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A Bit About Me: Mr. Patel is a Principal and Co-Founder of IRA Realty Capital (IRA). He is the Managing Partner of IRA Realty Capital's NNN Fund, and is responsible for sourcing equity, debt, and the acquisitions of Net Leased Properties for the fund. Over the past 7 years, Samir has been active in retail real estate development and has established great relationships with some of the country's leading retailers. His companies have acquired and are developing more than $100 million of retail properties. Samir has individually raised more than $30 million of equity for his projects and has been responsible for the acquisition, entitlement, construction, leasing, and disposition of multiple developments throughout California.

Prior to his ventures in real estate, Samir worked as an investment banking financial analyst at HSBC's Debt Capital Markets Group in London and New York. He also worked at the Financial Restructuring Group for Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin in Chicago. Samir has worked on numerous restructurings, distressed mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, private placements, and valuations for corporations in and out of bankruptcy. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and has a Masters in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California. Samir is actively involved in numerous real estate originations including ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers).

Which Best Describes You? (Pick All That Apply): Large Investor =>100K, Project Funding Facilitator, Property Manager, Other (see below)

What Do You Offer: IRA Realty Capital is a sponsor of private equity real estate funds and syndications specializing in the acquisition of net-lease commercial real estate investments secured by investment grade tenants and long term leases. Our focus is on achieving stable, predictable, high-yield returns for individual investors and self directed retirement accounts through the combination of income and capital appreciation. We provide an attractive alternative to traditional Wall Street investing by creating a platform that allows for true portfolio diversification and most importantly wealth preservation, creation, and accumulation.

At 10:20am on March 3, 2010, Bill Evans, CREPIG Advisor said…: Samir,
Thank you for joining and providing such an in-depth profile. You will be a great addition to the growing professionals that are networking here. Please take a look at our sister site, CREDAA, as well.
Bill Evans