West Suburban Building Owner's Association

[John Warren]

Welcome to the West Suburban Building Owner's Association!

We meet on a monthly basis to discuss topics pertaining to building owners and housing providers here in the Chicago suburbs. Our goal is to help you connect with like-minded individuals, stay up to date on industry hot topics, and to participate in resource sharing. We are a membership organization, but attending is free! We are centrally located to suburbs such as Berwyn, Oak Park, Forest Park, Elmwood Park, Lyons, Cicero, Stickney, Broadview, Bellwood, Hillside, Brookfield, La Grange and La Grange Park.

If you are interested in being on our monthly email newsletter, feel free to sign up here. 

If you are interested, check us out at our new website! We are now officially a chapter of the Neighborhood Building Owner's Alliance as well!
https://www.wsboa.com/

This month, we are privileged to have @Mark Ainley. 

• About Mark •
Price is what you pay, Value is what you get! I want to provide value to others and make some money along the way. I am able to accomplish both of these things in my role as the Managing Broker and Partner/Founder at GC Realty & Development, LLC.

I have even expanded my role and am also the Leader of the Business Development & Marketing Departments. I have a solid foundation in Chicago real estate because I am a Real Estate investor in both the local Residential and Commercial/Industrial markets. We have, to date, renovated and stabilized over 500 properties with ownership stake. I share my experience and business relationships with listeners on our Podcast, Straight Up Chicago Investor, that was started in 2020. This Podcast is Chicago's #1 Real Estate Investing Podcast and we now have 200+ episodes of amazing local knowledge. Download today on iTunes.

GC Realty & Development, LLC. has been featured on CNBC’s TV show The Deed and I currently co-host Chicago's AM560 Real Estate Revealed Radio Show. I have been lucky enough to have been invited to speak & sit on panels at numerous investment summits across the country. My speaking engagements have taken me to Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Chicago. At each event, I share my extensive experience on many topics like Property Management, scaling a business, renovating and flipping, out of state investing, asset stabilization, market analysis, and more.

My company, GC Realty & Development, LLC, currently manages over 1,300 investment properties throughout the Chicagoland area. In 2019, 2020, & 2021 GCR&D was featured on the Inc. Magazine list of top 5,000 fastest growing companies in the United States. I have also been featured on podcasts such as Bigger Pockets, The Real Estate Mogul Podcast, Joe Fairless, REI Diamonds, Thoughtful Entrepreneur, Real Estate Money School, and Work The System with Josh Fonger. We also made the final cut to be featured on the cover of Top Agent - Property Management Edition in 2017. I take great pride in providing valuable feedback to beginners and less experienced entrepreneurs on what steps not to take or what steps to take sooner in growing a young business.