Erika Dani
San Francisco,California
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Asset Management
Lincoln Avenue Communities
Santa Monica, CA
04.2025 - Current
- Manage a team overseeing a portfolio of 37+ multifamily affordable housing properties from the Mountain West to the Pacific West. Properties in various stages: construction, lease-up, stabilization, new acquisitions, and stabilized operations.
- Supervise third-party property management teams to meet KPIs and ensure our company values and vision are executed.
- Recommend actions to executive leadership based on property performance to mitigate risk and enhance cash flow.
- Ensure team executes timely rent increases, tax exemption submissions, HCV overhang, appropriate project marketing.
Asset Manager
Walker and Dunlop/Alliant Strategic Investments
Calabasas, California
10.2021 - 03.2025
- Executed strategic value-add capital & ESG work that maximizes cash flow, value, and returns for 3,000+ class B and C multi-family units in a joint-venture structure. Properties located in: California (Los Angeles), Washington, Maryland, Texas, Illinois, and Virginia.
- Proactively managed portfolio performance using local market surveys, Costar, and Yardi reports to determine areas that need additional focus for portfolio to exceed underwriting.
- Lead risk mitigation initiatives and insurance claims for the portfolio.
- Oversaw annual budgeting process and long-term financial planning, monthly financial review and variance reporting, loan compliance, and investor relations for portfolio.
Asset Manager
The John Stewart Company
San Francisco, California
01.2020 - 10.2021
- Directed for the portfolio of 36 California assets with 3,000 units: the annual audit and budget process, monthly financial analysis, warranty walk-throughs, all project reporting requirements, lender and investor relations, REO schedule updates, physical needs plans, and loan modifications.
Asset Manager
Mercy Housing California
San Francisco, California
05.2019 - 12.2019
- Supervised the physical and financial health of 20 mixed use buildings in San Francisco with 2,000 units including: LOSP, Section 8, HOME, RAD, LIHTC, Supportive Housing, and Section 202.
Asset Manager
Artspace Projects, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
08.2015 - 05.2019
- Negotiated commercial leases for 60,000 square feet of boutique commercial space within the portfolio of mixed-use multi-family buildings in New York, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Washington D.C., Maryland, Ohio, and Louisiana.
- Directly supervised a small team of asset management associates.
- Led 4 on-time lease-ups and stabilization of affordable multi-family buildings, as well as investor exits, refinances, and re-syndications.
Morgan Stanley/ANHD Asset Manager Fellow
Asian Americans for Equality
New York, New York
09.2014 - 09.2015
- Procured bids and selected vendor for capital need projects for AAFE’s 32 mixed use buildings.
- Created an emergency operation plan for AAFE’s real estate assets and tenants in the event of a natural or human - induced disasters in collaboration with Enterprise Community Partners.
Multi-family & Lending Division- Eagleton Fellow
NJHMFA
Trenton, New Jersey
12.2014 - 08.2015
- Processed multi-family housing loan applications that resulted in the creation of affordable housing for diverse communities throughout New Jersey.
Education
Master of City and Regional Planning - Real Estate Focus
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey05.2015
Bachelor of Arts - German and Global Studies
The University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota05.2009
Timeline
Director of Asset Management
Lincoln Avenue Communities
04.2025 - Current
Asset Manager
Walker and Dunlop/Alliant Strategic Investments
10.2021 - 03.2025
Asset Manager
The John Stewart Company
01.2020 - 10.2021
Asset Manager
Mercy Housing California
05.2019 - 12.2019
Asset Manager
Artspace Projects, Inc.
08.2015 - 05.2019
Multi-family & Lending Division- Eagleton Fellow
NJHMFA
12.2014 - 08.2015
Morgan Stanley/ANHD Asset Manager Fellow
Asian Americans for Equality
09.2014 - 09.2015
Bachelor of Arts - German and Global Studies
The University of Minnesota
Master of City and Regional Planning - Real Estate Focus
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey