Ronald B. Zimmerman

Mr. Zimmerman has more than 34 years of industry experience as a real estate and distressed debt investor, raising debt and equity for real estate investors and developers, and real estate brokerage. He has significant expertise in structuring real estate financial transactions, investment analysis, and the restructuring and workout of commercial and consumer loans. Mr. Zimmerman is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Kentucky.

Mr. Zimmerman has worked as a consultant to real estate investors and developers on a national basis, including modeling investment properties using Argus Valuation-DCF and Argus Developer and acting as a strategic advisor for clients in complex IRC Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange transactions, net lease financing, sale/leasebacks, and tiered financing of acquisitions.

Mr. Zimmerman has written three articles for the Scotsman Guide, an industry publication for commercial real estate lenders and mortgage brokers. Mr. Zimmerman’s first article is on raising preferred equity, entitled, “Strategizing with Preferred Equity”, in the December 2018 issue, and the second and third articles, entitled “Throw Out A Lifeline” and “Ride To The Rescue” which were published in the July and August 2020 issues, respectively, both discuss rescue financing which many real estate investors may need to raise to cover negative cash flow during the COVID-19 crisis.

Mr. Zimmerman graduated with honors from the University of Cincinnati College of Business Administration, majoring in Real Estate and Finance.