Mike co-founded Homie, a real estate tech company changing the way homes are bought and sold in the summer of 2015. Mike was born and raised in the inner city of South Central, Los Angeles, California. He grew up thinking he would study architecture and play football at USC. Unfortunately (or fortunately), he and his family moved to Las Vegas in 2001 and Mike finished his high school years there. Mike still pursued architecture and studied at UNLV. This is where the Homie creation story begins. Between 2004 and 2007, Mike was waiting tables on the Las Vegas strip while finishing his degree. Most of his co-workers were becoming real estate agents and loan officers as the real estate boom and bubble grew larger and larger. Relying on input from real estate and mortgage “professionals”, Mike began investing in real estate by acquiring single family homes to rent. He expanded his portfolio to millions of dollars in asset value before the crash of 2008. Unfortunately, the combination of market conditions, bad advice from these “professionals”, Mike lost all it but gained the most important realization of his career. He realized first hand that incentives in real estate were grossly misaligned and it was time for a fundamental change in how real estate is bought and sold. That experience defined Mike and his mission.

After Mike finished his finance degree, he started as an investment banker at Valtus Capital Group, a boutique investment bank focused on advising middle market businesses on institutional debt & equity raises and on mergers & acquisitions in the real estate, hospitality / gaming, and consumer products industries. He worked on transactions totaling $1B+ in value. He learned the nuances of capitalization, financing strategies and M&A.

Mike relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah to join the investment team at Mercato Partners, a leading Venture Capital firm focused on investing in the software and consumer branded products industries, where he helped underwrite investments in several high growth startups. Mike is happily married to Mallorie and has two beautiful kids, Enzo who’s 4 and Stella who’s 1. He enjoys traveling with and without his kids and loves eating amazing food with his wife.

Homie's a tech enabled brokerage that is disrupting the residential real estate industry by automating the buying and selling process to consumers $10,000 per transaction on average. Homie is now the #1 listing broker in Utah and has recently recently launched in Phoenix, AZ. In addition to software, every customer gets access to Homie’s team of top real estate, agents, attorneys, pricing specialists, and transaction coordinators to provide a great experience. It’s the perfect blend of tech and team to make the process simple and save customers thousands in fees and commissions.