The EFG marketing team is comprised of individuals with broad multifamily backgrounds.  The team members all have institutional backgrounds at companies such as Travelers, Lend Lease and Archstone.  Together they have over 60 years of experience in the real estate industry.

Greg Engler – President
Greg has twenty years experience in the commercial real estate specializing in the sale of institutional apartment properties.  Prior to opening Engler Financial Group, Greg was the Moran & Company Southeast partner for over seven years and closed over $1.0 billion in transactions for many institutional owners.  Greg was responsible for multifamily acquisitions and development in the Southeast for Archstone Communities.  Prior to Archstone, Greg spent eight years at Travelers Realty Investment Company overseeing the disposition of $2.0 billion of commercial real estate throughout the country.  He has a B.S. in construction engineering from Nebraska and an MBA in real estate from SMU.  Greg is a licensed real estate broker in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia and Tennessee, and is also a licensed salesperson in Texas. He is on the Board of Directors for The National Multihousing Council and is a member of The Blue Multifamily Council at  U.L.I.

Patrick Jones – Senior Vice President
Pat has fifteen years experience in commercial real estate specializing in acquisitions, accounting and finance.   Prior to joining Engler Financial Group, Pat spent three years at Moran & Company as a manager overseeing $250 million in dispositions.  Prior to Moran & Company, Pat worked as an associate in the acquisitions office of Lend Lease in Atlanta, GA.  At Lend Lease, Pat assisted in the closing of approximately $400 million in transactions and underwrote an additional $1.5 billion.  Pat has a BA and MBA from the University of Georgia as well as his CPA designation.  He is a licensed real estate salesman in the states of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Kris Mikkelsen – Vice President
Kris joined EFG in 2007 and has a background in commercial real estate capital markets.  Prior to joining EFG, Kris was a member of the Capital Markets Group at the Colliers International office in Atlanta, Georgia.  Kris' primary role was originating debt and equity placement for a large group of correspondent lenders.  Kris is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in management.  Kris is a licensed real estate salesperson in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Pearce Presnell – Vice President
Pearce joined EFG in 2004  and has a background in commercial appraisal, brokerage, mortgage financing, and investment research.   Prior to working at Engler Financial Group, Pearce was responsible for production of multifamily marketing materials at Greycliffe Partners in Tampa as well as Apartment Realty Advisors in Boca Raton.  Past experience also includes iCap Realty Advisors as a correspondent lender as well as in investment research department of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, where he supported portfolio managers through strategic and tactical real estate investment research.  Pearce has a B.S. in Real Estate from Florida State University and a Master’s degree in Real Estate and Urban Analysis from the University of Florida.  Pearce is a licensed real estate salesperson in Florida.

Sherry Anderson - Office Manager and Due Diligence Coordinator
Sherry joined EFG in 2003 and has a Paralegal background.  Prior to joining EFG, Sherry worked ten years at Archstone-Smith where she was a Paralegal and Due Diligence Coordinator for all acquisitions and dispositions.  Sherry coordinated all on-site due diligence in addition to monitoring all real estate contracts, third-party consultants, title commitments, surveys, environmental, wetlands and engineering reports, and managed the closing process. Sherry has been involved in the due diligence coordination for over $8 billion of acquisitions and dispositions at EFG and prior employers. Sherry has her ABA Paralegal designation and is a licensed real estate salesperson in Georgia.

Whit Johnson - Associate
Whit joined the EFG team in 2011 and has a background in real estate valuation and development.  Prior to joining Engler Financial Group,
Whit worked as an associate at  National Property Valuation Advisors where he performed valuations of several different property types including industrial, office, retail, multifamily, and land for institutional investors.  While at NPV Advisors, he worked on over $2.2 billion in valuations.  Whit has also had experience with two development companies, Pavilion Development, a retail developer, and Estates Management, a regional multifamily developer, both based in the Carolinas.  Whit is a graduate of Clemson University where he earned a BA degree in architecture as well as an MBA in real estate.

Nick Husak - Associate, Tampa, Florida
Nicholas has over fifteen years of institutional real estate experience in the areas of development, site acquisition, asset management, and valuation services with an emphasis on multifamily housing.  Nicholas joined the EFG team in 2011, and is based in our Tampa, Florida office.  Nicholas holds an MBA in real estate from the University of Florida, a BA in finance from Michigan State University, and is a licensed real estate salesperson in Florida.  Prior to joining EFG, Nicholas served as the southeast Regional Director of Multifamily Development for Zaremba Group, LLC, a private, 80-year-old, national real estate company based in Cleveland, Ohio.  At Zaremba’s Tampa based office, Nicholas helped the company originate an institutional grade, development pipeline of multifamily apartment, townhome, and condominium developments that totaled over $300 million.  Prior to his position at Zaremba, Nicholas held a number of senior level real estate positions with institutional developers and owners of multifamily real estate including Dallas Texas-based, JPI Development, Atlanta Georgia-based Norsouth Companies, and Greenville South Carolina-based Insignia Financial Group.




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