Stephen A. Kohner
Mr. Kohner is the principal owner and Manager of the Equity Capital Group. He began his career in real estate development in the early 1980's, and has since completed an impressive portfolio of projects, including over 2,000 residential lots and approximately 8,000 acres of residential development. Over a 25 year period, he has successfully been involved in more than $1.5 billion in real estate ventures, and currently manages projects in the southwest U.S. with an estimated completion value of over $1 billion. He also has extensive experience in real estate lending, financing and investing.
A Process You Can Trust
ECG carefully evaluates real estate using empirical data and research. Team members personally inspect each prospective purchase, and compile lists of assets that have the greatest potential for profitability. The Group then negotiates to achieve a purchase price that supports the desired margin of profit. ECG is a trusted advisor to several banks and is allowed to examine many portfolios before the assets are marketed publicly. After an offer has been accepted, the team carefully monitors escrow and starts the turnaround process by seeking wholesale purchasers for a majority of the assets. The Group selects and retains the prime real estate assets in order to retail them at a maximum profit when the opportunity arises.
Equity Capital Group's management team is poised to take maximum advantage of today's unprecedented opportunities, combining decades of experience, long-standing relationships, a fundamental understanding of the marketplace, and a wealth of expertise in various aspects of real estate development.
Equity Capital Group’s management team is poised to take maximum advantage of today’s unprecedented opportunities, combining decades of experience, long-standing relationships, a fundamental understanding of the marketplace, and a wealth of expertise in various aspects of real estate development.
E. Patrick LaVoie
Shawn Kohner
Shawn entered the real estate arena in 2000 and became a licensed Arizona real estate agent in 2002. Previously, he earned an MBA from Grand Canyon University and worked as a Revenue/Compliance Analyst at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic. Today, he applies his acumen for sound empirical data to the financial analysis and evaluation of prospective ECG investments.
Tim Kohner
After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Finance, Tim became a Financial Planner and earned Licenses in Series 6; Series 66; and Life, Health and Disability Insurance. He later worked as Finance and Sales Manager for the Patriot Truck Center, and then joined his father in real estate development. He has his father's head for business, and for the last six years has participated in marketing, sales, and financing and has raised capital for projects in both Arizona and California. He also supervises the buying and selling of foreclosures in the greater Phoenix and San Diego areas.
As President and licensed individual for ECG, Mr. LaVoie manages the operations of the financial portfolio and the deal-flow identification, approval, and production processes. Prior to joining ECG, he was President and CEO of the family-owned Cavan Real Estate Investments, one of the most prestigious development companies in Scottsdale, Arizona. At Cavan, he supervised day-to-day operations and oversight, portfolio transition planning and strategic planning to ensure a sustainable, scalable environment and an appropriate succession plan. Mr. LaVoie has managed the acquisition and development of more than 16,000 acres of land and over 1,000,000 square feet of building space. At other points in his career, he was a manager at Ernst & Young Consulting and at Deloitte Consulting, where he played an executive role with respect to selling side activities. Later he served as General Manager and Chief Sales and Services Officer for a $150 million publicly-traded software company.
Mr. LaVoie earned a BS in Finance and Computer Information Systems from Arizona State, an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and an International MBA
from the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management.
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