Our Team

Gary L. Leavitt
President and Chief Executive Officer

Gary Leavitt, created 1031 Exchange Place, LC and RealtyNet, LC entities affiliated with the Sponsor, in 1997, after serving as an asset manager for a private real estate investment firm. 1031 Exchange Place, LC is a real estate brokerage firm specializing in net-lease replacement property for clients involved in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. RealtyNet, LC is a predecessor to the Sponsor, which acted as a principal in acquiring and selling net-lease real estate. The Sponsor, RealtyNet Advisors, Inc. was established in 2003, and acts as principal seller of net-lease retail properties sold as tenant-in-common (“TIC”) interest to investors and those involved in a 1031 exchange. RealtyNet Advisors has developed an impressive track record as a TIC “sponsor” having never sold a property at a loss or having a tenant default on a lease. Mr. Leavitt owns and manages the affairs of the Sponsor.

Mr. Leavitt graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Behavioral Sciences in 1979 and completed the coursework for a M.S. in Counseling from Oregon State University. He worked as a registered representative in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah with Kidder Peabody & Co. and Merrill Lynch Pearce Fenner & Smith Incorporated. This experience included establishing and managing the assets of 401(k) and other qualified retirement plans for major companies as well as focusing on direct participation and syndication programs in real estate and oil and gas. This began Mr. Leavitt’s experience in working with client funds in long-term investing and real estate.
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After leaving Merrill Lynch, Mr. Leavitt established his own company G.L. Leavitt Financial Group, which operated as an investment firm and a broker-dealer registered with the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”). During this time period Mr. Leavitt maintained the Series 27, 24, 7, and 63 securities licenses. At G.L. Leavitt Financial Group, Mr. Leavitt established several successful real estate limited partnerships.

In 1992, Mr. Leavitt organized Genetrix, Inc. an investment advisory firm. This fee-based firm managed client funds in less traditional assets such as real estate limited partnership units acquired on the secondary market and originated short-term bridge and hard money loans secured by real property. This experience increased his understanding of debt financing and the advantages and disadvantages of pooling client funds to acquire real estate. In time, Mr. Leavitt began to focus on the newly emerging TIC industry and other suitable replacement property choices for real estate owners involved in a 1031 exchange. In 2004 Mr. Leavitt founded the TIC Real Estate Association, a non-profit trade association group of real estate professionals engaged in structuring, marketing, promoting, and advancing the real estate tenant-in-common industry.

He has been married for 29 years and has five children. Having played football, gymnastics, and wrestling in high school and wrestling in college, Mr. Leavitt likes to remain active by jogging, weight lifting and boxing. He is active in his Church and has been involved in the community has a youth coach in basketball and soccer, and has worked over five years as a Boy Scout leader. Mr. Leavitt also has established two charitable organizations to which he contributes both time and money.



Brian Greene
Acquisitions Specialist

Mr. Greene, has developed a broad and extensive real estate expertise over his 15 year profession. He entered the real estate profession in the early 1990s as a mortgage loan officer simply as a means of financing his law school education, but quickly realized that real estate was the discipline he wanted to pursue as a profession. Since 1994, Mr. Greene’s professional career has focused exclusively in the area of real estate law. His experiences have encompassed all aspects of acquiring, conveying, financing, developing and operating residential and commercial real estate.

In 2005, Mr. Greene joined the Sponsor, where he serves as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Due Diligence, and Chief Executive Officer. In his role with the Sponsor, Mr. Greene is primarily responsible for locating, investigating and acquiring real estate assets, as well as overseeing the business operations of the Sponsor.

Mr. Greene holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he graduated with high honors. He has been admitted to both the Washington State Bar Association and the Utah Bar Association, and is a licensed real estate agent in Utah. In addition to his career pursuits, Mr. Greene has contributed his time and real estate expertise through service on local government committees studying real estate issues. Mr. Greene’s personal interests include coaching little league baseball and enjoying outdoor activities with his wife and three boys.



Nathan I. Leavitt

Nathan Leavitt, 25, graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Mandarin Chinese in 2006 after receiving an associates degree in Business Management from Utah Valley University.

For the past several years Nathan has worked with RealtyNet Advisors, Inc. and its affiliated 1031 Qualified Intermediary firm. Mr. Leavitt has worked as the Intermediary's new business development director and had a major role in developing the nation's first 1031 co-operative program. Mr. Leavitt established relationships with companies such as Prudential Real Estate, Century 21, and numerous other real estate and title companies.

Mr. Leavitt serves as RealtyNet's marketing and sales manager and assists in the recruiting and training of TIC Specialists as well as company representatives. He also works as a consultant to 1031 exchange clients, as well as self-directed IRA/401(k) and equity investors, focusing primarily on NNN-leased and Tenancy-In-Common (TIC) real estate investment properties.

Nathan and his wife, Candice, live in Orem, UT with their son, Zev. Nathan has a passion for fly fishing and skiing. He is active in his church and serves as a Scout leader in his community.