Experience

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  Peat marwick mitchell & co.

  Sept 1978 - Dec 1980

  Senior accountant

  Conducted Audits of retail land sales and mortgage companies and commercial banks. Promoted to Senior in less than two years.

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  Genstar corporation

  Dec 1980 - Sept 1982

  Senior internal auditor

  Performed operational and financial audits of real estate subsidiaries for this Canadian conglomerate. Performed special projects including the winding-down of a heavy construction joint venture, and valuing a portfolio of residential purchase money mortgages and assisting in their disposition by a California home-building subsidiary to a European investor

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  The klingbeil company

  Sept 1982 - Dec 1983

  Controller

  Supervised accounting and tax functions for this national real estate syndicator and property manager, created pricing model and priced real estate limited partnership interests for purchase on the secondary market; and analyzed apartment investments in conjunction with financial repositioning of national portfolio including recapitalization, refinance and disposition strategies. Also worked with lenders in arranging and closing replacement mortgage financing.

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  Kenneth leventhal & company

  Jan 1984 - Aug 1991

  Senior manager

  Created, developed and directed the marketing and management of the $1.5 million southeastern region real estate consulting practice while leading major consulting assignments for the New York and Washington, DC offices. Services provided ranged from acquisition due diligence, financial structuring and packaging, development feasibility and land use planning to corporate and property re-positioning, debt restructuring and bankruptcy and litigation support and included creation of the due diligence and valuation methodology used by the RTC in its portfolio loan sales program. Show less

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  Secured capital corp

  Aug 1991 - Jan 1997

  Managing vice president

  Marketed portfolios of commercial mortgage loans, participations and REO and advising institutional investors on portfolio strategies. Activities encompassed supervising due diligence and valuations, transaction structuring, marketing and closing. Exemplary assignments included supervising the acquisition due diligence of $1 billion portfolio and directing $280 million in loan sales, advising on all loan restructures ($50 million completed) and creating the seller-financing program for the Eastrich Multiple Investor Fund (EMIF). Show less

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  Pyramid realty group

  Feb 1997 - May 2014

  President

  Founder and creator of this national consulting and investment banking firm providing premium services for all participants in the real property industry. Under Mr. Jones direction, Pyramid Realty has become a leading boutique advisory firm in the industry with offices in Miami, Atlanta and Denver serving clients ranging from LNR Property Co., Apollo Real Estate Advisors, Lehman Brothers, HUD, Goldman Sachs & Co. and GMAC Commercial Mortgage among others.

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  Emerald skyline corporation

  Jan 2013 - now

  Founding principal

  Recognizing the value of Green technology in the development and operation of commercial real properties, Mr. Jones has joined Abraham Wien, LEED-AP, BArch, BEnvD, and Julie Lundin, ASID, LLED AP ID+C, to form Emerald Skyline Corporation, a premier, business-oriented, sustainable consulting firm. He is Chief Financial Officer and Director, Financial Advisory Services, and assists our clients in the economic evaluation of the project, the minimization of the total investment and the financing of sustainable projects which maximize operating cost savings, rental income and asset values.Emerald Skyline has partnered with Hannon Armstrong/CounterPointeSRE, a Sustainable REIT, to provide C-PACE Financing for sustainable, energy efficient and resilience (seismic and wind mitigation) initiatives for new and existing buildings. The C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) program is an off-balance sheet financing that funds up to 100% of sustainable improvements payable with the property taxes as a special assessment amortized on a schedule of up to 35 years. For more information, see https://emeraldskyline.com/c-pace-financing/. Show less

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  Pl jones advisory services inc.

  May 2014 - now

  President

  PL Jones Advisory Services Corp provides financial and market due diligence analysis services to commercial real estate owners, managers, investors, lenders and other stake holders. With significant experience in all aspects of commercial real estate including structured finance, portfolio and property management, acquisition due diligence and transaction structuring, loan underwriting and servicing, Mr. Jones, CPA, provides personalized and professional services including financial forecasts using ARGUS, market studies, highest and best use analyses, broker's price opinions and underwriting analyses of income properties ranging from apartments, office buildings and shopping centers to industrial facilities, resorts and hotels. Show less