez

Jaime brings over 13 years of project management and development experience to the MFM West LA Chapter. He began his career in construction management with such reputable builders as Pankow Builders and Clark Construction. Jaime, later on, served as a project manager for an engineering consulting firm where he acted as the owner-representative for large-scale commercial projects in the residential, hospitality, retail, industrial, and entertainment sectors. Jaime also has extensive real estate finance experience having worked both in corporate real estate finance and in real estate private equity. During his tenure with AECOM, Jaime developed finance and process improvement models to realize synergies with AECOM’s largest acquisition in its history, a $10Bn M&A deal. During his time with Arc Capital Partners, Jaime led the due diligence and capital raising efforts on the acquisition of multifamily and mixed-use assets throughout the US. Ultimately, these efforts led Arc to land a $100M programmatic joint venture fund with Belay Investment Group. Most recently, Jaime is an equity member on the Angels Landing Development project, a $1.2Bn mixed-use, high-rise in Downtown LA. Jaime led the development team’s efforts in the submission of the RFQ and RFP phases with the City of Los Angeles and is now leading the environmental impact report (EIR) phase of the project. Jaime reports directly to the joint venture equity partners between Claridge Properties, MacFarlane Partners, and the Peebles Corporation. Jaime is currently invested in over 1,200 units as a Limited Partner in Houston, TX and is currently working on a 60-unit ground-up student housing project near USC. Jaime earned his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and holds a BS in Civil Engineering and Construction Management from Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo.

Jorge Contreras

Managing Partner, Top Tier Properties Group
C: 714-397-8620
E: Jorge@TopTierPropertiesgroup.com

Jorge Contreras is an Airbnb Expert and Real Estate Investor with ownership in 1,200+ doors as an LP. He is passionate about helping others live their best life by mastering financial literacy.

With his experiences under his belt, he is currently the Managing Partner for Top Tier Properties Group.