Nationally-Recognized Real Estate Expert Witness

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Paul Habibi is Principal and Founder of Grayslake Advisors, a real estate expert services firm based in Los Angeles and New York City. Grayslake's client's include publicly traded Fortune 500 companies, as well as privately held, small businesses, non-profit organizations and associations and individuals. He has been retained as an expert witness in 300+ real estate litigation and regulatory matters, on engagements involving financial analysis, economic damages, accounting, valuation, and industry custom and practice. He has testified in some of the highest-profile matters in the country, in federal and state courts, including the Delaware Court of Chancery, and ADR forums. He has been retained by the vast majority of the AmLaw100 firms on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He is a Senior Continuing Lecturer at UCLA Anderson School of Management, Continuing Lecturer in Law at UCLA School of Law, Faculty Advisor at UCLA Department of Economics, real estate investor and developer, expert witness and corporate board director. As the only person in the history of UCLA to hold continuing appointments at both UCLA Anderson School of Management and UCLA School of Law, he has two decades of experience teaching courses in real estate, accounting, corporate finance and economics. He is consistently a top finalist for the Teacher of the Year award. Widely quoted, he has appeared on BBC World News, Bloomberg, CNN, FOX News, NBC's Today Show, NPR and all major dailies, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Financial Times. A highly sought-after speaker, he regularly presents to leading business, government and nonprofit organizations. He is co-founder and principal of Habibi Properties and affiliates, which own and manage thousands of multi-family and single-family residential units in Los Angeles and the Midwest. In early 2011, Habibi Properties pioneered the single-family rental (SFR) industry, acquiring, rehabilitating and leasing hundreds of homes in Kansas City. Habibi Properties and affiliates also own and manage agricultural orchards in Central California and wine vineyards in Paso Robles. He earned an MBA with Highest Distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara. He is a CPA, Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), as well as a Real Estate Broker. He serves as an industrial advisor for EQT Partners (Stockholm: EQT AB). He is also an angel investor and advisor to multiple early-stage ventures, as well as a qualified audit committee financial expert. Please call or email for a complimentary consultation: (424) 256-6230 or paul@grayslakeadvisors.com