Real Estate Investment / Entrepreneurship Division | U.S. Minority Contractors Association

Real Estate Investment/Entrepreneurship Division

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See our partnership with Crowe Global

Our mission is to pursue real estate investment opportunities , development and management real estate projects responsibly and with integrity for the benefit of our investors, partners, and the community while educating entrepreneurs on the importance of collaboration through joint-ventures and business development with municipalities and community based businesses.

Our Mission

Pursue real estate investment opportunities
Develop and manage real estate projects responsibly and with integrity for the benefit of our investors, partners, and the community
Share the importance of collaboration through joint ventures and business development with municipalities and community-based businesses

Our Focus

Site Selection, corporate or individual (Retail, industrial, office, or development)
Transaction and Investment Analysis
Professionalism and Confidentiality (Exclusive representation of client through completion of transaction)
Networking affiliations with local, state, national, and international contacts to best serve client base

Our Vision

Invest in undervalued communities
Encourage homeownership and business stewardship in redeveloping communities
Provide contractors, entrepreneurs, and business owners data impact of real estate redevelopment and investing for their long-term goals.

Our Values

TEAM - Working towards common goals while maintaining open, constructive communication.
COMMUNITY - Be an involved entity of citizens, doing our part to make our community a better place for generations to come.
PROFIT - Creating a successful platform that provides superior financial returns to our investors and partners.

Rev. Larry S. Bullock, MPA/MDiv

Chairman of the Board

Rev. Larry S. Bullock, MPA\MDiv, [‘73], Former President, Roosevelt University Alumni Association [RUAA], Former Member of the Roosevelt University Board of Trustees; Senior Pastor, Living Faith Cathedral Worship [LFCWC Church], and Owner and President, April Cobra Enterprises, Inc. [Construction Management, General Contracting, and Real Estate Development firm], Barrington, Illinois. Founder\President, U. S. Minority Contractors Associatio [USMCA].

Teresa Hollingbird-Jackson

President

Teresa Hollingbird-Jackson is the President/CEO of Aseret Development Series LLC, Aseret Development Carpentry Services LLC, a construction and interior design company specializing in remodeling and renovating residential and commercial projects. She is also the founder of FYE HIGH VIBEZ, a cannabis and apparel company that will be coming out in Fall 2021.

Teresa was born and raised in Inverness and Indianola, MS. She is a 1985 graduate of Gentry High School located in Indianola; MS. Teresa spent most of summer in the cotton fields earning $15 a day to help relieve some of the burden of her single mother.

Teresa is a creative, experienced, passionate entrepreneur who likes nothing better than to start new businesses and make them profitable. She is continuously seeking, new business opportunities, especially in the ecommerce/cannabis marketplace.

Teresa’s favorite part of being an entrepreneur is working less, because it allows her to spend time with her family.

Despite her busy business career Teresa makes time to be involved with community and professional organizations. She is a member of the US Minority Contractors Association and the Westchester Chamber of Commerce and serves as the USMCA National Board Assistant Secretary, USMCA REID Group Treasurer, Chairperson of the USMCA Westtown Chapter in IL, and the USMCA Atlanta, GA Chapter. She has also volunteered for the Nursery Ministry at Broadview Missionary Baptist Church in Broadview, IL

Renee McDonald

Secretary

Renee McDonald is co-founder and manager of Little Big House Properties, LLC which specializes in developing single family, multi-family and commercial properties in Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

Renee retired from the American Bar Association after 45 years working as Meeting Manager for the association’s two (2) largest conventions. At ABA, Renee acted as liaison between hotels/convention centers and ABA entities and Affiliates including Law Schools and State and Local Bar Associations.

Renee was part of the advance team to visit each city, tour each 4-5-Star hotel and/or convention center in order to determine how to assign the appropriate meeting room to a particular event. Cities included Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Honolulu, London, Miami, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle.

Each convention involved 125-325 meeting rooms in 8-16 hotels with 800-1,200 individual events over 7 days. Renee also negotiated audio visual and catering costs, reviewed and paid invoices totaling over $1.5M.