Joel Pickens founded WWW.REALESTATE.HOLDINGS LLC to help clients buy, sell, lease and manage their commercial real estate and adds value by providing world-class service, attention to detail, seasoned negotiation skills, professionalism, and market knowledge.

Acquisition & Disposition Services

Joel is a licensed real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway (License #: 713880).  

  1. Help clients buy, sell, and lease residential and commercial real estate.

  2. Monitor on market deals over time.

  3. Identify specific off market acquisition targets and pursue them over time.

  4. Perform underwriting, and due diligence.

  5. Manage communications and test pre-acquisition and disposition assumptions with the clients, tenants, investment sales and capital markets brokers, lenders, attorneys, property managers and other service providers, cities and other government agencies.

Management Services

Value proposition: Manage real estate assets and projects for clients.

  1. Business plan creation and execution during the asset holding period.

  2. Management of leasing activity to increase income:

a)      Residential/Retail/Office/Industrial: Selection of and management of leasing brokers to drive leasing activity.  Direct management of specific and key tenant relationships.

b)      Multifamily/Self Storage: Management of online and local leasing service providers.

      3. Management of service providers and activity inclusive of:

a)      Property management for each location.

b)      Capital markets mortgage brokerage to finance and re-finance investments and maximize cash flow.

c)      Insurance companies inclusive of claims management and annual renewal process.

d)      Property tax reduction service providers.

e) Other vendors as needed.

      4. Operating budget management inclusive of loan agreement debt compliance.

      5. Capex budget management inclusive of:

a)      Budget creation.

b)      Project implementation.

1.      Management of construction inclusive of GC, subs and other service providers.

2.      Coordination with lenders with respect to capex draws and loan compliance requirements.

       6. Lender management with respect to loan agreement compliance, lender reporting requirements, and draws.