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Bios:
John Blankenship’s experience includes more than fifteen years’ management experience with online commercial real estate related systems, commercial and residential brokerage transactions, lease analysis and property management. He has represented multiple clients in lease and purchase transactions valued at over $1 million in the U.S. and Australia, including Fortune 100 firms. Additionally, Mr. Blankenship possesses broad experience in technology applications and system implementation, having worked on real estate-related projects in diverse industries such as utilities, retail, banking and government.
Mr. Blankenship has served as a Senior Client Executive and Project Manager with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corporation, and gained additional technology systems implementation expertise while working with a variety of clients at Arthur Andersen & Company, where he was a real estate consultant both in the U.S. and internationally. He also was a Managing Director at RealEstate.com in Atlanta, and was a senior manager at Virtual Premise, where he was responsible for developing and managing a Real Estate Services Group, and managing large-scale engagements with Fortune 500 clients. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Management from The Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA Degree from Emory University. He is a licensed real estate broker in the states of Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Michelle Blankenship possesses over 15 years
experience in Specialized Tax and Real Estate Consulting, including Cost
Recovery and Cost Segregation studies for Tax purposes, commercial construction
project management, and specialized real estate consulting, including lease
abstracting and electronic document imaging technologies.
This activity included identifying specific items and their installed
costs to maximize the client’s tax depreciation expense for shorter life
property. These projects save the
client a significant of tax dollars over the span of several years.
Her project experience includes managing projects averaging $500,000 of
revenue per year while working both as a Principal for the Resolute Group, Inc.
and a Manager at KPMG, LLP in the Atlanta Office.
Her clients include: Home Depot, Credit Suisse, First Boston, Chick-Fil-A, Alcon Laboratories,
Brinker International, AutoZone, Books-A-Million Corporation, Amgen
Pharmaceuticals. She also has
experience teaching classes related to cost segregation to Major Accounting Firm
professionals, and has managed various lease abstracting related projects
including abstracting and electronic document organization and imaging projects
with teams of 5-15 people, for Banks, Corporations, REITS and other real estate
related clients. She holds a
Bachelor of Science Degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology and is a
licensed C.P.A. in the State of
Georgia
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Associates:
Nick Leone is a
Florida
native, having lived in the
Tampa
area as well as now calling
Tallahassee
home for the past 5 years.
His experience includes real estate brokerage representing buyers and
sellers alike, as well as commercial transactions focused on small businesses in
north
Florida
. His
experience is well balanced to serve his customers in this fast growing area,
and includes new residential development, existing home sales, tenant
representation and investment property sales experience.
Nick attended
Florida
State
University
in
Tallahassee
and served in several strategic military intelligence
roles within the US Army in a variety of postings around the world.
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