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Meet the Team
We have been in the real estate brokerage, project development, and management business since 1985 and pride ourselves as the trusted managers to our institutional corporations, including pension funds advisors and individual property owners. We are leaders in our local, regional, and state real estate market and the property and asset management community. We are active community members and stay current on the latest property management industry trends. We are very active in reviewing recent publishing research articles and methods, including using Artificial intelligence (AI) extensive data to formulate management, modeling, and forecasting solutions. As a full-service property and asset management company, our team manages all aspects of managing your rental(s) assets. We are skilled and experienced in solving problems that typically arise in rental properties, ensuring both owner and tenant satisfaction. We aim to use leadership, industry expertise, and outstanding service to exceed the expectations of all others engaged in Property and Asset Management and Leasing. We work closely with people relocating to the San Diego area, including international students, short-term rentals through insurance companies, military, housing for corporate executives, and vacation rentals.
Jennifer Mitchell >> Asset and Property Manager for Deuel International Group Inc. (DIG)
Work Experience
Over the last 16 years, as Vice President of DIG’s Property and Asset Management Group (DIGM). Ms. Mitchell is involved in the asset management of DIG’s projects in California and Hawaii. See the list of DIG’s projects. Ms. Mitchell became the Asset Manager of The Financial Center, a four-story office building containing 120,000 square feet of general and medical office space. This project is an illiquid partnership comprising over 100 investors. Initially, DIG became the General Partner to take this project through Chapter 11 reorganization and a negotiated new refinance scheme. This project was repositioned in the marketplace and operated for ten years before being sold at substantial profits. For each DIG investment project handled by Ms. Mitchell, as Asset Manager, she was involved early in the acquisition process, evaluating the property’s physical condition, reviewing the existing leases, and, if appropriate, arranging for a transition to a new property manager. Ms. Mitchell’s responsibilities included but were not necessarily limited to:
- Create annual operating and capital plans and monitor financial performance.
- Select and manage local third-party property managers and leasing mains. DIG seeks to select the best third-party property managers and leasing mains within each market. The asset manager retains ultimate decision-making control at the asset level through the approval of annual budgets, leases, and capital expenditures
- Oversee the detailed operation of each property with particular emphasis on leasing, tenant relations, preventive maintenance, firelife safety systems, code compliance, environmental conditions, and energy conservation.
- Ensure that a competitive position within the marketplace is maintained.
- Conduct an annual hold/sell analysis to maximize returns to our clients.
- Create and implement a strategic plan for the disposition of each property when appropriate.
- Provide annual operational reports to all investors and handle all investor inquiries for information and documentation.
- She coordinated the filling of all Federal and State Tax returns.
- She coordinated all distributions of project cash flow to the Investors.
Mitchell is the President of MAIN-PM.com (formally DIG Property Management) and currently is the property manager for twelve residential properties and two office buildings. She is responsible for these facilities’ leasing, maintenance, budgeting, financial reporting, and taxes. In addition, she provides annual operational reports to all investors and quarterly reports and handles all investor inquiries for information and documentation.
- MBA, University of Chicago – Marketing, Finance, and Project Management
- B.S., Carnegie Mellon University – Project and Corporate Management
- Stanford University – Property and Asset Management
- Northwestern University – Marketing, Finance, and Organizational Management
- PPM – Property Management Master
- Member of the Institute of Real Estate Management {IREM)
- San Diego Association of Realtors
CA DRE Lic. #02044941 Sales Associate
Magnum Asset International Network (MAIN)
CA DRE Lic. #00336342
(858) 261-0032
Jmitch@MAIN-PM.COM
Theodore Deuel
Work Experience
Theodore (Ted) Deuel, MBA, CCIM, CIPS, has over 35 years of experience in real estate brokerage sales/leasing/US and international investment/financial analysis of all types of commercial properties. Mr. Deuel is disciplined in business/project planning, commercial sales and leasing, property development, mortgage origination and banking, business acquisition, and equity and debt joint ventures. Mr. Deuel was an executive/real estate pension fund manager for a series of blind-poll real estate investment funds owned by corporate employee benefits plans, state and government pension plans, and Taft Hartley plans.
Ted is a developer of commercial real estate projects, including regional and neighborhood shopping centers, industrial parks and buildings, multi-residential/apartments, and office parks and buildings. Mr. Deuel is a specialist in real property workouts, bankruptcy, and Chapter 11 reorganization of real property corporations. As the CEO, CFO, Director of Operations, and Program/Project Manager, Mr. Deuel has had the Profit and Loss responsibility for a series of startup and small-cap companies in real estate brokerage, property/portfolio management, investment, syndications, and project development and consulting. Since 1990, Mr. Deuel has been President of Deuel International Group, Inc., a full-service commercial real estate services company.
- MBA – University of Santa Clara – Finance
- Electrical Engineer – Stanford University
- Advanced Engineering Studies for Doctorate – Stanford University
- Executive Management Systems and Financial Operations – University of California Irvine
Keller Williams – Carlsbad
CA DRE Lic. #01417209 Corporate
CA DRE Lic. #00336342 Broker Associate
KW Commercial of Southern California
www.KWCommercialSC.com
President, Deuel International Group, Inc.
CA DRE #0126369
Kunio Kikuchi
Work Experience
Kunio Kikuchi has 30 years of international business development, general management, and start-up experience in real estate and financial business, enabling direct access to Japanese corporations, individual investor, and affluent consumer customers.
Before joining American Express in 2000, he worked for Recruit Cosmos Co., a Leading Japanese developer, as Head of Real Estate Workout Services in Tokyo and for Recruit Cosmos USA as VP/CFO in Los Angeles. In this business, Recruit Cosmos has strategic alliances with Deuel International Group for 10+ years.
- In 2016, Sekai Holdings became the official strategic partner of Deuel International Group Inc., headed by Theodore Deuel, CCIM in the US.
- He serves in an official business advisory role for Custom Media Corporation – an International media/PR agency, Coach A Corporation – the largest executive coaching firm worldwide. And SAS Dragon Tokyo Corporation – a subsidiary of HK supply chain management company.
- Kunio holds a Bachelor of Commerce – Operations Research from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan.
- He is a Certified International Property Specialist Instructor (CIPS) assigned by NAR.
- He is a Certified US Real Estate Consultant Instructor assigned by NAR.
- He is a Certified Real Estate Notary in Japan, assigned by the Tokyo Government.
- He is a Certified Leadership Coach by the Foundation of Global Life Learning Center.
- He enjoys marathons, soccer, and surfing on the weekends. He is located in Tokyo with his wife and has a son in Hiroshima.
Nicole Fierst
Work Experience
Nicole has over 10 years as the Controller of Deuel International Group, Inc., Realty International Group, LLC of Hawaii, and MAIN. Nicole is currently accountable for MAIN’s accounting operations, including the production of financial reports, maintenance of the property management system of accounting records, supervision of accounting personnel, maintenance of a comprehensive set of controls designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the Company’s reported results, and ensure that reported results comply with general accepted accounting principles, GAP. Nicole is responsible for maintaining the documented systems of accounting procedures, overseeing the operations of the accounting department, including all property management accounts, and overseeing the operations of subsidiary corporations / LLCs, including control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures.
- Master of Education, William Woods University, Business, Finance
- BA, Virginia Intermont College, Business, Finance
CA DRE Lic. #01247893
Oregon Brokers Lic. #200408038
Corey Mitchell
Work Experience
10+ years’ experience in maintenance management role responsible for the overall maintenance and customer service of Real Estate properties.
- Control and monitor inventory of all company’s properties.
- Ensure that all company’s maintenance vehicles are cleaned, fueled, and in proper working order.
- Effective interpersonal and written communication skills- able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively.
- Set up schedules for routine preventive maintenance windows, doors, floors, woodwork, walls, and other parts of company buildings under management.
- Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.
- Mechanical Engineering – University of CA, San Marcos
Sean Fierst
Work Experience
Since July 2003, Sean has been the Marketing Communications Director for Deuel International Group, Inc. and serves as MAIN’s Director of Communications.
- Marketing
- Business/Product Development
- Multimedia Design
- Communications
- Graphic Design
- Branding
- Page Layout
- Web Design
- SEO
- Project Management
- Journalism
- Multimedia Design
- Copywriting
- Copyediting
- Web Marketing/Analytics
- Visual Presentations
- Video Editing
- Photography
- E-commerce
- Marketplace/Amazon (AMS) Marketing
Sean is setting forth an integrated new Business Communication Program to make MAIN the #1 Recognized Property Management Company in the Pacific Region of the United States. Sean will oversee communications within MAIN and represent MAIN to the public. Sean possesses strong writing, editing, public speaking, and leadership skills, along with the ability to work with other MAIN employees.
- BA, Communications, Journalism- Washington State University
- Communications, New Media – University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Communications – Central Washington University
Jack Runke
Work Experience
I have been in public accounting since 1982 and received my CPA license in 1984. In January 1990, I began my own practice in Encino, California, with my partner, Surinder Singh. We operated under the name of Runke & Singh, Certified Public Accountants, until 2017 when we decided to practice as individual firms. I have a variety of clients in Orange and San Diego County, including wholesale distributors in electronics, real estate, franchise restaurant chains, auto dealerships, and construction contractors. My engagements with them have ranged from day-to-day accounting, government compliance, tax preparation, audits, reviews, compilations, projections, foreign entities, management, internal control, and consulting work. I have been the CPA for Deuel International, Group, Inc. and its subsidiary companies since 1990.
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