Westside Investors Network (WIN)

ABOUT MIKE MAIER Michael Maier a.k.a. “Mike” is a Branch manager at Fairway Independent Mortgage. He is also a local mortgage advisor based in Portland. He is authorized to conduct business in the state of California, Oregon and Washington and licensed by the Department of Business Oversight under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act. Mike has been in the mortgage industry for 17 years...

ABOUT ROB FOTHERINGHAM Rob is a founding partner of Vial Fotheringham, LLP. He was first admitted to practice in the states of Utah and Nevada in 1986 and later admitted to practice in Oregon after relocating in 1989. Rob regularly advises estate and business planning clients and assists with the establishment of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, corporations, partnerships, limited liabilit...

ABOUT STEVE ROZENBERG An international commercial airline pilot who, after the tragedies of 9/11 was forced to realize that his “Safe and Secure Career” was nowhere near as safe and secure as he had thought. Steve chose real estate investing to be able to control his own destiny and create his own generational wealth. Parlaying all of the success from real estate investing and property management...

ABOUT KEELEY O’BRIEN   Keeley O’Brien is the CEO and President of O’Brien Company and LLC. With more than three decades of experience in the construction and development industries, Keeley began his career in construction as a Laborer digging ditches.  He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in both Construction Engineering Management and Business Administration. Keeley has worked on a diverse array...

ABOUT LAUREN COHEN Lauren Cohen is an International Lawyer, Realtor and Foreign Investor Expert. Originally from Toronto and now in South Florida, Lauren is also a best-selling author and sought-after speaker, and she launched her podcast, Investing Across Borders, in late 2020. Lauren and her turnkey team believe in overcoming obstacles and navigating global expansion for business owners and real...

ABOUT MARK WEINSTEIN Mark Weinstein is the President and Founder of MJW Investments. After beginning his career as an attorney, he founded MJW Investments in 1983 when he discovered the potential of real estate investment and development through several successful ventures. Since then, he has acquired over $1,500,000,000 of student housing, apartment, commercial, industrial, and self-storage build...

ABOUT JEREMY GOODRICH Jeremy is the owner of Shine Insurance agency and the host of the REI Clarity podcast. He’s a teacher at heart and he simplifies insurance by giving step-by-step guidance along the way. Before Shine, he was an elementary school teacher, helping countless kids fall in love with art, math, science, and writing. After 13 years of teaching, he decided it was time to change the wa...

ABOUT LANCE PEDERSON Lance Pederson is the Founder of Verivest and the host of The Real estate Risk Report podcast. He is also the Principal of Fairway America, a private equity real estate firm based in Portland. He has worked in the middle-market real estate space for more than 13 years and has helped over 180 entrepreneurs' architects pooled investment funds. He’s passionate about the power of...

ABOUT JOHN MARTINEZ John Martinez is a serial entrepreneur, and highly sought-after sales expert. John is best known for his sales training in the real estate investment industry. Having trained over 500 of the country’s top Real Estate Investors and their teams, his scripts and sales & negotiation strategies have transformed the real estate investment industry and are now widely accepted as t...

ABOUT BOB BURG Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker and the author of a number of books on sales, marketing, and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. His book, The Go-Giver , coauthored with John David Mann, itself has sold over 975,000 copies and has been translated into 29 languages.    His and John’s newest parable in the Go-Giver Series is The Go-Giver Influencer . Bob...

ABOUT PAUL HASSEBROEK Paul Hassebroek founded Six Four in 2019 after a successful career in the financial advisory and family office field. During the past 12 years, Paul has been through due diligence on dozens of private equity and real estate projects and successfully fundraised $25,000,000 from investors and has acquired or built over $62,000,000 of real estate. Paul earned a B.A. in Business...

ABOUT CLIFF HOCKLEY:   Cliff is a Certified Property Manager® (CPM) and a Certified Commercial Investment Member ( CCIM ). He is the President of Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services and has extensive experience representing owners of commercial, investment, and residential properties. In addition to property management, he has served as an advisor, developed budgets, made value improvements...

ABOUT JIM ROMAN Jim Roman is the Director of the Business Owner’s Institute. He has been helping small business owners and professionals build better businesses and better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities for more than 20 years. A highly respected speaker, trainer, and coach, Jim’s results-oriented programs and talks inspire and empower people to take action. Jim has wor...

ABOUT WHITNEY SEWELL: Whitney is the Founder of Life Bridge Capital LLC. His passion is helping investors secure financial security via the exceptional opportunities that multifamily syndication offers. He is also the host of The Real Estate Syndication Show, where he has now interviewed over 850 experts providing cutting-edge tools and strategies for the syndication business. Whitney and his wife...

ABOUT TRENT WERNER Trent is a Real Estate Broker, Investor, and Portfolio Facilitator. In Trent's professional career he strives to help as many people as possible create wealth through real estate and wants to help his clients achieve financial independence. He is also a Co-Host of the Desk Talk Podcast that focuses on business, personal development, and ALL things real estate. Outside of his car...

ABOUT STEVE SIMS          Steve is the visionary founder of the world’s first luxury concierge that delivers the highest level of personalized travel, transportation, and cutting-edge entertainment services to corporate executives, celebrities, professional athletes, and other discerning individuals interested in living life to its fullest. Quoted as “The Real-Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entr...

ABOUT MICHAEL JONES: Mike was born and raised in Upstate New York. With a career spanning working at a craft brewery, sound, and electronic engineering, and 5 years as a STEM tutor, Mike began studying note investing and soon focused on owner-occupied single-family residential debt. The math of amortized debt made sense as well as helping others stay in their home. With the success from his first...

ABOUT STEVE ROSE: Steve Rose founded Bristol Equities, Inc. in January 1990 and remains as Chief Executive Officer and Principal. He graduated from Woodbury University with a degree in Business Administration and Marketing / Economics. Steve is an active member of various government and legislative groups such as the Oregon Legal Services Legislative committee and State of Oregon Seismic Safety Po...

ABOUT JOEY COLEMAN Joey Coleman is a recognized expert in customer experience design and an award-winning speaker. He works with organizations around the world ranging from small startups to major brands such as Volkswagen Australia, Zappos, and Whirlpool. His First 100 Days® methodology fuels the remarkable experiences his clients deliver and dramatically improves their profits. His Wall Street J...

ABOUT BRIAN BURKE Brian Burke is President / CEO of Praxis Capital Inc, a vertically integrated real estate private equity investment firm. He has acquired over half a billion dollars’ worth of real estate over a 30-year career including over 3,000 multifamily units and more than 700 single-family homes, with the assistance of proprietary software that he wrote himself. Brian has subdivided land,...

ABOUT MICHAEL BECKER Michael Becker is a Principal at SPI Advisory LLC and heads SPI’s Dallas, Texas office. Under Michael's leadership, over the past 8+ years, SPI Advisory has acquired approximately 10,000 units in the Dallas & Austin markets. Before forming SPI Advisory, Michael was a 15-year veteran Commercial Real Estate Banker. Over the last 5 years of his banking tenure, Michael focused...

ABOUT TAYLOR LOHT   Taylor, the host of Passive Wealth Strategies for Busy Professionals , invests in real estate syndications both actively and passively. He highlights and distills the knowledge, experiences, and lessons of expert real estate investors through his podcast, YouTube channel, and email newsletter. He believes that building passive streams of income is the best path to wealth genera...

ABOUT ARIE VAN GEMEREN: Arie is the Founder & Managing Member of Lombard Equities Group. Prior to founding Lombard Equities, he was a Principal at Rising Tide Ventures, a technology and healthcare investments firm, where he focused on FinTech and real estate technology companies. He went to UC Davis with a dual major in History and Political Science. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and liv...

ABOUT ZACH BERKOMPAS From an early age Zach has been interested in technology and how it is shaping and changing our world. His interest in technology and refining the product development process launched him into a deep interest in Ops & process automation. He now works at LeadSimple as the Head of Customer Success to help plan, develop, and train people to use the leading sales & process...

ABOUT BRYAN JENKINS AND JONATHAN COOK Bryan Jenkins is the Principal Broker of AHI Properties. He has been a NARPM member since 2011 and holds his MPM and RMP designations. Bryan is currently serving as the NARPM Southeast Region Vice President and is a past President of the Atlanta NARPM Chapter. Bryan is the co-host of Profitable Powerhouse Properties podcast and also a veteran of both the US Na...