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and licensed real estate professionals with
formal, advanced degrees. Prior to joining
forces, they led cosmopolitan lives, trav-
eled the world and lived in foreign coun-
tries for extended periods of time.
Recently, I caught up with the Maverick
power trio to discuss their latest turn-key
buying opportunity—the Seaside Mariana
Spa & Golf Resort on the Pacific coast of
Nicaragua.
worthy people I had ever met, all essential
qualities for business partners. The three of
us began pooling our skills, resources and
creative energies to develop a cutting edge
business model that could provide unparal-
leled advantages to real estate investors and
real estate agents. In 2007, it was ready to
be launched so we all quit our jobs, flew to
Las Vegas and, while overlooking the Strip
from a rooftop lounge, raised our glasses
we use. It was crucial for everyone to start
with the vision of their own ideal lifestyle.
Matt likes to work from his rooftop pool
deck in LA, Mark likes to spend extended
time in Europe each year, and I like to go
skiing in Canada and spend part of the year
in Phoenix with my parents. So we struc-
tured our real estate business to facilitate
our dream lifestyles. But, more than that,
Maverick has built an entire community
Seaside Mariana Spa & Golf Resort features the first Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course in Nicaragua.
Q: How did the three of you become busi-
ness partners? Tell us a bit about how
Maverick Investor Group formed?
MB: Well, Valerie and I met in graduate
school in 1999. We both got master’s de-
grees in International Peace and Conflict
Resolution and then worked in human
rights advocacy in Washington, D.C., for
several years. We started investing in real
estate on the side, reading books about it
and learning by experience. Soon we had
millions of dollars in real estate holdings in
states all over the country.
I met Mark in 2005 when he sold me over
$2 million worth of investment properties
in Las Vegas. I was blown away by his
customer service; it was the best I had ever
seen in any industry. These were two of the
most talented, ambitious, honest and trust-
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and announced to the world that Maverick
Investor Group was born!
Q: The Maverick partners live in differ-
ent states — Matt is in Los Angeles, Valer-
ie is in Washington D.C., and Mark lives
between Chicago and Las Vegas. That is
pretty incredible! How did you decide to
structure your company like that and how
does it affect your business?
VS: We were intentional about structuring
the company that way from day one, and
the primary reason is “freedom of mobili-
ty” for the Maverick partners. It’s all about
lifestyle. We can live wherever we want
and travel whenever we want for as long
as we want, and no business falls through
the cracks because of the systems and pro-
cesses we have set up and the technology
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of real estate investors and agents who are
focused on using real estate as a vehicle
for designing their dream lifestyles. We
show our clients how to do what we do.
You will notice that we have a section on
our website that discusses “real estate life-
style design” in great detail, down to the
specific technology products we use. Real
estate investing is only a means to an end…
it’s always important to keep your eyes on
the larger prize. Money isn’t very useful
if you have lost touch with your dreams.
How can real estate enable you to recapture
your time, design your dream lifestyle and
make enough money to finance it? That’s
the big picture.
Q: Maverick has always encouraged
out-of-state investing, why are you now

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