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BROKER/RISK ADVISOR:
JONATHAN LEE, CCIM
Email: JonathanLee@ChoiceRealtyUSA.comAttention Commercial Tenants!
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Who is Jonathan Lee? After earning a Master’s in Business Administration from Rollins College in 1996, Mr. Lee joined CB Richard Ellis as an Account Manager managing lease acquisitions, dispositions, buyouts, and renegotiations for a nationwide healthcare client. Mr. Lee completed more than $40 million in lease transactions between 1998 and 2001, and earned his CCIM certification in 2000. Mr. Lee has provided data center purchase/lease negotiations, tenant representation services, site selection services and consulting work for several large corporations, including At-Net, AllState Insurance, Bank of America, Cornerstone Wealth & Tax Advisory Group, Global Crossing, HLB Gross Collins, OnCare Management, and Uniglobe Courier Services. In 2004, he and his family moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where he started Choice Realty to provide buyer and tenant representation for companies and serve the needs of real estate investors using nontraditional and creative real estate strategies. When the real estate market began to crumble, Mr. Lee examined two areas where his team could create the most value. Mr. Lee focuses on two niches: (1) As a Commercial Tenant Representative, he helps corporate tenants/buyers locate and negotiate the purchase or lease of industrial space, office space and retail space using market knowledge and strong negotiation skills, saving his clients between 20-30% off occupancy costs. His list of corporate and investment clients in the Charleston region includes the ACA Laboratories, Alzheimer’s Association, ApartmentFinder.com, Ashley Shores Investments, @Net, Back2Health, Carolina Hair Surgery, Cornerstone Wealth & Tax Advisory Group, DC Machine, Edwards Properties, Eileen’s, Esther Victory Ministries, Gyro-Trac, KLM Environmental, L & N Cleaners, Liberty National Life Insurance, Lowcountry Endocrine & Diabetes Associates, Marigolds, ProGolf, Smarter Accounting Solutions, Shear Excellence, Telogical Systems; and, Choice Realty’s Corporate Real Estate Services Group is a referral Tenant Rep provider for OfficeFinder.com, Atlanta tenant rep brokers, and WeFindSpace.com. (2) Mr. Lee uses Nontraditional Sales Methods to help homeowners and home sellers survive today’s difficult and unpredictable real estate market. His clients are home sellers with a job loss or job transfer and are desperate for a solution to sell their home, conserve cash and preserve their credit. As an experienced investor (in apartment ownership, assignments, flips, property management, rehabs, rentals, resolving landlord/tenant disputes, short sales, and taking over payments), he educates and provides the traditional home seller a set of creative exit strategy alternatives beyond sticking a For Sale sign in the yard and waiting for a buyer. He and his team tackle sales using Rent-to-Own Programs, Subject-To Sales, Owner Financing Programs, Residential Property Management Services as well as Traditional Sales. Other services provided by Choice Realty include property management, residential services including REO (bank-owned listings), buying real estate, representing investors, and buyer representation. Choice Realty has an exclusive partnership with South Carolina Homes, Inc., Charleston’s most recognized Rent-to-Own real estate investments company, visit www.SCHomeSellers.com. Coupling Choice Realty’s relationship with qualified real estate investors and the partnership with www.SCHomeSellers.com provides targeted exposure to hundreds of buyers, resulting in a better opportunity for creating successful sales for its clients. All Real Estate Owners should examine methods of reducing overhead expenses. One way to free up cash flow is to rely on a Risk Advisor who will provide competitive Property Insurance. Mr. Lee is licensed in the State of South Carolina for selling Property & Casualty Insurance Services, and is affiliated with Charleston’s fastest growing insurance agency (in client volume), AI Insurance Services LLC. Mr. Lee provides competitive insurance products including: homeowners insurance, vaction home insurance, flood insurance, landlord rental portfolio insurance, commercial general liability, businessowners policies, commercial property insurance, commercial and personal auto insurance, directors & officers liability, workers compensation coverage, and professional liability services. Mr. Lee advises his clients on how to insure against risk and provide better coverage at a reduced premium. What other activities is Jonathan Lee involved in? Mr. Lee serves on the Board of Directors for Dorchester County’s Children’s Center (Children in Crisis), serves on the Development Committee for the Center’s largest annual fundraising event; and, serves on the Board of Trustees at Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina. Mr. Lee has participated as Charleston’s Real Estate Advisor in a Talk Radio Show on 94.3FM regarding commercial real estate tips and residential real estate market updates and is a regular featured writer on commercial and investment real estate topics. Mr. Lee helped start and served as President in 2008 and Vice President in 2009 of the Greater Summerville BNI Chapter; and, served on the Board of Directors as Public Relations Chairman for the Lowcountry Senior Network in 2006-2007. Mr. Lee resides in Historic Summerville, enjoys spending time with his two fantastic children, participates in sprint triathlons, and his hobbies include swimming, fly-fishing, creative writing, travel, cooking and making a variety of ice cream and sorbets. MISSION STATEMENTIt is the mission of CHOICE REALTY to profitably and ethically provide high quality professional real estate services to corporate real estate tenants and commercial space landlords, to the real estate investing public, and to owners and residents of residential rental properties.
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CORE VALUES OF CHOICE REALTY |
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We believe CHOICE REALTY offers its clients a distinct advantage in producing income and property appreciation due to our knowledge and identification of listed and unlisted property opportunities available in the market; our aggressive negotiating tactics; and, by committing only to transactions we are capable of completing as promised. |
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We understand the importance in creating a pipeline of success stories to share with clients and to help them make smart real estate choices. We agree to touch the pipeline each day to ensure our clients success in each real estate transaction and to forge long-term relationships with our clients. |
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We agree to continuously develop relationships to build our knowledge, develop confidence in ourselves and to provide more resources for our clients. |
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We demonstrate respect for each other and to clients by being on time, doing what we say we are going to do, and exceeding client expectations. We value our long-term reputation more than short-term gain. |
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Every day, we work at being innovative and strive to provide services that are more efficient, more economical, and more reliable and services that our clients come to rely on. |
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We as individuals regularly reach out to our community to help people achieve their goals. |
