Michael Borges’ earliest memories involve real estate. Though his professional career would start later in 2014, he recalls the first time he walked through a house his uncle was flipping at age 3. To him it looked like the LEGO bricks he adored, but even bigger and better. His uncle smiled and handed him a ball-peen hammer and pointed at a half demolished section of dry wall, just barely hanging onto the stud. Much to his mother’s dismay, Michael had a blast. Barely able to lift the 2 lb hammer but still giving that single 1-1/4″ drywall screw a run for its money.
Nowadays Michael does much more building and teaching than destroying, but his love for real estate is alive and well. After graduating from Loyola University in Baltimore, Michael spent 3 years with a boutique Commercial Real Estate firm that represented Under Armor in all their real estate transactions since the company’s inception. He learned everything he could about the retail, office, industrial, and multifamily markets from his mentors and gained invaluable experience across all asset types. After building a contact list of over 400+ through old fashioned door-to-door selling and successfully representing multiple tenant and landlords in commercial real estate transactions, Michael was hooked.
Following his tenure with the firm in Baltimore, Michael looked to grow as a real estate professional by pursuing a career as an appraiser, focusing specifically on Multifamily Real Estate. Over 4 years, Michael appraised over $1 Billion in Commercial Real Estate assets, specializing in Institutional Level Multifamily Assets over $20 Million and gaining invaluable experience into the forecasting and financial modeling of income-producing properties.
Today, Michael combines his experience in Commercial Real Estate brokerage with his expertise in Asset Valuation to support and grow the footprint of The Crossing, Commercial. By leveraging his abilities as an appraiser, Michael is able to provide his clients with fully detailed financial models, empowering clients by providing a clear, long-term views of their real estate decision and the financial implications 3, 5, 10 years down the road. With this unique skill set, Michael provides a level of guidance to his clients uncommon amongst realtors, and looks to make every one of his clients an expert in real estate.
Michael looks to be a resource for not only those he is directly involved with in transactions, but the North New Jersey Commercial Real Estate community at large. He believes in establishing genuine relationships with clients, and providing value to them far before a transaction is discussed. He believes in the importance of providing service excellence for his clients and is always there to help.
Contact Michael Borges at 973.954.8054 and [email protected] for all of your commercial real estate needs.