ABOUT COMMERCIAL AGENT Tom Hunter

Tom Hunter serves as an Associate Broker and Auctioneer for SVN Interstate Brokers and Interstate Auction Company, independently-owned offices of SVN based in Atlanta, GA. SVN is a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm with over 100 offices nationwide.

Over the course of his 30-year commercial brokerage and auction management career, Hunter has developed and executed high-impact, accelerated marketing programs for all types of commercial real estate assets for banking and investment clients throughout the United States.

Prior to becoming a commercial real estate broker and auctioneer, Hunter served as a project manager for Bank Earnings International, Inc., (acquired by Electronic Data Systems, Inc.) and BEI Real Estate Services (acquired by Amresco) where he provided consulting services to financial institutions for commercial real estate loan portfolios and real estate asset management and dispositions.

With an extensive commercial real estate background, Hunter has completed numerous property analysis and feasibility studies, identified potential buyer groups, structured property offerings, and implemented marketing plans on time, under budget, optimizing results to reach targeted buyers. Hunter's client list includes international, regional and local financial institutions, government agencies, and private investors.

Some of the notable disposition transactions Hunter has been involved in include the sale of a surplus 400-acre psychiatric hospital complex in Livonia, Michigan for the State of Michigan for $31,000,000 and a 22 building, section 8, apartment portfolio in the Little Havana district of Miami, Florida for $36,000,000. Regardless of the asset size or value, Hunter always endeavors to structure the offering to achieve a sale for the highest price possible for the client.

Hunter is a member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors and the National Auctioneers Association. In addition, he frequently volunteers as an auctioneer for fund raising auctions held by charitable organizations. Hunter earned an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia (1984) and a Bachelor of Science degree (1980) in Psychology.