Why Opal Group brought together Real Estate experts in this California event

NEW YORK - Dec. 16, 2016 - PRLog -- Pensions, family offices, attorneys, Taft-Hartley, consultants, endowments, accountants, real estate managers, hedge funds, real estate fund managers, funds of funds, real estate developers, investment banks, infrastructure funds, private equity, venture capitalists, mortgage lenders, insurance companies and industry service providers converged last December 4-6 2016 at The Ritz Carlton, Dana Point, CA, for this exclusive and educational conference.

David Drake, Chairman of LDJ Capital, says, "This was an exclusive event for stakeholders and enthusiasts in the real estate industry. It was a forum like no other where industry leaders and professionals discussed current opportunities, latest developments, investment strategies, trends and projections in the real estate market. It certainly was an educational platform that you are not likely to come across easily in your town."

Some of the topics discussed were: market update and forecast, strategies of structuring a deal, capital sources and financing, investing with family offices, new and emerging funds, 1031 exchange, market trends, private equity, investment strategies and styles, getting allocations from institutional investors including pensions, investment opportunities, real estate financing and development, market trends for 2017, and best strategies for real estate investing.

Keynote speakers included:

Christina Conners, Family Office Executive, Greenway Family Office
Cory Johnson, Managing Director, Pender Capital
Daniel Edrei, Managing Director and Partner, Anika Equities, LLC
Jason Choloukas, Executive VP, Bank of the Ozarks
Leandro A. Festino, Managing Principal, Meketa Investment Group, Inc.
Matthew Burk, CEO, Fairway America
Matthew M. May, President, May Realty Advisors
Michael Sury, Chairman, INDORUS Holdings LLP (SFO)
Robert Grden, Executive Director, Wayne County Employees' Retirement System
Sean Deson, Principal, Deson & Co.
Shawn Quinn, VP, Wilshire Private Markets
Talia Zapolanski, CFA, Executive VP, Capital Markets, Thor Equities

The summit featured exhibitions, cocktail reception, continental breakfast, general sessions, refreshment breaks, manager showcase, networking luncheon, and a golf outing.

The exhibitor sponsor was Lincoln Equity Inc.

Media partners were: AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Islamic Economics (CIBE), Third Party Marketers Association (3PM), allaboutrisk.com, AssetMan.net, Banking Technology, BarclayHedge, Business Islamica, Capital Finance International, Capital Hedge, Commercial Mortgage Alert, CrowdReviews.com, Family Office Networks, FocusEconomics, Fintech Weekly, FundServices.net, FINTRX, HedgeCo.Net, IntegriDATA,  Realty411 Magazine, SmartMoneyMatch, The Wealth Journal, Fintech Finance, True Banking, Victoria Global, The Soho Loft Conferences, and The Soho Loft Media Group.

This was the inaugural real estate investors' summit west of Opal Group. The event brought together top real estate leaders, speakers and professionals from across the world in Dana Point, California. After the great success of the real estate summit held in Miami early this year, a lot was expected from this event. Attendees networked with some of the best speakers and leaders in the real estate industry.

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