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FIG. 01 / ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICOARCHITECTURAL IMPRESSION
Ink illustration of the proposed tower, terraced podium, stepped mid-rise and corner plazaGolden-hour concept rendering of the New Mexico mixed-use development
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I studied Real Estate Development at USC. I specialize in AI and data engineering and build tools for commercial real estate.

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[01] / MY CREDENTIALS

Certificates &
Licenses

Python. SQL. LLMs. Excel (Advanced Power Query & Power Pivot). AI automation. Power BI. Financial modeling.

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[01]USCB.S. Real Estate DevelopmentAugust 2026
[02]ARGUSEnterprise v23 · CertifiedReal estate valuation
[03]A.CREFinancial Modeling CertifiedInvestment analysis
[04]CA DRECalifornia DRE Sales License#02235838
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My Projects

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ARA TREL Boston Multifamily

Seven-person investment-committee pitch for a 200-unit, value-add acquisition in East Boston.

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Experience

01 / Jun-Aug 2026

Rexford Industrial Realty (NYSE: REXR)

Technology Intern, AI & Automation

Python pipelines screened 1,600+ workbooks and combined 269 underwriting workbooks with 193 capital approval records in one reporting database for a 409-property portfolio. This saved each analyst 3 to 5 hours of preparation per week.

02 / Oct 2024-May 2025

MRK Partners

Portfolio Analyst Intern

Monthly reporting and budget variance analysis for a 25-asset multifamily portfolio, including T12 recoding and flags for unusual utility costs. Quarterly bond-covenant reports were presented to the CFO.

03 / Spring 2025

CBRE Capital Markets

Capital Markets Fellow

Case work on capital stacks and debt structures for $500M+ in transactions, including 15 financing structures with 12 to 25% IRR waterfalls.

04 / Jan-Oct 2024

PMI Properties

Analyst Intern, Multifamily Acquisitions & Asset Management

Due diligence on 3 acquisitions totaling $45M, with cap rates checked against CoStar comparables and cash flows modeled in ARGUS Enterprise.

05 / Aug-Dec 2023

Lever Capital Partners

Fall Analyst, Capital Markets

Work on $100M+ in debt transactions across 12 deals and a lender database with 1,000+ entries.

Skills & Tools

01 / ARGUS Enterprise v23 · Certified

Real Estate & Finance

  • Lease-by-lease cash flow modeling
  • DCF & waterfall models
  • CoStar & Yardi
  • Excel · Power Query & VBA
  • T12 & bond-covenant analysis
02 / Python · SQL · Reporting

Data & Analytics

  • Python · Pandas & NumPy
  • SQL
  • Power BI & Tableau
  • ETL pipeline design
03 / LLMs · Workflow tooling

AI & Automation

  • Claude workflows with review & citation controls
  • MCP · Model Context Protocol
  • Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Power Automate
  • Data validation & audit trails
04 / Applications · Databases

Web & Systems

  • React & Next.js
  • HTML / CSS / JavaScript
  • PostgreSQL & Supabase
  • Git & GitHub

About

I studied Real Estate Development at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy. My work in commercial real estate includes underwriting in ARGUS and Excel, portfolio reporting in Python and SQL, and tools built with AI.

I also founded Santa Fe Botanicals, a nail and skincare brand.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAB.S. Real Estate DevelopmentSol Price School of Public Policy · August 2026
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Independent design case study · Albuquerque, New Mexico

I developed this mixed-use case study for Albuquerque, in my home state of New Mexico. It is a conceptual proposal and has not been approved or built.

Program figures come from my schematic design study (v4). Areas have been converted to U.S. units and rounded. These design assumptions are not verified site measurements and do not establish development feasibility. Renderings are illustrative.

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SITE PLAN

A-100 architectural site plan from the version 4 schematic set, showing the rail edge, residential buildings and corner plaza
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Site overview

A 240 × 150 metre site in Albuquerque, between the commuter rail corridor, an arterial street, and East Street.

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New Mexico Mixed-Use Development

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[04] / THE DRAWING SET

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

Site plans, building plans, elevations, and sections document the corner plaza scheme.

DOWNLOAD SCHEMATIC SET V4 PDF / 4.9 MB / NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION
Preview of the architectural site planA-100 / ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN
AN ARCHITECTURAL STUDY / KYLE TRANConceptual ink elevation generated from the project's architectural references

New Mexico Mixed-Use Development
Albuquerque, New Mexico · Schematic design

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Contact

Open to full-time CRE analyst roles, proptech and business-systems work, and freelance Excel and automation projects.

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