John Kachel
Principal
John Kachel completed his master’s degree in Real Estate from the University of Florida in 2011. His graduate education and years of experiences have instilled a deep awareness and understanding of the role valuation plays across market conditions and the strategic risks inherent to both lenders and owners in market rate, workforce and affordable housing.
John has personally managed and repositioned over 4,500+ units while working for Ocwen/Blue Valley Apartments, LLC over during the foreclosure crisis. He has also worked at notable financial institutions like Freddie Mac and Meridian Capital Group. While working for these two firms he gained exponential knowledge on the capital markets in underwriting and debt placement. Prior to working for Freddie Mac, he worked at Southport Financial Services, Inc. a National Low Income Housing Developer that has a portfolio of more than 15,000 units spanning 26 states. In his role there he gained specialized experience in affordable housing producing debt placements on affordable housing-based properties while executing multiple HUD and agency financing strategies in conjunction with Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs).
As an Asset manager, John personally turned over 4,500+ units in which he acquired, managed, repositioned through major capex budgeting and planning and disposed of these properties located throughout the entire U.S. In acquiring distressed portfolio assets, he was able to on average increase occupancy by 20% and decreasing delinquency rate from over 16% to less than 5% on the portfolio he personally managed during one of the toughest real estate markets in history.
On the Debt side, John has placed over a billion dollars over the course of his career. During this time, He worked with Freddie Mac, Meridian Capital, and has specialized in Housing and Urban Development (HUD) compliance and financing strategies while working in the affordable housing market. This knowledge and experience was used by John in his consulting business which aided developers in acquiring affordable housing communities by using various debt and equity structures incorporating programs such as LIHTCs (Low Income Housing Tax Credits), SAIL (State Apartment Incentive Loan), RAD (Rental Assistance Demonstration), and CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) with HUD or agency financing. His work in utilizing these financing structures in conjunction with strategic partnerships has resulted in the construction and development of Low-Income housing across 26 different states.
