Jerome A. Fink is a co-founder & Managing Partner of The Bascom Group, LLC. Bascom
has completed over $12.0 billion in multi-family and commercial value-added
transactions since 1996 including more than 300 multifamily properties and 80,000
units. Bascom has ranked among the top 50 multifamily owners in the U.S. Bascom’s
subsidiaries and joint ventures include the Southern California Industrial Fund,
Rushmore Properties, Bascom Portfolio Advisors, Shubin Nadal Associates, Spirit Bascom
Ventures, REDA Bascom Ventures, MHF RM Holdings, Bascom Northwest Ventures,
Bascom Arizona Ventures, Harbor Associates, Village Partner Ventures, and the Realm
Group. Bascom’s subsidiaries also include Premier Business Centers, the largest
privately held executive suite company in the U.S.
Prior to founding Bascom, Mr. Fink acted as Senior Acquisitions and Sales Manager from
1991 to 1995 for Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. His responsibilities included
market assessment, property identification and negotiation, and the acquisition and
disposition of real estate investments.
Mr. Fink holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a
Master of Business Administration in Real Estate and Finance from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. He is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Managements (IREM)
and Turnaround Management Association (TMA). Mr. Fink is a licensed real estate
broker in the state of California, a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), a
Certified Property Manager (CPM), a Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor (CM&AA),
and a Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP). He has appeared as a guest speaker at
various functions, including those for the Urban Land Institute, University of California
Los Angeles and Irvine, University of Southern California, and other assorted industry
events. Mr. Fink previously served on the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Real
Estate Alumni Association and is currently a member of the USC Lusk Center for Real
Estate Executive Committee. He has previously served on the board for the Young
Presidents Organization (YPO) California Coast chapter and is currently a member of the
World Presidents Organization (WPO).
In 2004, Mr. Fink was awarded the Apartment Executive of the Year by the Real Estate
Conference Group, the industry's largest and most prestigious multifamily conference
on the West Coast, and was later awarded the Rising Star award by the University of
California Irvine Center for Real Estate in 2008. Mr. Fink was also recognized in the 2011
Multi-Family Executive Magazine. In 2016, Mr. Fink was awarded the Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of the Year, Orange County.