This week, our 5 for Friday features Jay Hintze, Executive Director of SVN | Hintze Commercial Real Estate in West Allis, Wisconsin. Jay specializes in acquisition and disposition of commercial and investment properties, development of senior housing, acquisition and disposition of REO properties, and the municipal interaction between the real estate community and local elected officials throughout southeastern Wisconsin.
1. What advice would you provide to an aspiring advisor who is new to the industry?
Study and learn about the advantages you have with the SVN trainings and SVN platforms.
2. What does the SVN Difference mean to you?
Collaboration across the full spectrum of the SVN Network, which allows us the ability to provide the highest level of sound advice to our clients.
3. What inspired you to open an SVN franchise?
I was looking for a National Platform which allowed me to find real estate across state lines and had the educational system that allowed me to grow as a commercial Advisor.
4. What was your most memorable deal and why?
I had a local client that had a large medical office building to sell. My client did not think I had the skill set to sell, nor the ability to reach national buyers. I reached out to the medical office council chair in Florida and our joint presentation got us the listing. The Monday Sales call reached a Buyer’s Broker in Boston and he called a client in Reno, Nevada and we sold the building for over $32,000,000. Without the SVN national network I would not have gotten either the listing or the sale.
5. What is a fun fact to share about yourself?
My commercial real estate career started while I was the Mayor of Glendale, WI. We converted a 1954 era suburban shopping mall into a $345,000,000 outdoor mall called Bay Shore Mall.
Are you ready to experience the SVN Difference? Check out our Careers page here.