A Texan that lives in France, invests in Texas

[Brian Dear]

Hi everyone! I'm glad to finally be a part of this great community! A bit of my background: I'm a software engineer and tech entrepreneur that spends most of my time writing Ruby on Rails applications. Some folks might think of this as "website development" but that's like saying a landlord is a lawn-care manager, it's part of the scope of work, but it isn't the whole picture. Essentially, I make software to do all sorts of cool things over a network. I've built the system that powers the Tribeca Film Festival, I've worked for various well known startups and I'm the cofounder of an online behavioral health startup, iCouch. I suppose one of my claims to "fame" is that I was offered a job as an engineer for Twitter, but since it would have required moving to San Francisco, I reluctantly turned it down.

My wife and I live in Avignon, France with our 3 little kids. Our town is famous for being the home of the popes during the 1200s. So, we have all the delights of living inside of a walled city (including some streets wide enough for nothing more than a goat-cart or these days, a bicycle or fully-loaded stroller.

We're interested in primarily multifamily in Texas. Anyway, if anyone wants to chat, feel free to drop me a line!

[Justin Kane]

This is a great place to start @Brian Dear 

I specialize in Marketing, Acquisitions, and Deal analytics so if you have any questions feel free to reach out