Grant has been investing in real estate for over 35 years and has never lost money on a multifamily real estate investment. Individually or through Cardone Capital, he manages a real estate portfolio comprised of 11,903 apartment units and over 500,000 square feet of commercial office space valued at approximately $4 billion. This portfolio includes investments owned by Grant, family and friends, and investors in the Cardone Equity Funds. Since 2016, he and his team have raised over $1 billion and now have over 13,000 investors. Grant is also known as a New York Times bestselling author, the #1 sales trainer in the world, and an internationally renowned speaker on leadership, real estate investing, entrepreneurship, social media, and finance.
Leadership Team
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Ryan Tseko
Vice President
About
Ryan has been with us since inception and focuses on acquisitions and capital relationships.
He has completed over $2.5 billion of acquisitions, secured over $1.7 billion of debt financing, and is actively involved in launching each of our investment vehicles.Ryan holds a B.S. in Aviation and Airway Management from Utah Valley State University.
Susan Schiman
Chief financial Officer
About
Susan joined us in 2018 and oversees our accounting functions. She was previously the CFO of Blue Chip Ventures, RG Properties and Trez Forman.
She spent 15 years in public accounting including ten with Deloitte. Susan holds a B.S. in Accounting from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from Xavier University.
Chris Albanese
Corporate Counsel
About
Chris is Cardon Capital’s Corporate Counsel. Prior to Cardone Capital, Chris served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer to several registered investment advisors and financial companies.
He has been practicing securities law for over 20 years, and is barred in New York, the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, New Jersey and has litigated in Federal Court in New Jersey, Nevada, Texas, Colorado as well as before the SEC and FINRA, and appeared in Federal Court in Florida.
Mark Fajack
Director of Accounting
About
Mark is the Director of Accounting for Cardone Capital and joined the team in January of 2023. He has been working in the real estate industry for over 30 years providing accounting, finance and lease administration services, for office, industrial, retail and multi family portfolios. Mark will be working closely with the accounting, asset management and property management teams to ensure that our portfolio of assets are maximizing their returns.
Prior to joining Cardone Capital Mark worked with several owners as the head of asset management and was the CFO of a reginal property management company. In that roll he worked with several national clients providing financial reports on several different systems including MRI, Yardi and Sage 300.
Mark and his wife were longtime residents of Cincinnati where they raised their two children. They have relocated to Fort Lauderdale. Mark enjoys cooking, reading and traveling.
CJ Maier
Asset Management Lead
About
C.J. joined us in 2019 and oversees the asset management team.
He was previously with Rivergate, Housing Trust Group of Florida and Crescent Heights in similar roles. C.J. holds a B.S. in Finance with an emphasis in Real Estate from the University of Central Florida along with a CCIM and CPM designation.
Andres Fischborn
Investor Relations Lead
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Andres joined us in 2019 and oversees our investor relations team which has raised over $800 million of equity capital from over 8,000 investors in five years.
He was previously a financial services representative at MassMutual. Andres holds a B.S. in Accounting and a B.S. in Finance from Florida State University.
Professional Team
Naomi Curry
Senior Accountant
Zaur Mamedov
FP&A Associate
Nick Mecham
Controller
Monica Nieto
Art Director
Ghiankarlo Olivos
Front-End Developer
Carlos Montoya
Portfolio Director
Peter Ramos
Director of Asset Management
Christian Macellari
Director of Acquisitions
Michael Santalesa
Asset Manager
Investor Relations
Melissa Harless
Malicia Johnson
Patrick Voltapetti
Jake Gelsky
Jayne Stewart
Deborah Braschi
Annelise Del Mazo
Ben Larson
