Kyle Kazan

Kyle Dana Kazan
Born (1967-03-11) March 11, 1967
Inglewood, California
Residence Rolling Hills Estates, California
Citizenship United States
Education B.A. University of Southern California
Occupation Managing Member, CEO
Known for Beach Front Property Management, Inc.

Kyle Kazan (born March 11, 1967) is the CEO of Beach Front Property Management, Inc. and co-founder and managing member of Beach Front Properties, LLC.[1] Kazan has also served as a special education teacher at LAUSD and a police officer at the Torrance Police Department.[2]

Early life and education

Kazan was born in 1967 in Inglewood, California to Richard and Anne Kazan. He was raised in the Palos Verdes peninsula and attended Palos Verdes High School from 1981-1985. Kazan then attended University of Southern California where he received his BA in history in 1990. While at USC, Kazan was recruited to play basketball from 1987-1990 as both a point guard and shooting guard by future Hall of Fame coach George Raveling.[3]

Career

After graduating from USC in 1990, Kazan became a special education teacher at LAUSD in 1991. Four years later, Kazan served in the patrol division of the Torrance Police Department with collateral assignments and training in gang enforcement and drugs recognition and eradication until 1999.[2] Throughout his tenure, he led his department in felony arrests twice in two consecutive 6-month periods, and testified as a court certified expert in drug sales.[4]

Kazan began his real estate investment career with wife Diane Kazan in the late 1990s.[5] In 1997, Kazan and James B. Rosenwald co-founded Beach Front Properties, LLC., a real estate investment company based in southern California. Together their portfolio spans residential and commercial properties across the U.S., China and Germany with a focus on distressed properties, earning Kazan a reputation as a "vulture investor"[5] and expert in turning rundown properties into stable assets.[6] In 1999, Kazan left the police department and founded Beach Front Property Management, Inc., a third party property management company headquartered in Long Beach, CA.[2]

In addition to real estate investing, Kazan has also been involved in the management of venture capital. With Steve Persky from Dalton Investments, Kazan has co-managed the Dalton Distressed Mortgage Fund since 1997.[7] Kazan also has served as Director of the Dalton High Yield Mortgage Fund since 2012 as well as Kings Bay Investment Company, Ltd since 2013.[8]

Personal life

Since 2010, Kazan has appeared at several public speeches organized by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition(LEAP) as an outspoken advocate both in favor of the legalization of marijuana and against the war on drugs.[9][10][11] He has also made some television appearances to oppose the war on drugs including an interview conducted by CNN. [12]

Kazan also currently presides at the Redondo Beach chapter Cancer Support Community as President of the Board of Directors.[13]

Company directorships / managing member

Year Company
2013 to Present Kings Bay Investment Company, Ltd.
2005 to Present Dalton Berlin Real Estate Fund I, Ltd.
1997 to Present Beach Front Properties, LLC.
1999 to Present Beach Front Property Management, Inc.
2007 to Present Dalton Distressed Mortgage Fund [7]
2003 to 2011 Grand River Properties, Ltd.[14][15]

Affiliations

References

  1. ↑ "About Beach Front Property Management, Inc.". bfpminc.com. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kyle Kazan, Beach Front Property Management, Inc". Yardi Coporate Blog. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  3. ↑ "Victory Is Icing for USC". LA Times. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  4. ↑ "Kyle Kazan". Gadfly Radio. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  5. 1 2 "The Vulture Descend". Bloomberg Markets Magazine. December 2008.
  6. ↑ "California Firm Gives Rundown Properties New Life-Beach Front’s latest micro fund attracts investors to its redevelopment projects". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  7. 1 2 "Dalton Investments Launches Distressed Mortgage Strategy". PRNewswire. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  8. ↑ "People". Whogotfunded.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  9. 1 2 "Our Speaker". LEAP. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  10. ↑ "Legalize Drugs". The Adam Smith Institute Blog. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  11. ↑ "Modern prohibition and the War on Drugs: An interview Kyle Kazan of L.E.A.P.". deathandtaxesmag.com. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  12. ↑ "Retired California cops and Judge oppose the War on Drugs". CopsSayLegalizeDrugs. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  13. 1 2 "Board of Directors". cancersupportredondobeach.org. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  14. ↑ "Hong Kong realty is the real deal". Barrons.com. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  15. ↑ "Dalton Greater China Fund". Asia Hedge. February 2006.
  16. ↑ "About Town". Daily Breeze. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  17. ↑ "Kyle Kazan". Apartment Association of Southern California Cities. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
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