MACK LANE REAL ESTATE, INC.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA

If you need assistance in building your real estate empire…Billy can help. He has used his down & dirty ‘in the trenches’ experience as a real estate appraiser and investor for over 31 years to help others plan, start, and succeed as a real estate investor. He’s bought single-family homes at foreclosure for as little as $15,000 and appraised one of the five largest malls in the country for over $400,000,000. His largest commercial transaction was a $20 million Class A office complex. He’s bought and sold over $15 million in residential real estate and managed over $2 million in renovations…from growing up in a trailer park in rural North Carolina to becoming the vice president of a national real estate appraisal firm by age 32…from cleaning bathrooms in dilapidated houses to negotiating in corporate boardrooms, Billy has insights into all levels and all types of real estate investments. He has earned a Masters Degree in Real Estate & Urban Affairs from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also holds a Florida Real Estate Brokers license and is President of Mack Lane Real Estate in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He’s looking to mentor other real estate investors. “I wouldn’t buy or sell a property without Billy looking after my interests. He’s professional, knows what he’s doing and gives extraordinary client service.” “We are in Peru…but Billy found us three investment properties in metro Orlando that we purchased sight unseen. His management and accounting team have enabled us to enter the USA real estate market with confidence and ease. The whole process was extremely professional.” "Thinking about the future and our eventual retirement we wondered where we were going to live? Retirement plans in countries like ours (Peru) are not good and do not allow you to maintain a good lifestyle, so we always think that investing in properties and renting them is a good retirement plan. However, in countries like ours it is not safe, we just had the experience of a tenant who for 5 years did not pay the rent and the laws protected him without being able to leave the property, so we decided to invest in the USA where the laws protect our investment. The challenges, however, are that we live in Latin America without the capability of finding the ideal properties, inspecting potential investments, figuring out the legal issues, setting up a company, opening USA bank accounts, getting a mortgage credit, complying with accounting and tax regulations, finding tenants, making repairs, etc. Real Estate is a big headache if you are out of the country and enough reasons to discourage us and look for other options. Fortunately, we met Billy Looper who, along with his company, gave us all the necessary advice to be able to start correctly. Everyone at Mack Lane made it very simple to the point that practically everything we can handle by mail and emails. We are very grateful to him and his team that made it possible for us to start our investments in the USA." Luca and Lily With over 31 years of real estate investing and appraising experience, our professionals at Mack Lane Real Estate are ready to join your corner and help you build your real estate empire. Contact us to get started.