Kevin Whitehead

*** ********** *****, **********, ***** Carolina 29615

Cellular: 864-***-**** / E-Mail: ad2hfo@r.postjobfree.com Experienced Real Estate Manager/Site Acquisition-Property Specialist with extensive professional experience and strong skills in the following areas:

Developer Management Site Selection & Acquisition Report/Documentation Preparation

Research Negotiating Leases/Purchase Agreements Acting in a Liaison Role

Strategic Planning Ensuring Compliance to Government Regulations Profile:

• Background encompasses extensive professional experience utilizing a strong work ethic, an attitude to “go the extra mile,” and a commitment to meeting and exceeding organizational objectives related to Real Estate Management/Site Selection-Acquisition.

• Strengths: Excellent communication/interpersonal skills; works well independently; skilled at multi-tasking; highly responsible; dependable; detail-oriented; skilled at problem identification/problem resolution; strong time management and organizational skills; proven track record of handling large volume of sites; strong computer skills.

• Computer experience: Word; Excel; Outlook; Mapping Software. Areas of Expertise:

● Real Estate Management ● Site Development Consulting

● Zoning and Permitting ● Training & Managing Site Acquisition Agents

● Exceeding Goals & Deadlines ● Working within Budget Constraints

● Managing Developers ● Site Development

● Site Acquisitions ● Forecasting & Planning

Selected Accomplishments:

• Real Estate Manager (Dollar General): Played key role in Dollar General’s successful expansion (company is opening/relocating over 1,000 stores annually); personally opened/relocated approximately 400 sites.

• Site Acquisition / Property Specialist (Pyramid Network Services, LLC): Negotiated long term leases at lowest possible rents and impact on clients for over 300+ sites in Southeast Market.

• Buyers Agent for discount retail properties, primarily Dollar General: Meticulously managed and tracked leases. Previous experience with Dollar General invaluable in lease renewal negotiations. Resale of properties highly profitable for seller / Landlord. Managed all aspect of mostly single tenant net leased properties. Sperry Global Commercial. Education:

Bachelor of Science in Communications (1993), University of Alabama Minor: Marketing.

Numerous Continuing Education Real Estate classes. Credentials:

• Georgia Real Estate Licensed Agent (former)

• Georgia Registered Real Property Appraiser (former)

• South Carolina licensed Real Estate Agent

Professional Experience:

Sperry Global Commercial 11/2020 to present

Greenville, South Carolina

Commercial Real Estate Sales and Property management.

• Listed and sold commercial property. Served as a buyer’s agent for Net Leased Properties.

Access Realty

Greenville, South Carolina 2014 to 2021

Acquisition Specialist / Property Manager

• Located discount retail net leased properties with very specific parameters that fit a blend and extend model. Most properties were then re-sold (flipped) for a substantial gain. The alternative would be to keep the assets and re- finance when beneficial to do so.

• Handled all property management activities other than accounting. Understanding the discount retail structure from the inside out has been incredibly valuable when making CAM and major repair decisions involving HVAC, roof, parking lot etc.…

Dollar General 2006 to 2014

Goodlettsville, Tennessee

Real Estate Manager

• Managed developers who purchased real estate and developed sites in various locations.

• Located real estate (site selection) in the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama) for new stores and relocation of existing stores.

• Acted in a liaison role between the developers and Dollar General.

• Participated twice a month in real estate committee meetings.

• Worked closely with developers to develop and present package of specific information to Real Estate Committee (REC) related to development.

• Extensive travel throughout the Southeast.

• Report/documentation preparation using “attention to detail.”

• Identified and resolved problems with developers.

Pyramid Network Services, LLC 1997 to 2006

Atlanta, Georgia

Site Acquisition / Property Specialist (Sprint PCS)

• Negotiated long-term leases for over 300+ sites in Southeast Region.

• Southeast Region included Georgia, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., Florida, South Carolina, Alabama Mississippi, Maryland and Virginia.

• Specialized in acquiring long-term leases for lowest possible rent with few changes to client form lease.

• Assisted in zoning and permitting process in all markets.

• Managed site acquisition agents in Tennessee markets.

• Served as Property Specialist for Miami market, overseeing day-to-day operations.

• Managed sites and acquired leases for co-location sites.

• Assisted team in overcoming zoning and acquisition hurdles in Miami, West Palm, Lantana, etc.

• Completed various assignments for Signal One.

• Tracked, researched, recorded and reported on new search rings for Best in Class sites.

• Effective at zoning and permitting in all markets.

• Trained and managed site acquisition agents.

• Consistently exceeded all goals and deadlines.

Universal Field Services 1996 to 1997

Atlanta, Georgia

Site Acquisition Specialist – Media One

• Effective manager of Media One’s far reaching fiber optic project in a timely manner while meeting budget restraints.

• Project included 65 repeater sites.

JBW, Inc. 1994 to 1996

Atlanta, Georgia

Site Acquisition / Researcher Specialist

• Completed successful acquisition project for AAT, bringing in purchase and leased properties.

• Negotiated budget and acquisition of various raw land tracts.

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