You have a choice in who represents you, and a right to know who I am.
When you are preparing to make one of the largest financial decisions of your life, you have every right to know exactly who is standing in your corner. Choosing a real estate professional should be an educated, empowering decision based on absolute clarity. You deserve a transparent, upfront look at the qualifications, real-world experience, and background of the person handling your property so you can make a truly informed choice.
This is who I am and how I got here. For over two decades, my career has been rooted in the real estate industry as an investor, a business owner, and a broker, ranging from managing property acquisitions and equity allocation to hands-on contract execution in the field.
Alongside that business background, I have spent years in higher education training the next generation of leaders in the field. I hold a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri School of Law and completed doctoral research for a Doctor of Business Administration, focused specifically on the hidden complexities of real estate commission structures. I teach courses covering real estate appraisal, portfolio management, and land use controls. It is worth mentioning that I serve strictly as your real estate broker in our relationship and not as legal counsel.
My practical track record includes founding and leading a property group where I directed an $80 million real estate portfolio with over 1,200 managed rental units, and I have personally closed over 160 real estate transactions as an entrepreneur. That experience does not just look good on paper. It means I have been on both sides of the table, and I know what is at stake.
I share all of this simply to lay my cards face up on the table. I believe an educated consumer is an empowered one, and you cannot make a confident decision about who to hire without knowing exactly who you are dealing with.
But credentials only tell half the story.
At the end of the day, I am a regular Missourian who believes in looking after people the same way I look after the land. When I am not working with clients or in a university classroom, I am out on my 300-acre property managing farming operations, handling forestry programs, or spending the afternoon on my tractor.
You are getting a logical, data-driven approach backed by a straightforward, mid-Missouri work ethic.
View My Professional Timeline
From a research project to a practice.
Your Largest Investment grew directly out of my doctoral research on commission structures. What started as an academic project became something I could not set aside. I had spent decades working inside this industry. I thought I understood it. But when I stepped back and analyzed the data objectively, it reshaped how I thought about my own practice.
The research revealed how long-established percentage framing can make it genuinely difficult for consumers to grasp what they are actually paying for. When a home carries deep emotional weight and transaction costs are expressed as percentages, the real dollar picture is easy to lose sight of. I wanted to create a practice that made that picture clear from day one.
The answer was a brokerage model built entirely around transparency, education, and true flexibility of choice. When you understand exactly what you are paying for, you hold the power to make confident, rational decisions.
That is the only reason Your Largest Investment exists.
A Professional Timeline.
Two decades in the field, a Juris Doctor, a doctorate in business, and a seat in the classroom — the experience behind every transaction.
- 1997 - 2005
The Foundation
Began professional life in service with the Missouri Army National Guard and Army Reserves, developing the discipline, leadership, and commitment to others that shaped everything that followed. Recognized for leadership and excellence before an honorable discharge.
- 2000 - 2026
Education
Bachelor of Science (2000) and Juris Doctor (2003) from the University of Missouri, followed by a Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Missouri, St. Louis (2026).
- 2009 - Current
Building From the Ground Up
A real estate journey that began with a $20,000 seed loan and a clear vision: 160+ transactions, farmland acquired in high-growth regions, and a single investment grown into an eight-figure portfolio. Planned, developed, and sold a 207-acre property into 15 estate lots, managing everything from zoning to final sales.
- 2011 - 2017
Scaling a Business
Founded Modern Property Groups and grew it into one of the region's significant residential rental operations, leading a team of 28 full-time professionals through a profitable exit. This is where the operational discipline behind Your Largest Investment was forged.
- 2018 - 2019
Commercial Banking
A year inside one of Missouri's established community banks, advising senior leadership on real estate transactions, compliance, and loan strategy, a rare window into how institutions evaluate and underwrite real estate.
- 2019 - Current
The Classroom
Joined the University of Missouri as a faculty member, bringing decades of real-world experience into the classroom to train the next generation of law, business, and real estate professionals.
- 2023 - 2026
The Research That Changed Everything
Focused doctoral research on the real estate industry, examining the external pressures that have held commission rates in a narrow range for decades. The findings reshaped how this practice operates.
- 2026
Your Largest Investment
Built from twenty years of experience, doctoral research, and a simple belief: you deserve to know exactly what you are paying for, and exactly who is representing you.
Now you know who's in your corner.
The next step is simple. Just a conversation. No obligation, no pressure, no sales pitch.