Gregory J. Laskody, founder and principal of HAUTE CRE Advisory

THE FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL

Gregory J. Laskody

Founder and Principal, HAUTE CRE Advisory

Gregory J. Laskody ("Greg") is a fiduciary advisor in the commercial and investment real estate industry, with over thirty years of experience spanning three full economic cycles between 1988 and 2026. Based in Boca Raton, Florida, he operates at the intersection of institutional finance, private capital, CRE advisory services, and complex real estate situations across the United States. His career has been built on a single principle: conflict-free representation that prioritizes decision-maker objectives and outcomes over transactional volume or internal profit.

CREDENTIALS

Over 30 years of dedicated, specialized CRE and related capital markets experience

Over $3.0 billion in career transaction volume over 500 transactions during three full economic cycles (1988-2026)

B.S., Real Estate and Finance, The Florida State University, 1988

Former MAI, Appraisal Institute, over 20 years

Former CCIM, CCIM Institute, over 25 years

Former State-Certified General Appraiser, over 20 years

Former State-Certified General Appraisal Instructor

Former Adjunct Professor of Real Estate Studies, Miami-Dade College

Former Licensed Mortgage Broker, Florida

Licensed Real Estate Broker (since 1985) and Licensed Real Estate Brokerage Company, both in Florida

FSU Center for Real Estate Studies, Conference Committee Member, 2011 to 2015

Founder, www.MasterCRE.com

Greg built a thirty-year career of multi-faceted, cross-disciplinary CRE expertise - by design and by intention.

Where most practitioners go deep in a single lane, he went wide and deep across every lane and discipline an independent advisor must command: appraisal, valuation, capital markets, investment banking, investment sales, private equity, debt structuring, distressed workouts, restructurings, and expert testimony.

He began as a state-certified general appraiser in Florida, earned the MAI designation, and appraised hundreds of properties across every asset class while teaching appraisal as a certified instructor and adjunct professor. He moved into investment banking and capital markets, structuring transactions across the full stack: senior debt, mezzanine, preferred equity, and joint venture equity. He spent years in investment sales and capital markets brokerage, worked in private equity on the ownership side, and spent time in distress and workouts, restructuring assets whose original business plan had failed.

He has held production, leadership, and executive positions with Deloitte, Nomura Capital, The Capital Company of America, Wells Fargo, Q10 Capital, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Colliers International, and Lee & Associates. He has completed more than seventy courses through the Appraisal Institute and the CCIM Institute, speaks regularly at regional and national events, and founded the CRE Networking Group in 2020 to bring young professionals into South Florida commercial real estate.

He is an advanced Microsoft Excel architect whose proprietary CRE models reduce complexity while increasing calculation speed and analytical precision. He is also the founder of MasterCRE.com, a global platform for CRE education, training, career resources, and networking.

WHY THE DEPTH AND BREADTH MATTER

An independent advisor must ...

... understand valuation.

... understand deal and capital structure.

... understand what happens when a deal goes wrong.

... communicate complex finance and structures plainly.

... must build the analyses that drive the decisions.

Greg has formidable, verifiable, and deep appraisal experience.

He has structured hundreds of transactions across every capital layer.

He has restructured distressed assets and negotiated workouts.

He is a former professor, a certified instructor, and a real-world practitioner.

He builds the models himself.

"Before You Make the Decision ... Get the Independent Opinion."