Mr. Akin has over 30 years of success in real estate. His commercial, multifamily and residential experience includes new construction, lease-ups, conventional, subsidized and rehabilitation properties.
Prior to founding US Prime Group, LLC Mr. Akin served as a Managing Member and fulfilled the CFO role at Montford Management, LP since 1990. Mr. Akin graduated with honors from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas receiving a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Masters of Science in accounting with an area of concentration in tax.
Prior to joining Montford Management, LP Mr. Akin worked for the international public accounting firm Arthur Andersen & Company as a Certified Public Accountant where he served as a Tax Manager. While at Arthur Andersen, Mr. Akin was a member of the Real Estate Services Group and Regional Mergers and Acquisition Team. His experience in these groups include reorganization/workout assistance and tax-oriented debt and entity structuring.
In his capacity with US Prime Group, LLC Mr. Akin is responsible for the supervision of the developments owned and/or managed to ensure that the developments are being operated with adequate financial controls in accordance with the various agreements governing such properties. He oversees the preparation, coordination and submission of all financial reports and tax returns and management of all other aspects of portfolio acquisitions, dispositions and refinancing. He also assists property management in developing and coordinating budgetary and operational policies.