About the Creator of Contrarianomics

Mr. Kazan formulated his strategy for real estate forecasting and investing while working toward his Bachelor’s degree in History at the University of Southern California. He noted the cyclical indicators and found benchmark barometers which signaled times of distress and euphoria. Upon graduation from USC, Mr. Kazan put his formula into action as the real estate market in Southern California was in distress in the early and mid 1990’s. While most investors were on the sidelines, Mr. Kazan purchased properties for his own account and then launched an opportunistic real estate fund with partner Jamie Rosenwald in 1996 called Beach Front Properties, LLC which made all but one of its purchases from 1996-2013.

Though Mr. Kazan has been called a Vulture, Grave Dancer and Value Investor, his forecast lead to many sales by Beach Front Properties from 2004-2007 (peak of the market). In 2003 he co-founded a real estate fund for investment in Shanghai, China. Cash-flowing residential and office properties were purchased and most were sold prior to the 2008 Olympics. He forecasted a buying opportunity in Austin, Texas and Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2004-2006 and many investors followed his lead. In 2005 Mr. Kazan co-founded an commercial fund in Berlin, Germany. Cash-flowing apartments were acquired and continue to pay investors a yield.

In 18 years of real estate forecasting and investment Mr. Kazan has “called the shot” numerous times in many markets as he has recognized how the larger economic issues would affect the operations and valuations of rental properties. He has been quoted in Forbes, Bloomberg, The Los Angeles Times and other publications. He has been a guest lecturer at Universities and colleges in California and has been a featured speaker and panelist at real estate conferences.

Unlike economists who have no knowledge about investment, Mr. Kazan’s research and operational experience has been an important tool for investors worldwide.