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Charles J. McLaughlin – Founder / CEO
Charles McLaughlin is a 35-year veteran of the real estate industry. Charles has been a developer and an investor in single- and multi-family projects, office buildings, neighborhood retail, and residential land development projects. He has also served as a federally appointed Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee and was President of a public REIT.
Over the past three years, Charles has done extensive research on the US public homebuilding industry as a guide to his personal equity investing, exclusively from the short side. His research has included mortgage companies, REITs, investment banks, and the status of the US banking industry as a background for the real estate markets. Charles acted as an advisor to a major hedge fund which was acquiring Credit Default Swap positions on the major real estate companies, including homebuilders and mortgage companies. Furthermore, his research is published and available on the BSA website under Market Research.
Charles disposed of all of his real estate holdings in 2005/2006, and currently has no other real estate interests (other than his primary residence). Charles has an undergraduate degree from Notre Dame, and a graduate degree from Harvard Business School.
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