Managing Principal
CRE Capital Partners, Inc.

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Maryuri Barberan is comptroller and executive vice president of Pentagon Properties, Inc. Pentagon Properties owns and manages four communities comprising about 500 lots in Georgia and Texas, and has sold over 550 new and previously owned manufactured homes via Lease-Option contracts over the past 32 years. Exceptionally low default rates are achieved with new Community Series Homes (CSH) and very thorough underwriting of L-O “buyers”. Learn More

Jennifer is a landscape architect and senior site planner from Rochester Hills, Michigan. She holds five associate degrees including CAD Technology, Landscape Design and Horticulture, which ultimately lead to her professional licensure. Jennifer specializes in Manufactured Housing Community, Residential Subdivision and RV Resort design. She has over 20 years of experience in the industry, most of which was obtained as an apprentice to one of the industry’s living legends, Donald C. Westphal. She has contributed to planning manufactured housing communities, RV resorts and residential subdivisions across the US and Canada. Learn More

Manufactured Community Owner Operator

Ben Braband is a veteran in the affordable housing industry. Ben has assessed (underwritten and/or conducted on-site work) in more than 1,000 individual Manufactured Home Communities Nationwide (30+ states), doing so as a principal, manager, consultant, educator, and expert witness related to the MH Industry. In the past 18 years, he has owned, operated, or consulted on more than 200 Communities.

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Troy Cavallaro is the Chief Executive Officer of autoMHatic Financial, having joined the company in 2021 with over 30 years of executive leadership across multiple consumer finance verticals. He is deeply committed to advancing affordable housing by delivering innovative financing solutions that benefit both manufactured housing communities and dealer partners. 

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Michael Gaulin is the Business Development Manager at  Learn More

John Gelzer is CEO and principal of Equity Management Company. John oversees a diverse commercial estate portfolio including multi-family, manufactured housing, hotel, office, industrial, land, and retail assets. As an attorney, he also works as in-house counsel

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Color the walls blue and green because your kids got a new set of markers, to bake and laugh and grow and thrive.That’s why Clayton pays special care and attention to every square inch of each home we build from concept to delivery and installation and beyond

Contact Info: 731-646-0716  
Blake.Gibbs@Claytonhomes.com

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With over two decades of experience in the real estate and construction industry, Scott stands as a seasoned professional with a national footprint, spanning across 15+ states. Learn More

Kurt Kelley is President of Mobile Insurance, one of the nation’s largest commercial MH Industry insurers. He graduated with honors from The Univ of Colorado Business School and University of Oklahoma Law School. He’s Editor of “The Manufactured Housing Review” and a regular guest speaker at Industry Events across the country.

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With over 15 years of experience spanning banking, business development, veterinary consulting, and national-scale property services, Michael Knab brings a unique blend of financial expertise, client relationship management, and operational strategy to the mobile home community industry. Learn More

Tom Lackey first started in the industry in1988 when he was the General Manager of a Manufactured Home Dealership in Michigan. Tom’s experience has been diverse in the industry from managing multiple Communities, Owning and operating Communities in several states, owning and managing multiple dealer sales locations, operation of manufactured home insurance brokerage, and ownership of a national mobile home rental corporation. Learn More

Nick Lefke is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with nearly two decades of
experience building and scaling tree companies. He currently serves as CEO
of National Professional Services, where he has led operations and strategy since
2018, and CEO of Lefke Tree Experts, a Cincinnati-based commercial and residential
tree service company he founded in 2015. Under his leadership, Lefke Tree Experts has
grown into one of the region’s trusted providers for tree removal, pruning, and hauling
services.
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Kara Mathis leads marketing and digital communications at Pentagon Properties, Inc. in Atlanta. She brings experience from education, dental office administration, AI training, and editing, and holds a B.S. in Psychology and an M.A. in Educational Leadership & Administration. Kara enjoys traveling, reading, and exploring all that Atlanta has to offer.

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Chris Nicely, President of ManufacturedHomes.com & ModularHomes.com, brings nearly 30 years of expertise in factory-built housing and management. With a proven track record, he has collaborated with industry leaders, non-profits, developers, and municipalities to leverage factory-built housing for positive community development in cities such as San Bernardino, CA; Phoenix, AZ; LaGrange, TX; Danville, VA; Jackson, MS; and Detroit, MI.

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Dr. Powell has been a business economics faculty member at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business for 28 years. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Indiana Business Research Center. The Center uses data, practical research, and strategic insight to help businesses, communities, and organizations make better decisions and forecast their future.

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Aron Procuniar is an Associate Director at Berkadia, where he specializes in debt placement for Manufactured Housing Communities and RV resort owners nationwide. Based in San Clemente, California, Aron and his team provide clients with a broad range of financing options, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, bridge loans, life insurance companies, CMBS, bank and a number of alternative sources. Over the course of his 10-year career in MHC lending, Aron has personally managed and closed 150+ MHC transactions. In 2024, Berkadia’s MHC lending team originated $870MM in MHC loans nationwide.

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Greg Ramsey is VP of Lending, where he processes financing requests by collecting property due diligence, underwriting, and preparing loan request packages for submission to lenders. He also manages the loan process from signed application to closing to ensure a smooth transaction for clients.

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Jared Ray is the Director of Community Sales at Sunshine Homes and has worked in the manufactured housing industry for approximately eight years. With a background in retail, wholesale, and business development, he partners with community owners to help infill new homes that add value to their properties while providing high-quality housing for their customers and tenants.

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Hunter Rittgers launched her real estate career in 2017 as a sales and business development representative for an independent escrow company in San Diego. After nearly seven years and experience with two companies in the escrow sector, she pursued her passion for commercial real estate, taking on the role of Vice President at Fidelity National Title, National Commercial Services. The NCS platform offers comprehensive closing services across all asset classes nationwide, ensuring a streamlined process and consistent points of contact for owners transacting in multiple states. Learn More

Spencer Roane, president of Pentagon Properties, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., owns and manages four land lease communities in Georgia and Texas. His firm has over 800 in-community sales transactions on new and previously-owned manufactured homes over the past 40 years.  Almost all were “sold” via Lease-Option contracts and all were new homes since 2010.  Default rates over the past 15 years are among the lowest in the industry due to the structure of the L-O transactions and a very effective application processing system heavily weighted by Debt-to-Income ratios. Learn More

Chris San Jose is President of Lending, where he oversees the start-to-finish process of arranging loans across MHC’s, RVP’s, Self-Storage, and Multifamily properties. This process includes the front-end strategy of tailoring the ideal debt solutions for a new investment or refinance, as well as managing a team that ensures a smooth and timely closing for investors.

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Kim Shultz-Rainford is a former corporate professional with a background in cash management, accounting and strategic planning.  After selling over 65 manufactured homes, she took the leap into park ownership in 2013.

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Kevin Thrash spent 16 at Georgia-Pacific with progressive leadership roles in Credit Management, Project Management, and Corporate Finance. He then transitioned to banking where he has worked for the past 21 years with responsibilities in Commercial Lending and Risk Management. He is presently an Executive Vice-President at American Commerce Bank with offices in Georgia and Florida.  

American Commerce Bank is a national bank and has been an enthusiastic supporter of the manufactured home industry for many years.  

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Stephen Ware has been working for himself in the mobile home moving industry for over 25 years. He built his family owned and operated company, Ware Pro from humble beginnings with one toter and two helpers. With hard work, dedication and God’s blessings he has grown his company to have four toters, two platypuses, a tractor just to name some of his valuable equipment in the business. He works two crews who breakdown, move and set mobile homes in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. 

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Mark is a leader in the mortgage industry, boasting more than 20 years of experience in manufactured housing. His diverse background encompasses business development, retail sales, loan origination, and underwriting. Currently, as the manager of the Consumer Connect Channel at FirstBank, he concentrates on mortgage origination for clients who are buying or refinancing their manufactured homes. He is dedicated to offering lending solutions that enable families to attain home ownership. Learn More

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