Real estate expert

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After graduating from UCLA in 1984, John began working in real estate brokerage in Orange County, California. While in brokerage, John specialized in industrial sales and leasing, as well as investment sales. John was regularly recognized as a top producing salesperson. In 1990, John began working with Fujita Corporation USA as their vice president and as the managing director of Fujita Corporation's property management division, Fujita Property Management (FPM). While at Fujita, John was responsible for overseeing just under 4 million square feet of institutional grade commercial and residential property (valued at approximately $400 million with just over 700 tenants) and for the day-to-day operations of FPM. His duties included oversight of the first private Japanese REIT in California. When John joined Fujita, most of their portfolio was under fee management. Within two years, John grew FPM and took the management of all properties in house. In addition to leasing hundreds of thousands of square feet on behalf of Fujita, John was responsible for disposing of Fujita's portfolio in the late '90's. All sales were made direct and without the use of a broker. After the sale of the Fujita portfolio, John joined Voit Commercial Brokerage and for several years was ranked as a top producer. Simultaneously, John grew his own personal portfolio of investment property and in 2009; John left Voit to focus his efforts on his portfolio. He also continues to consult on behalf of Fujita Corporation in Japan. John also served as Broker of Record- 360 Commercial Partners in California. Since 1999, John, and his partners, have acquired real estate in California, the Midwest and internationally. He currently owns just under 100,000 square feet of commercial property both domestically and internationally. Along with his partners, he acts as asset and property manager for this portfolio. One premier property was the International Trade Center building in Tamuning, Guam. John served as the president of Fujita Property Guam (FPG) which owned and managed this 210,000 square foot mixed-use office building which included retail and residential, along with 60,000 square feet of additional industrial property in Guam. Over the decades John has also owned, managed, and/or brokered single family and multifamily properties. John has functioned as the managing member of most of the LLC ownership entities with which he has been involved. In his various roles, John has overseen the construction of improvements to real property with hundreds of millions of dollars in value. John was also the Director of Property Management for BKM Capital Partners. BKM has over 3 million square feet of commercial property in four western states with over 1,000 tenants. Since leaving BKM, John, and two partners, have founded Trust Pacific Capital; a private equity commercial real estate company. John has worked in the real estate profession for over 35 years. He has excelled as a broker, owner, landlord, institutional asset and property manager, educator, author, trainer, mediator and expert witness. John is the foremost expert on the AIR (AIRCRE) commercial real estate contracts. John is also an instructor for the California Association of Realtors and AIRCRE. John is also a Certified Mold Assessor Technician. John's knowledge and breadth of experience is second to none. His ability to convey his knowledge and experience in a convincing and meaningful way is one of his greatest attributes as an expert witness. Please go to www.JohnPag.com for a comprehensive look at John's career.