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Abril Baiz Paz - CRE Analyst

Location: Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

Compensation range discussed: $1,000 - $2,000

LinkedIn Profile | email: baizabrilp@gmail.com | Phone: +57 3013660684

Schedule Availability (EST): 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Summary

Real Estate and Operations Analyst with US residential real estate experience at Oak Grove LLC, analyzing comps in MLS, Paragon, and Excel; evaluating mortgage financing; calculating IRR; coordinating deal flow; and preparing property reports and investor presentations. She also supports Latitude Asset Management, a US real estate firm where she designed brand-aligned OM and teaser templates and produced 2 OMs with matching teasers. She built an Excel model that calculates acquisition returns from mortgage, loan value, and interest inputs. Advanced in Canva and PowerPoint, with working knowledge of HubSpot, Salesforce, and GoHighLevel CRMs. Business Administration graduate (Finance Minor) with C1 English.

Meet Abril

This audio from our screening interview provides a look into Abril’s background and experience:

Candidate Snapshot

US Real Estate Experience

• US Residential Real Estate Operations: Worked as a Project & Real Estate Operations Analyst at Oak Grove LLC, a Kansas-based firm (Wichita, KS; remote). The firm bought, renovated, and sold houses and offered a rent-to-own model aimed at Hispanic and Latin American buyers in the US.

• Small Startup Team: Worked in a 3-person core team (CEO/founder, operations manager, and herself) and helped across functions, including CRM management and off-market lead outreach through PropertyReach.

Real Estate Documentation Development

• OMs & Teasers: Designed the brand-aligned OM and teaser templates for Latitude Asset Management and produced 2 OMs with matching teasers, from raw data to finished documents. She is familiar with the IRR and cap rate calculations behind them.

• Investor Materials: Prepared investor presentations and property reports at Oak Grove LLC, backed by comps and mortgage/IRR analysis.

• Other Documents: Worked on letters of intent to purchase properties.

Real Estate Analysis & Financial Modeling

• Comps & Market Selection: Ran comps in MLS, Paragon, and Excel, and studied zip codes to identify the most viable areas for acquisitions.

• Returns Analysis: Analyzed mortgage financing options and calculated IRR to evaluate potential acquisitions.

• Excel Returns Model: Built an Excel model that outputs returns from mortgage data, loan value, and interest, so the team didn't need a new document for each property.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (Finance Minor) | Universidad del Norte, Colombia (2025)

Tools & Technologies

• Real Estate & Data: MLS, Paragon, PropertyReach, RPR, Microsoft Excel, Power BI (basic).

• Design & Presentation: Canva and PowerPoint (advanced), Illustrator (intermediate), Procreate (intermediate), Word.

• CRM: HubSpot, Salesforce (intermediate), GoHighLevel

• AI: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.

Key Qualifications & Highlights

• Finance & Design Background: Combines a Business Administration degree with a Finance Minor, a marketing background, and visual identity courses. She says she is drawn to roles that mix financial analysis with creative presentation.

• Self-Directed Problem Solver: At Oak Grove LLC, she completed an online MLS tutorial course on her own initiative. This let her narrow comps to a 1-mile radius around each target house, which made it easier to estimate sale prices.

• Startup Adaptability: Worked in a small startup team without a fixed role definition, taking on analysis, CRM, outreach, and document creation as needed, so she's used to wearing different hats when needed and to taking initiative.

Screening Interview - Key observations

• Motivation and Role Alignment: She was drawn to the role because it combines financial analysis with creative presentation, and she likes roles that mix creativity and logical thinking. She also values growth opportunities within a company.

• Strengths and Preferences: She thrives when she feels part of what drives company results. She likes solving problems she encounters rather than only completing assigned tasks, and she values strong relationships with her team and a cooperative approach.

• Residential Rent-to-Own Experience: At Oak Grove LLC, she worked on a buy-renovate-sell model with a rent-to-own offering for young Hispanic and construction-sector buyers in Kansas. She assessed whether mortgage purchases would deliver the right monthly return and learned to calculate IRR on the job.