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About Us

Theodore Deuel, MBA, CCIM, CIPS, Financial Engineer™, and Jennifer Mitchell, MBA, MPM are lnvestNow’s Executive Sponsors of a series of syndications and blind pool funds. Our team aims to rapidly promote, coordinate, manage, and control the legal aspects of and financial structure to form a middle-market investor portfolio(s} of mixeduse apartments and single-family rental communities. Our executive team members have over 200 years of combined industry experience. In addition, our expertise includes the management of top-tier corporate and institutional sponsors and managers for a series of blind pool real estate investment pools. These Investments of corporate employee benefit plans and Taft Hartley plans are the predecessors to current syndications and investment funds.

lnvestNow objective is to source outstanding real estate practitioners and property owners for investment opportunities that will deliver capital preservation and superior risk-adjusted returns to investors according to our programmed existing strategy. lnvestNow will acquire the long-term – hold, core-plus, value-add, and opportunistic investment opportunities in very carefully selected high-value- high-growth market areas in the Western United States, specifically in California, Washington, Nevada, and Arizona.

Meet the Team

JENNIFER MITCHELL » MBA, REALTOR, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT MASTER

WORK EXPERIENCE

Asset and Property Manager for Deuel International Group Inc., (DIG). Over the last 16 years, as Vice President of DIG’s Property and Asset Management Group (DIGM). Ms. Mitchell is involved in the asset management of DIG’s projects in California and Hawaii. See the list of DIG’s projects. Ms. Mitchell became the Asset Manager of The Financial Center, a four-story office building containing 120,000 square feet of general and medical office space. This project is an illiquid partnership comprising over 100 investors. Initially, DIG became the General Partner to take this project through Chapter 11 reorganization and a negotiated new refinance scheme. This project was repositioned in the marketplace and operated for ten years before being sold at substantial profits. For each DIG investment project handled by Ms. Mitchell, as Asset Manager, she was involved early in the acquisition process, evaluating the property’s physical condition, reviewing the existing leases, and, if appropriate, arranging for a transition to a new property manager. Ms. Mitchell’s responsibilities included but were not necessarily limited to:

Create annual operating and capital plans and monitor financial
performance
Select and manage local third-party property managers and leasing agents. DIG seeks to select the best third-party property managers and leasing agents within each market. The asset manager retains ultimate decision-making control at the asset level through the
approval of annual budgets, leases, and capital expenditures
Oversee the detailed operation of each property with particular
emphasis on leasing, tenant relations, preventive maintenance, firelife safety systems, code compliance, environmental conditions, and energy conservation.
Ensure that competitive position within the marketplace is maintained.
Conduct an annual hold/sell analysis to maximize returns to our
clients.
Create and implement a strategic plan for the disposition of each
property when appropriate.
Provide annual operational reports to all investors and handle all
investor inquiries for information and documentation.
She coordinated the filling of all Federal and State Tax returns.
She coordinated all distributions of project cash flow to the Investors.

Mitchell is the President of MAIN-PM.com (formally DIG Property Management) and currently is the property manager for twelve residential properties and two office buildings. She is responsible for these facilities’ leasing, maintenance, budgeting, financial reporting, and taxes. In addition, she provides annual operational reports to all investors and quarterly reports and handles all investor inquiries for information and documentation.

EDUCATION

MBA, University of Chicago – Marketing, Finance and Project Management
B.S., Carnegie Mellon University – Project and Corporate Management
Stanford University – Property and Asset Management
Northwestern University – Marketing, Finance and Organizational Management
PPM – Property Management Master
Member of Institute of Real Estate Management {IREM)
San Diego Association of Realtors
CA DRE Lie. #02044941 Sales Associate

THEODORE DEUEL » MBA, CCIM, CIPS, FINANCIAL ENGINEER™

WORK EXPERIENCE

Theodore (Ted) Deuel, MBA, CCIM, CIPS. has over 35 years of real estate brokerage sales/leasing/US and international investment/financial analysis all types of commercial properties. Mr. Deuel is discipline in business/project planning; commercial sales and leasing; property development; mortgage origination and banking; business acquisition; and, equity and debt joint ventures. Mr. Deuel was an executive/real estate pension fund manager for a series of blind poll real estate investments funds, owned by corporate employee benefits plans; state and government pension plans; and, Taft Hartley plans.

Ted is a developer of commercial real estate projects including: regional and neighborhood shopping centers; industrial parks and buildings; and multi-residential/apartments, and office parks and buildings. Mr Deuel is a specialist in real property workouts, bankruptcy, Chapter 11 reorganization of real property corporations. As the CEO, CFO, Director of Operations, and Program/Project Manager, Mr. Deuel has had the Profit and Loss responsibility for a series of startup and small cap companies in real estate brokerage, property/portfolio management , investment, syndications and project development and consulting. Since 1990, Mr. Deuel is President of Deuel International Group, Inc, a full service commercial real estate services company.

EDUCATION

MBA – UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CLARA – Finance
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER – STANFORD UNIVERSITY
ADVANCED ENGINEERING STUDIES for Doctorate – STANFORD UNIVERSITY
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE

Keller Williams – Carlsbad CA DRE Lic. #01417209
Corporate CA DRE Lic
#00336342 Broker Associate
KW Commercial of Southern California
www.KWCommercialSC.com

President, Deuel International Group, Inc.
CA DRE #0126369

Kunio Kikuchi, Foreign Investment Advisor

WORK EXPERIENCE

Kunio Kikuchi has 30 years of international business development, general management, and start ups experience in real estate and financial business, enabling direct access to Japanese corporate, individual investor, and affluent-consumer customers.

Kunio Kikuchi is Founder/CEO of Sekai Holdings Co., Real Estate Investment Advisory and International Business Management Consulting Company established in 2016.
Before current role, he was leading prepaid and travel payments group of American Express International, as Vice President & GM of Japan and Asia Pacific for 9 years, followed by his role of Alliances/Partnerships as Director of Consumer group of American Express. He also played a sponsorship role of Diversity and Inclusion committee to inspire company’s engagement & inclusion culture.

Before joining American Express in 2000, he worked for Recruit Cosmos Co. , Leading Japanese developer as Head of Real Estate Workout Services in Tokyo and Recruit Cosmos USA as VP/CFO in Los Angeles. In this business, Recruit Cosmos has strategic alliances with Deuel International Group for 10+ years.
In 2016, Sekai Holdings became the official strategic partner of Deuel International Group Inc., headed by Theodore Deuel, CCIM in the US.
He serves official business advisory role for Custom Media Corporation – International media/PR agency, Coach A Corporation – the largest executive coaching firm worldwide, and SAS Dragon Tokyo Corporation – a subsidiary of HK supply chain management company.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Kunio holds a Bachelor of Commerce – Operations Research from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo Japan.
He is Certified International Property Specialist Instructor (CIPS) assigned by NAR
He is Certified US Real Estate Consultant Instructor assigned by NAR
He is Certified Real Estate Notary in Japan, assigned by Tokyo Government.
He is Certified Leadership Coach by Foundation of Global Life Learning Center.
He enjoys marathon, soccer, and surfing in his weekend. He is located in Tokyo with his wife and has a son in Hiroshima.

Nicole Fierst, Controller

WORK EXPERIENCE

Nicole has over 10 years as the Controller of Deuel International Group, Inc., Realty International Group, LLC of Hawaii, and MAIN. Nicole is currently accountable for MAIN’s accounting operations, including production of financial reports, maintenance of the property management system of accounting records, supervision of accounting personal, maintenance of a comprehensive set of controls design to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the Company’s reported results, and ensure that reported results comply with general accepted accounting principles, GAP. Nicole is responsible to maintain the documented systems of accounting procedures, oversees the operations of accounting department, including all property management accounts, oversees the operations of subsidiary corporations / LLC’s including control systems, transactions-processing operations and policies and procedures.

EDUCATION

Master of Education, William Woods University, Business, Finance
BA, Virginia Intermont College, Business, Finance

CA DRE Lic. #01247893
Oregon Brokers Lic. #200408038

Corey Mitchell, Director of Maintenance

WORK EXPERIENCE

10+ years’ experience in maintenance management role responsible for the overall maintenance and customer service of Real Estate properties. Essential duties include but are not limited to:

Responsible for the make ready of all company’s property units for new-move- ins and repairs for move-outs. Set up system to take care of emergencies/on call.
Oversee installation, repairs and upkeep of the company’s property including mechanical systems, appliances, structures, buildings, roofs, machinery, electrical, heating, plumbing and air-conditioning work, painting, and drywall repair.
Schedule, train, supervise and motivate employees for the company’s maintenance department.
Implement safety programs for maintenance department staff.
Ability to interpret blueprints, specifications, and schematics.
Estimate and prepare maintenance proposals for clients by providing detail job costing of areas that require repair and/or modification.
Compile reports and gather information for contracts, bids and proposals related to the real estate properties’ repairs or improvements. Handle the bid process, awards, and monitoring of scheduled repairs.
Coordinate work performed by outside vendors.
Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, including electrical, hydraulic, thermodynamic and mechanical systems.
Ensure system for efficient repair schedules and review repair cost estimates.

Control and monitor inventory of all company’s properties.
Ensure that all company’s maintenance vehicles are cleaned, fueled and in proper working order.
Effective interpersonal and written communication skills- able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively.
Set up schedules for routine preventive maintenance, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, walls, and other parts of company buildings under management.
Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.

EDUCATION

Mechanical Engineering- University of California-San Marcos

Sean Fierst, Director of Communications

WORK EXPERIENCE

Since July 2003, Sean has been the Marketing Communications Director for Deuel International Group, Inc. and serves as MAIN’s Director of Communications. Sean specialties are:

Marketing
Business/Product Development
Multimedia Design
Communications
Graphic Design
Branding
Page Layout
Web Design
SEO
Project Management

Journalism
Multimedia Design
Copywriting
Copyediting
Web Marketing/Analytics
Visual Presentations
Video Editing
Photography
Ecommerce
Marketplace/Amazon (AMS) Marketing

Sean is setting forth an integrated new Business Communication Program to make MAIN, the #1 Recognized Property Management Company in the Pacific Region of the United States. Sean will oversee communications within MAIN and represent MAIN to the public. Sean possess strong writing, editing, and public speaking and leadership skills, along with the ability to work with other MAIN employees.

EDUCATION

BA, Communications, Journalism- Washington State University
Communications, New Media – University of Hawaii at Manoa
Communications – Central Washington University

Jack Runke, CPA, Director of Taxation

WORK EXPERIENCE

I have been in public accounting since 1982 and received my CPA license in 1984. In January of 1990, I began my own practice in Encino California with my partner, Surinder Singh. We operated under the name of Runke & Singh, Certified Public Accountants until 2017 when we decided to practice as individual firms. I have a variety of clients in Orange and San Diego County including wholesale distributors in electronics, real estate, franchise restaurant chains, auto dealerships and construction contractors. My engagements with them have ranged from day-to-day accounting, government compliance, tax preparation, audits, reviews, compilations, projections, foreign entities, management, internal control, and consulting work. I have been the CPA for Deuel International, Group, Inc. and its subsidiary companies since 1990.

The Professional Support Group are independent practitioners; selected for their outstanding expertise; employed by separate contractual agreement; and are not employees or equity positions of InvestNow, LLC’s investments.

Jonathon Giebeler, Esq. CCIM

HECHT SOLBERG, ROBINSON & BAGLEY, LLP, REAL ESTATE LLAW- TRANSACTION

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Jonathon Giebeler, CCIM, is a partner at Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley LLP, a full smvive real estate law firm. He represents clients in commercial real estate transactions, with particular emphasis on leasing, financing and purchasing and selling office, retail and industrial properties. His clients include commercial property owners, tenants, lenders and asset managers of all types, from regional and national developers and investors, commercial banks, hospitality companies, and university and affiliated auxiliary organizations, to trustees, restaurant operators, families, and individuals involved in 1031 exchanges and personal investments. He writes on topics related to commercial real estate, with articles published in the San Diego Business Journal, Western Real Estate Business magazine and GlobeSt.com, and the legal blog Leasing Law Resource. He holds Juris Doctor and Master of Real Estate Development degrees from the University of Southern California.

MARKET AREAS

California
Northeast
Southwest

EXPERTISE

Property Types:
All Property Types
Professional

Specializations:
Consultant
Representation: All Types

Designations:
CCIM

Sub-Specializations:
Academic Institutions/Properties
Leasing
Legal Services

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree (i.e. MA, MS, Meng, Med, MSW, MBA)REAL ESTATE DEVELOPl\IBNTUSC

Professional Degree (i.e. MD, DDS, DVM, LLB, JD)OTHERUSC

Nathaniel Dodson, Esq. Crowd Funding Lawyers- Real Estate Securities Law.

Nathaniel Dodson, Esq. advises clients on matters related to securities, financing, real estate, opportunity zones, and M&A. Prior to his law practice, Nate was a former investment broker and advisor providing a level of knowledge and experience in investment sales, structures, and asset protection. Through leveraging his expertise in the industry along with the help from his long list of trusted connections, Nathaniel has represented over $2 Billion in real estate and business funding transactions. Mr. Dodson received his bachelor’s in economics from the University of Texas at Austin and Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego. He is currently a member of the Nevada and Texas State Bars. When Nate is not in the office, you can find him playing golf, running, biking, or traveling with the family.

Richard Robinette, Esq. Crowd Funding Lawyers- Real Estate Securities Law.

Richard Robinette, Esq. brings his experience as both an attorney and real estate entrepreneur to the practice as a partner at Dodson Robinette PLLC. He advises clients on securities offerings, business entities, and real estate transactions with a mix of private equity, agency, and non-agency financing. Richard graduated cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He served as an extern for Hon. George H. Wu, United States District Court, Central District of California in 2009 and 2010 and is currently a member of the Texas State Bar. When not working, Richard likes to spend his time immersed in a good board game or cooking a large meal for his family and friends.

Jillian Sidoti, Esq. CCIM - Real Estate Equity.

Jillian Sidoti, Esq. was one of the founders of Crowdfunding Lawyers. She is a speaker, entrepreneur, mama, and former college professor. Before selling the firm to the current partners, Nathaniel Dodson and Richard Robinette, Jillian wrote equity and debt offerings for all kinds of industries including real estate, biotech, film, software, alcoholic beverage, cannabis, and green tech. Jillian’s client list included Grant Cardone, Than Merrill of AE’s Flip this House, Tarek El Moussa of Flip or Flop, David Gross (Nipsey Hussle), Bigger Pockets, Insitu Biologics, and Biolife4D. She retired from the practice of law in 2020.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to provide excellent responsive services and quality living environments to our tenants; and advancement for our employees while delivering outsized, climate control risk-adjusted returns, growth opportunities, and diversity to our investor partners.

Our Core Value

Invest Now believes that every person deserves a clean, safe place to live. Our Mission is to provide housing where quality and preferred location meet the price. This winning strategy for the manager, the investors, and the tenants are possible through our careful acquisition approach, advanced operating systems, focused growth of pricing strategy, attention to property condition, and property and asset management. The property management company is a related entity that the manager controls to ensure quality control of tenant screening procedures and customer services and to maintain profitability for investors through lease-ups, rent collections, and management of operating expenses.

Integrity

Conduct our business fairly, always with honesty and transparency.

Excellence

Always strive to achieve the highest standards for all our stakeholders.

Accountability

We take responsibility for our actions, performance, and adherence to Our Values.

Integrity

To present a positive, dignified, and businesslike image through our appearances, behaviors, and interactions with others. We adhered to the National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics and Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation. The commercial real estate’s global standard for professional achievement through an extensive curriculum of 200 classroom hours and professional experiential requirements. CCIMs are active in 1,000 US markets and 31 other countries. They comprise a 13,000-member network that includes brokers, leasing professionals, asset managers, appraisers, corporate real estate executives, investors, lenders, and other allied professionals. The CIPS designation requires the completion of five full-day courses focusing on the critical aspects of international real estate transactions. CIPS designees’ connection to an influential network of over 3,500 professionals who turn to each other first when looking for referral partners.

Diversity

We celebrate individual differences, provide equal opportunity, and actively promote inclusion and advancement for all team members.

Environmental Stewardship

We are executing environmentally friendly business strategies and technologies.

Our Approach

Conservative Approach

We are very patient in assessing every deal’s necessary detail to exceed investor expectations. However, most of all, investment opportunities are not acceptable within our approach.

integrity in everything

We practice The Golden Rule in every interaction with investors, operators, and vendors. Doing the right thing isn’t optional for us.

Quality Investor Experience

We put our investors first, even when it costs something. We believe that if we do this, our investors will win, but we will also succeed as a company in the long term.

Keep It Simple

If we stick to the fundamentals of investing, we will win in the long term. The most effective solution is typically the simplest.

Make The World a Better Place

We will corporately and individually utilize our resources to make a positive, long-term impact through strategic giving to charities and non-profits.

InvestNow Advantage

Fully integrated platform

Conduct our business fairly, always with honesty and transparency.

National Network-Local Expertise

Always strive to achieve the highest standards for all our stakeholders.

Sourcing & Underwriting

Tech enhanced research and analysis platform supports a robust pipeline and national scale while reducing risk with conservative underwriting and debt structuring.

Due Diligence & Acquisition

We have a highly experienced executive team that oversees all aspects of the legal, operational and physical asset inspections and optimal fund and deal structuring.

Operational Expertise

InvestNow is an experience-led business plan formulation and execution to optimize asset repositioning, operations, and value creation.

Asset Management

InvestNow expertise is in the identifying and supervising property management execution of operational enhancements, performance, and valuation reporting.

Dispositions & Exits

Through dynamic hold/sell analysis, proper time and execution dispositions, and investment wind-downs through dynamic hold/sell analysis.

Disclosure Statement

The information contained on this page is for information purposes. It is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security in any jurisdiction where it would violate any laws. The price, value, and income from such investments may fluctuate. As a result, the investors may realize losses on these investments, including a loss of principal. We do not provide tax, accounting, or legal advice to our clients. All investors are to consult with their tax, accounting, or legal advisers regarding any potential investment. The information and any opinions contained are from sources that we consider reliable. Still, we do not represent that such information and opinions are accurate or complete. Past performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future performance. Interested investors should review the Private Placement Memorandum (PPM), and all terms of this page are subject to the terms of the PPM. Projected returns contain various assumptions outlined in the PPM and are subject to risks outlined in the PPM

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