Gary Kassirer

As Founder & CEO Gary has the vision and leads his team in charting the strategy for Living Residential’s continued expansion and opportunities. Gary sets the mission and standards for the day to day operations at Living Residential, and oversees a team of asset managers, and property managers. He is also focused on maintaining and creating relationships, with lenders and partners alike.

Gary’s real estate career began in the commercial financing field. Starting out as a commercial loan originator at Meridian Capital Group, Gary negotiated hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate financing, across all asset types.

Gary continued on in 2015 to join Emerald Equity Group as executive vice president and principal in many deals. Gary’s expertise in real estate finance has brought to Emerald a unique strength in sourcing, negotiating, and securing the requisite capital for funding Emerald’s acquisitions. Over Gary’s time at Emerald Equity Group, he sourced, negotiated and closed over $2 billion in real estate transactions.

In 2018 Gary founded Living Residential with a focus on expanding his real estate portfolio beyond the borders of NYC, by strategically acquiring high quality cash flowing assets in multiple markets across the USA. Living Residentials portfolio currently spans over 4,000 apartments, across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas and Missouri.