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affordable housing industry and I’m proud to work with them. I would encourage anyone with a Rural Development financed property to become a CARH member. I’ll happily join you for a beverage at our January meeting in San Diego if you join! Howdid your prior experience doing asset management work for LIHTC properties prepare you and assist in your role with dispositions? I asset managed a large portfolio of older tax loss and LIHTC properties. Interacting with everyone from on-site management, regional managers, developers, non-profits, tenants, accountants and legislators to the underlying investors provided me with a holistic perspective of the LIHTC program. In particular, I was able to gain valuable experience working on properties impacted by Hurricane Katrina and other disasters. What do you find to be the most challenging part of negotiating a disposition? The most challenging part is making sure everyone involved in the process has reviewed all aspects of the disposition. Once everyone involved sees the same pieces to the puzzle and can appreciate each partner’s position, it’s possible for a couple reasonable people to arrive at a fair and mutually agreeable disposition strategy. You’re located in our Boston office, which is moving due to growth! What types of things do you enjoy doing up in the northeast, outside of work?
In the summer, you will find me fishing, swimming, snorkeling or grilling with family and friends. Come winter, I’ll sneak out with my daughters to the 300 foot ski hill in town or up to Vermont. I’m proud to report that our seven year old, Madelyn, is a strong skier and once our fearless four year old, Julia, masters turning and stopping, we will be dodging ski patrol all over the mountain. I hear your family are big hockey fans, and even play - tell us more! I married into a hockey family; thankfully I can skate, but
buff, but give me a tiny venue with friends and I am in.
have never played organized hockey. My wife played in college and still plays and coaches. Just prior to the world shutting down, my wife and I built a DIY synthetic ice rink in our basement to get the girls as much “ice time” as possible.
3. What’s the best Halloween costume you’ve ever had (as a kid or adult!)? Oh, boy... Lots of sports heroes, including: Teddy Bruschi, David Ortiz and Uncle Rico from Napolean Dynamite. These days, my daughters pick my costume to go with their theme. I really enjoyed being Maui from the Disney movie Moana. I carved a giant magical fish hook out of wood and had to be the boisterous demigod of South Pacific for a few days. 4. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? (...aside from being a LIHTC dispositions expert, of course!) If I couldn’t have become a LIHTC dispositions expert, a pro skier would have been a good backup option.
RANDOM QUESTIONS & AWESOME ANSWERS:
1. As life has slowly started to return to normal, what was the one thing you were most looking forward to doing when the shut down was lifted? I am most looking forward to being able to travel without quarantine restrictions keeping our kids out of school.
2. Last concert you attended? Toots and the Maytals. I’m no music
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