Shopoff Adds Two Sales Professionals to Wholesale Team
Shopoff Realty Investments, a manager of opportunistic and value-add real estate investments, has added Scott Scherer and Gary Laughlin to its capital markets team.
Shopoff Realty Investments, a manager of opportunistic and value-add real estate investments, has added Scott Scherer and Gary Laughlin to its capital markets team. Scherer joins Shopoff as regional vice president managing the company’s Western region, and Laughlin will cover the Eastern region as its internal wholesaler.
“Adding to our excellent wholesale team, Scott and Gary will both fill vital roles for our securities division, utilizing their broad knowledge and long-term experience in the financial sector to effectively serve our valued advisors,” said Shopoff president and CEO William Shopoff. “We are confident these two new additions will positively support Shopoff’s platform and mission, cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with new and existing clients alike.”
In Scherer’s new role, he will lead the company’s capital formation in the Western region, working with internal wholesaler and 10-year industry professional, Jos McGinty. Scherer comes to Shopoff with more than 20-years of experience in the financial industry, raising more than $1 billion in assets through registered investment advisors, family offices, trust officers, foundations and financial advisors throughout his career.
Most recently, Scherer served as senior vice president for the Western U.S. region with Waypoint Financial Group, and also previously held roles with TCFG Wealth, Preferred Capital Securities, Cole Capital and Genworth Financial.
Laughlin will serve the company’s eastern region, supporting senior vice president Mark Wander, a 34-year industry veteran, who joined the company in 2018. Previously, Laughlin worked for five years at FS Investments as an internal sales consultant for the company’s eastern region. Laughlin is also a veteran and former member of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served from 2006 to 2013.
Shopoff Realty Investments is an Irvine, California-based real estate firm with a 28-year history of value-add and opportunistic investing across the United States. The company primarily focuses on generating appreciation through the repositioning of commercial income-producing properties and the entitlement of land assets. The 28-year history includes operating as Asset Recovery Fund, Eastbridge Partners and Shopoff Realty Investments (formerly known as The Shopoff Group).
