Real Estate Resume

1. DAVE MASO N
1122 Westmoreland Circle, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone: (925) 482-7078 Email: davemason2003@comcast.net
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Multi-skilled Real Estate Professional with additional government relations and lobbying skills
Knowledge of negotiating strategies to acquire and maintain control of real estate properties
Experience preparing valuations for potential acquisitions and evaluating post-transaction options
Expertise managing efforts to identify, analyze and obtain control of properties for potential
investment and acquisition
Strong understanding of the governmental process for entitling development projects
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Valued Places, LLC, Walnut Creek, CA, 2007-2010
Governmental Affairs Director/Project Manager
Worked with real estate community and banks to find vacant land, redevelopment opportunities,
distressed assets and value-add properties. Helped secured control of various properties for
clients and associated opportunity fund White Knight Holdings, LLC. Performed formal due
diligence on controlled properties. Packaged properties with updated business plans for
marketing to potential investors and acquisition entities. Helped build a team of partner investors
for the final acquisitions of controlled properties.
Successfully led efforts to identify properties for acquisition and initiated negotiations.
Developed and implemented negotiating strategies.
Identified options for repositioning, stabilizing and marketing controlled properties. Options
included, equity infusion, restructuring of debt, improved property management and lease
administration, commercial use reconfiguration, capital improvements, and enhanced
development plans.
Worked with elected officials and government agencies to verify the existing development
entitlements for acquisition properties and to determine the viability for increasing
entitlements through the public approvals process. Mapped out options for increasing
entitlements to determine the costs and timetables for achieving respective options. Created
business plans for increasing entitlements and assembled teams of consultants to achieved
business plan goals.
Created highly persuasive and dynamic Keynote/PowerPoint presentations for meetings with
clients, investors, elected officials and government agencies. Also, created Investor Packages
for marketing controlled properties.
Communicated directly with clients and investors to update them on acquisition progress and
potential issues. Developed regular presentations, reports and summaries.
Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento, CA, 2005-2007
Regional Policy & External Relations Manager
Worked with Sacramento Metro Chamber’s public policy team to advance public policy priorities
on behalf of the Sacramento region’s business community. Successfully advocated pro-business
legislation and opposed anti-business legislation, while also promoting common sense policy
alternatives that would achieve legislative goals without hurting businesses or impacting jobs.
Acted as primary liaison to local, state and federal governmental agencies on regional public
policy issues. Represented chamber before governmental agencies and at public meetings.
Served as lead staff on land use, natural resources, transportation, flood protection, water
resources, air quality and urban redevelopment issues.

2. DAVE MASO N
1122 Westmoreland Circle, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone: (925) 482-7078 Email: davemason2003@comcast.net
Became go-to policy writer for advocacy letters, membership alerts, public testimony, press
releases, policy memos and position papers.
Coordinated and managed components of annual lobbying programs and events including
State of the City, State of the Counties, State Advocacy Day, and federal Cap-to-Cap advocacy
trip to Washington, DC. Successfully increased Cap-to-Cap advocacy trip attendance from 280
to 400 attendees over three years and help create State Advocacy Day to lobby policy
priorities at the state level.
Developed and executed advocacy strategies including coalition building, lobbying
appointments, media outreach, membership letter writing campaigns, and coordinated
attendance for public hearings.
Lew Edwards Group, Oakland, CA, 2003-2004
Account Executive/Associate
Managed two successful school bond measure campaigns in Orange County. Also managed a
parcel tax measure campaign to fund education programs in eastern Los Angeles County.
Oversaw campaign budgets, directed fundraising activities and managed campaign expenditures.
Kaufman Campaign Consultants, Sacramento, CA, 2001 & 2002-2003
Campaign Coordinator
Coordinated campaign activity for multiple clients, including Senator Jack O’Connell for State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, two independent expenditures and an Assembly candidate.
Organized “Tour of the State” for Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Senator Jack
O’Connell. Tour included “Sidewalk Office Hours” press events and editorial board outreach.
EDUCATION
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001
Bachelor of Arts
Philosophy – Major, Ethics and Public Policy Emphasis
Law and Society – Major
Political Science – Minor