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Barry Raskin - Bio

Barry started his career in the advertising specialty and promotional products business in 1979. Prior to founding Adept Marketing in 2001, Barry was with AdGap - Integrated Marketing Solutions, one of the top 10 distributors in the industry with over $40MM in yearly sales. At AdGap he was a senior account manager and then Vice President of Business Development. He helped acquire and build the firms largest clients. Barry also served on AdGap's Board of Directors and was a part owner. His clients included BellSouth, Sunoco, Abbott Laboratories, TABASCO, Proudfoot Consulting, CalPacific Mortgage and others.

Barry met Michael Price when he was a residential real estate broker in Bergen County New Jersey. Michael found Barry and his wife a rental apartment in Edgewater, NJ and then a condo that they purchased in Ft. Lee.

In 2002, Barry invested with Michael in a strip center in Vista, CA, (North County San Diego). The original investment this LLC made of $1.2MM was sold in February 2005 for over $2.8MM.

During 2005, Barry was an investor with Michael on 5 separate single tenant properties. A Sherwin-Williams in Toledo, Ohio purchased for $580K and sold for $720K. A Burger King in Chicago purchased for $1,530MM and sold for $1,763MM, and 3 Hooters Restaurants in Oklahoma City, Lakeland, FL and San Antonio, TX. They sold the San Antonio location for an approximate gain of $300,000.

After extensive conversations, Michael and Barry decided that their skill-sets were quite complementary. Barry has over 25 years of experience as a business executive and organizational consultant and is an expert at creating strong, long term relationships. Michael has 18 years of experience and deep knowledge in the commercial real estate business with a powerful network of contacts. They believed that these attributes, along with their financial strength, would create an unbeatable combination.

In January 2006, they formed 2J Investment Group, LLC and formalized their intention to build a business together.

Simultaneously, Barry sold Adept Marketing.

Since the formation of 2J Investment Group, they have acquired multiple properties including an Office Depot and an Aaron Rents in Arlington Texas; Advance Auto stores in Lafayette, Indiana, Nederland, TX, Binghamton, NY and Columbus, OH; Family Dollar Stores in New Orleans and Columbus, Mississippi; a Black Eyed Pea Restaurant in Houston, Texas and 6 Mrs. Winners Chicken and Biscuit Restaurants in Tennessee.

Barry's wife, Linda Olafson, is a physician in private practice in Encinitas, CA. She has been an MD for over 18 years. Linda worked for Sharp Mission Park Medical Group for over 9 years until she went out on her own in July of 2005. Linda's website is www.lindaolafsonmd.com. She has been voted one of the "TOP DOCS" in San Diego Magazine multiple times.

Barry, 49, lives with his wife and 3 children in Carlsbad, California.


Michael Price - Bio

Michael Price (46) resides with his family in San Diego, California. He has been in the commercial real estate business for over 18 years and a full time investor since 2000.

As an independent investor, Michael has acquired and/or sold single tenant and multi tenant properties in many states including Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

In 2006, Michael joined with Barry Raskin to form 2J Investment Group, LLC.

They always retain a majority equity stake in their acquisitions thereby maintaining full decision making authority. Due to 2J's excellent credit worthiness and history, they are able to secure the necessary financing to close deals in a timely fashion.

Michael brings strong nationwide relationships with various lenders, management companies, developers and brokers to 2J and Barry brings over 25 years of executive and sales experience. Together they have built a strong team.

2J Investment Group has a current portfolio that includes: Michael also has several assets independent of his 2J holdings:
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