Lion Real Estate Group is a vertically integrated real estate investment firm founded in 2007 by Jeff Weller and Mory Barak. Lion Real Estate Group focuses on the acquisition of value-add and opportunistic workforce housing communities in the Sunbelt states. Its experienced leadership is able to create mid to high-teen returns (net) for investors through hands-on renovation, repositioning, better management, and optimum capitalization of its properties. Historically invested $705 million of equity and owns approximately 6,000 units as of 2023. Preferred borrower status with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has secured continued success even during high-interest rate waves in the market.