Ky Dewald
Kirkland,WA
Summary
Highly motivated professional with several years of entrepreneurial and management experience. Skillfully creates and maintains professional and loyal relationships with co-workers, staff and clients while managing administrative and sales employees. Comfortable working independently as manager and leader and as collaborative team member. Applies business acumen and experience and exercises decisive judgment to meet and exceed organizational goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner
Capture Realty
Kirkland
05.2015 - Current
- Created a real estate brokerage / investment firm with a team of 35 focused on deploying capital to acquire distressed properties in King, Snohomish and Pierce county.
- 2015 - 2025 led acquisitions or sales on over 100 million in real estate
- 2018 awarded Real Trends Top 1% producer award selling 37 million+ in retail sales on the NWMLS as a broker.
- Maintained data integrity, managed investor relations, and coordinated pipeline management, outbound marketing, and inbound sales opportunities using Podio, Kunversion, My Realty Hub.
- Identified, underwrote, negotiated, and bid on multiple real estate acquisitions weekly for investors and hedge funds or for in-house purchases.
Partner
Caliber Real Estate
Bellevue, Washington
01.2013 - 06.2015
- Represented several Privite investors and institutional funds on weekly acquisitions.
- Oversaw financial analysis and budgeting for real estate projects and operations.
- Evaluated market trends and provided insights for investment opportunities with a weekly investment meeting.
- Ran detailed Analytics forecasting cap rate, future value and pinpointing target strike prices for all acquisitions.
- Managed daily operations of the business including budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, staffing, and customer service.
- Managed property listings and marketing strategies to attract potential clients.
- Manager General Contractors and sub contractors on 10+ projects simultaneously.
- Deployed a team of drivers to collect data on hundreds of distressed properties scheduled for foreclosure or REO.
- Built a network of contacts within relevant industries which enabled access to valuable resources .
Director of acquisitions /Senior Sales Executive
Fairplay Financial
Kirkland, WA
02.2009 - 04.2013
- Worked with software developers to scrape county records and the NWMLS to create a foreclosure CRM
- Created radio and TV commercials to drive new investors into our client data base.
- Led weekly new investor acquisition meetings educating and pre approving clients to purchase with us.
- Managed due diligence processes for potential investment opportunities.
- Collaborated with legal teams on contract negotiations and compliance.
- Collaborated with lenders to allow us to purchase REO properties that did not sell at the auction.
- Created an REO acquisition team
- Developed a short sale devision
- Developed a loan modification devision
Education
Issaquah High School
Issaquah, WAAssociate of Arts -
Bellevue College
Bellevue, WAAssociate of Business Administration -
Bellevue College
Bellevue, WASkills
Results-oriented professional with entrepreneurial and management experience Cultivates strong relationships with co-workers, staff, and clients while leading administrative and sales teams Demonstrates business acumen and decisive judgment to drive organizational success
Results-oriented professional with entrepreneurial and management experience Cultivates strong relationships with co-workers, staff, and clients while leading administrative and sales teams Demonstrates business acumen and decisive judgment to drive organizational success
Certification
- Licensed Real Estate Broker 2009-2026
- Licensed General Contractor 2012 - 2022
Accomplishments
- Real Trends Top Producer 2017
- Real Trends Top Producer 2018
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Owner
Capture Realty
05.2015 - Current
Partner
Caliber Real Estate
01.2013 - 06.2015
Director of acquisitions /Senior Sales Executive
Fairplay Financial
02.2009 - 04.2013
Issaquah High School
Associate of Arts -
Bellevue College
Associate of Business Administration -
Bellevue College