Brett Kaufman's Page

I am a:

Speaker

I speak about:

Careers, Creativity, Motivation, Real Estate, Youth Education

My Bio:

President/COO
Schottenstein Real Estate Group

A full service real estate development, management and brokerage company specializing in multi-family housing and mixed use development.

By skillfully overseeing various aspects of property management, operations, construction development, sales and marketing, Kaufman directly contributes to the success of SREG – a real estate development, sales and management company.

After graduating from Ohio State University in 1997, Kaufman excelled in the banking industry with Huntington Bank and Banc One Capital Partners. He focused on commercial banking analysis, as well as multifamily mezzanine financing and investments.

As President and COO at SREG, Kaufman is responsible for all day-to-day operations and the management of over 50 employees and 10 communities managed by the firm. He brings great vision and creativity to his oversight of the marketing efforts of SREG’s condominium and apartment divisions. Brett has been instrumental in the company’s branding initiatives through crafting innovative interior and exterior home design, creation of unique land planning/amenity packages, and continued development of high-tech features, all bringing Schottenstein Real Estate communities to the forefront of the local housing market.

Kaufman works hard to continue Schottenstein’s tradition of providing an excellent quality of life, a positive experience and a relationship with the community residents. Both Brett and SREG pride themselves on integrity, business ethics and establishing rapport with residents, suppliers and contractors in all dealings.


In 2008, Kaufman’s leadership resulted in over $23 million in new home, condominium conversion and urban in-fill/conversion sales as welll as manage over 1,100 apartment homes.

2008 President of the Columbus Apartment
Young Presidents Organization - Member
Columbus Board of Realtors
Building Industry Association - Member
Leadership 21 Participant
Ohio State University Hillel - Board
BIA 2008 Development of the Year
BIA 2007 Grand Marketing Award
BIA 2006 Developr of the Year
Featured in “Builder Update,” March 2006
Business First “Top of the List” – No. 1 Apartment Community, 2003

What I do best:

It is my greatest pleasure to speak to a room full of children and/or young adults about what it means to live a life driven by passion.

All of life’s desires can be achieved by choosing EARLY ON, what it is, that truly drives us. So many young people do what they think they should, or what seems right at the time, or what others want them to do in hopes that someday, after their excuse of the moment goes away they can pursue their dreams. One day these young adults awake as much older versions of themselves (usually after it’s too late) to realize life’s started to or in some cases already has passed them by.

My passion is to reach out at an early age and give people just starting their lives and careers the inspiration, confidence and mentorship needed to be able to guide them toward a more fulfilling and lucrative life.

It is my hope that my time with you will be a life changing, career changing, motivational opportunity for high school/college students and recent graduates, that absolutely should not be missed!

I charge a fee of:

Free