Integrity . Experience . Performance
"Joe is a 'man for all seasons' in real estate investment and finance. He has successfully led complex financings in up markets and managed difficult restructures in down markets. He is one of the most thoughtful, tough-minded professional real estate financiers in America."
— J. McDonald Williams,
Chairman Emeritus,
Trammell Crow Company, Dallas
Principal: Joe J. Crawford, CRE
- Former Chief Operating Officer of a mid-sized private real estate investment firm
- Ten-year career with Citicorp Real Estate (the former commercial real estate lending arm of Citigroup), including City Head of the Dallas office, handling many of the industry's largest and most complex real estate finance transactions.
- Seven years with two of the largest commercial banks in Texas, with principal focus on commercial real estate construction loans
- Experience as a university adjunct instructor in the area of income property finance and investment
- Involvement with over $6 billion in real estate transactions in twenty states
- Experienced investor in income producing properties, both development and acquisition/rehabilitation
- Extensive involvement with construction and permanent financing, as well as large bank corporate revolving credits, both as a lender and borrower
- Experienced in: commercial real estate workouts, multifamily property workouts, real estate debt restructures, mortgage warehouse litigation, commercial loan workouts, and CMBS loan disputes
- Capital markets savvy, including experience with: leveraged buy-outs, initial public offerings, private placements of equity and debt (including commercial mortgage backed securities), interest rate hedges/swaps, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial paper financing
- Consulting experience with both publicly-held and private companies and in litigation support, including serving as an expert witness
- BBA in Economics & Finance from Baylor University
- MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin
- Holds the CRE professional designation conferred by The Counselors of Real Estate
Curriculum Vitae available upon request.