Meet the HomeRiver Team

John is a founder of HomeRiver and responsible for all aspects of HomeRiver Group®’s activities. Over the course of his career, John has played a key role in executing over $10 billion in real estate transactions. Prior to co-founding HomeRiver, John was Senior Managing Director of Strategic Development for AZ Bidder, the country’s only national single-family home foreclosure bidding service. Before that, John cofounded and served as CEO of Class Green Capital Partners providing landmark funding and sustainability solutions to municipalities and states. Prior to Class Green, he served as EVP and Head of Acquisitions for U.S. Realty Advisors, one of the leading buyers of single-tenant, net leased properties in the United States. John also served as Managing Director at Eastdil Secured, where he managed its national Corporate Real Estate Investment Banking business. Before Eastdil, John was Managing Director in charge of Citigroup‘s Global Real Estate Equity and Structured Finance group where he built the bank’s global sale-leaseback advisory practice and oversaw the disposition of $5 billion of Citigroup’s foreclosed real estate assets. Prior to Citigroup, John served as a First Vice President in the multifamily acquisitions and syndications group at Integrated Resources. John has also practiced real estate, corporate and securities law at the New York firm of Robinson, Silverman (now Bryan Cave). An honors graduate of Harvard College and Fordham Law School, John is based in New York City, where he lives with his wife, Meg. They have three grow justify-content-centern children.

Doug is a founder and senior member of the HomeRiver team, and oversees the HRG Institutional Accounts Group and Investment Management business. Doug balances strategic insight with the operational expertise amassed while providing market-level guidance to public and private single family institutional investors. Prior to HomeRiver Group®, Doug cofounded one of the largest single family investment firms in the nation, Fortune Acquisitions. Over his career, Doug has overseen the purchase and operation of over 7,000 single family properties, led a team involved in managing 16,000 bank-owned assets, and deployed over $1B+ in the single family space. During the subprime crisis, Doug provided consultation to multiple national asset management firms, with a focus on the valuation, renovation, packaging, and disposition of properties nationwide for lenders such as Countrywide, GMAC and Bank of America. Doug cofounded a staffing firm which grew to over 1,000 employees and serviced Fortune 500 companies before its sale in 2004. A frequent panelist at national Real Estate investment conferences, Doug graduated with honors from Butler University and lives in Indianapolis with his wife Alicia, and their two sons.

Sharese MacDonald has been with HomeRiver Group since 2014. She is intensely dedicated to providing excellent customer service and ensures all clients are well informed and satisfied.